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Air Force identifies the 8 US crew lost in Osprey crash in Japan and recovers 6 bodies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Air Force Special Operations Command said Tuesday it has recovered the remains of six of the eight service members who were lost when their Osprey crashed off the coast of Japan last week, adding it is now focused on recovering the two bodies still missing and the aircraft...
Japan and Vietnam agree to boost ties and start discussing Japanese military aid amid China threat
TOKYO (AP) — Japan and Vietnam on Monday agreed to strengthen their security and economic ties in the face of China’s growing influence in the region. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong held talks in Tokyo and agreed to broaden their...
North Korea says it put a military spy satellite into orbit on third try
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said it placed a spy satellite into orbit with its third launch attempt this year, demonstrating the nation's determination to build a space-based surveillance system during protracted tensions with the United States. The North’s claim...
3rd release of treated water from Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant ends safely, operator says
TOKYO (AP) — The release of a third batch of treated radioactive wastewater from Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean ended safely as planned, its operator said Monday, as the country's seafood producers continue to suffer from a Chinese import ban imposed after the...
Japan and China agree to work on stable relationship, though only vague promises in seafood dispute
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed Friday to build a stable and constructive relationship, but achieved only a vague agreement on easing a dispute over a Chinese ban on Japanese seafood, officials said. Kishida told reporters...
Biden tells Asia-Pacific leaders US 'not going anywhere' as he looks to build economic ties
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday made America's case to national leaders and CEOs attending the Asia-Pacific summit that the United States is committed to high standards in trade and to partnerships that will benefit economies across the Pacific. “We're not...
Japan's economy sinks into contraction as spending, investment decline
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's economy contracted at a 2.1% annual pace in July-September as consumption and investment weakened, the government said Wednesday. Weak wage growth in the world’s third-largest economy also sapped its vitality, the Cabinet Office said. In quarterly terms, the...
Japanese vice minister resigns over tax scandal in another setback for Kishida's unpopular Cabinet
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese vice finance minister stepped down on Monday, amid criticism from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet, after admitting his company's repeated failures to pay taxes, a further setback to Kishida's unpopular government. Deputy Finance Minister Kenji Kanda,...
Stock market today: Asian shares mixed as China reports that prices fell in October
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares meandered in Asia on Thursday after a another mixed close on Wall Street where benchmarks have been recalibrating following recent big swings. Stock prices fell in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Bangkok and rose in Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai. U.S. futures slipped and...
Blinken seeks G7 unity on Israel-Hamas war among items on crisis-heavy global agenda
TOKYO (AP) — Fresh from a whirlwind tour of the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shifted his intense diplomacy on the Israel-Hamas war to Asia on Tuesday with an appeal for the Group of Seven leading industrial democracies to forge consensus on how to deal with the crisis. ...
