National / Politics Dec 12, 2018
by Reiji Yoshida
The foreign minister’s image was tarnished during a news conference Tuesday when he asked for the next question repeatedly when queried by reporters over a diplomatic row with Russia.
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World Dec 12, 2018
Massachusetts pilot who perished flying 'The Hump' during WWII accounted for
A U.S. Army Air Forces pilot from Massachusetts whose plane crashed during World War II has been accounted for. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Tuesday that 1st Lt. Allen R. Turner, of Brookline, was accounted for in September. The 25-year-old Turner was the pilot of ...
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Dec 10, 2018
The world's oldest known wild seabird has laid another egg. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the Laysan albatross named Wisdom appeared at her nest site at Midway Atoll National Wildlife refuge last month. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports biologists confirm she laid the egg. Wisdom and her ...
National Dec 8, 2018
Pearl Harbor survivor and U.S. Navy veteran recalls 1941 attack
Retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Don Long was alone on an anchored military seaplane in the middle of a bay across the island from Pearl Harbor when Japanese warplanes started striking Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, watching from afar as the attack that killed and ...
National Dec 8, 2018
About 20 survivors gathered at Pearl Harbor on Friday to pay tribute to the thousands of people lost in the Japanese attack 77 years ago. They joined dignitaries, active duty troops and members of the public in observing a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m., ...
World Dec 7, 2018
More than 75 years after nearly 2,400 members of the U.S. military were killed in the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, some who died on Dec. 7, 1941, are finally being laid to rest in cemeteries across the United States. In 2015, the Defense POW/MIA ...
World / Politics Dec 6, 2018
George H.W. Bush's funeral a farewell to WWII's 'greatest generation'
It wasn't just a salute to a president, it was a tribute to a generation. President George H. W. Bush was remembered during more than two days of ceremonies and services in Washington as the last president forged from World War II, a leader dedicated ...
World / Social Issues Dec 5, 2018
Aging Holocaust survivors gather for global Hanukkah ceremonies
Hundreds of Holocaust survivors around the world marked the third night of Hanukkah on Tuesday, with menorah-lighting ceremonies paying tribute to them and the 6 million other Jews who were killed by the Nazis. Initiated last year by the New York-based organization that handles claims ...
World / Politics Dec 5, 2018
Soldiers, people in wheelchairs and long lines of other Americans filed through the hushed Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday to view George H.W. Bush's casket and remember a president whose legacy included military victory half a world away and a landmark law affirming the rights ...
National Dec 1, 2018
Over 70 percent of Russians oppose handing control of the four Moscow-held islands claimed by Japan over to Tokyo, a survey by a Russian nongovernmental research organization has shown. The survey, released Friday by the Levada Analytical Center, showed that 74 percent of the respondents ...
National / Crime & Legal Dec 1, 2018
Japan may seize South Korean assets amid row over wartime labor
The central government may seize South Korean assets in Japan if the holdings of Japanese firms in South Korea are confiscated following recent Supreme Court rulings against them over the issue of wartime labor, sources have said. The possible countermeasure is being discussed as a ...