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May 6, 2024 9:22 AM

Japan’s Foreign Minister visiting Kathmandu to hold bilateral talks with Nepal

Japan's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kamikawa Yoko, arrived in Kathmandu Sunday afternoon on an official visit to Nepal. The Minister arrived at the cordial invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Narayan Kaji Shrestha. Foreign Service Secretary Sewa Lamsal received the Japanese Minister at Tribhuvan International Airport. This marks her first visit to Nepal after she was appointed to the post. The Japanese Minister paid a courtesy call to Prime Minister Pushpa Ka...

April 22, 2024 3:34 PM

North Korea fires ballistic missiles, South Korea, Japan say

North Korea fired "several" short-range ballistic missiles on Monday toward the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military said, drawing a swift condemnation from Seoul, which called it a grave threat to stability on the Korean peninsula. A Japanese government alert and its coast guard also said North Korea had fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile. The projectile appeared to have landed outside Japan's exclusive economic zone area, the NHK broadcaster said. South Korea'...

April 21, 2024 11:10 AM

Two Japan navy helicopters crash, one body found, 7 missing

Two Japanese navy helicopters crashed into the sea during a training exercise, killing at least one of the eight crew members on board, the defence minister said on Sunday. The two SH-60 patrol helicopters were conducting anti-submarine exercises on Saturday night near Torishima in the remote Izu island group, off the southern coast of central Japan. Defense Minister Minoru Kihara told a press conference the cause of the crash is under investigation. The two flight recorders had been disco...

April 3, 2024 3:27 PM

Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years kills nine; 50 missing

Taiwan's biggest earthquake in at least 25 years killed nine people on Wednesday, injuring more than 800, while 50 went missing en route to a national park, authorities said, as rescuers used ladders to bring others to safety. Television broadcast images of buildings tilted at precarious angles in the mountainous, sparsely populated eastern county of Hualien, near the epicentre of the 7.2 magnitude quake, which struck just offshore at about 8 a. m. (0000GMT). "It was very strong. It felt as if...