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Japanese and American activists protest outside White House against building of U.S. base in Okinawa
About 30 activists gathered after a petition urging U.S. President Donald Trump to halt the work accumulated more than 195,000 signatures in 30 days.
Former Japan international soccer defender Yuji Nakazawa, 40, to retire
Durable Yokohama F Marinos defender Yuji Nakazawa, who played in two World Cups for Japan, has decided to retire, an official source said Monday. Last Aug. 19, the 40-year-old sat out a game due to pain in his left knee, ending his string of 178 ...
CES 2019: Chinese tech firms keep low profile amid trade tensions
The CES 2019 gadget show, which kicked off Sunday, will showcase the expanding influence and sway of China's rapidly growing technology sector. But some of its firms are stepping back from the spotlight amid rising U.S. national security concerns over Chinese tech and a ...
France presses Renault over executive compensation paid via Dutch holding firm
The French government has told Renault to provide more details on compensation paid to senior executives via a Dutch holding company jointly owned with alliance partner Nissan, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Sunday. Le Maire made the demand after France's CGT trade Union ...
Venezuela's power-stripped congress names new leader, vows to battle Maduro
Venezuela's opposition-controlled congress opened its first session of the year Saturday, installing a fresh-faced leader who struck a defiant tone and vowed to take up the battle against socialist President Nicolas Maduro. Juan Guaido, 35, assumes the presidency of a National Assembly stripped of power ...
U.S. coordinating rescue of 24 off grounded China-flagged fishing ship in Pacific
A large Chinese-flagged fishing ship ran aground on a remote Pacific atoll early Thursday, and the U.S. Coast Guard said it was helping coordinate the rescue of its 24 crew members. The 308-foot (94-meter) Ou Ya Leng No. 6 ran aground on uninhabited Taka Atoll ...
A crew member who abandoned a vessel that caught fire in the Pacific Ocean while carrying cars from Japan to Hawaii remains missing after 16 were rescued. Four others were listed as unresponsive after rescue ships spotted them and lowered life rings but got ...
Revelers around the globe are bidding a weary farewell Monday to an unsettling year filled with challenges to many of the world's most basic institutions, including politics, trade, alliances and religion. Here's a look at how people are ushering in the new year: KIRIBATI The Pacific island ...
Indonesia's latest deadly tsunami raises global questions over disaster preparedness
As Indonesia reels from the carnage of yet another natural disaster, authorities around the globe are working on how they can prepare for the kind of freak tsunami that battered coasts west of Jakarta last month. The Dec. 22 tsunami killed around 440 people along ...
Chinese trawler fled EEZ with Japanese inspectors on board in November: Suga
The government said Thursday it had protested to Beijing that a Chinese trawler suspected of poaching off the nation's southern coast sailed away with Japanese inspectors on board in November. China disputed the boat had crossed the border to fish, and said it was dissatisfied ...
JAXA satellite images show collapse of Indonesian island volcano linked to killer tsunami
Radar data from satellites, converted into images, show Indonesia's Anak Krakatau island volcano is dramatically smaller following a weekend eruption that triggered a deadly tsunami. Satellite photos aren't available because of cloud cover but radar images from a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency satellite taken before ...
