August 2021

TOKYO - Two men in their 30s have died days after being given a dose of Moderna Inc. vaccine from a batch that was later withdrawn, but it is not known whether there was a causal link, it said on Saturday. Japanese Ministry of Health. Japan…

TOKYO (Kyodo) - Japan transported 14 Afghans on a Kabul Self-Defense Force plane to Islamabad in neighboring Pakistan at the request of the United States amid heightened tensions in the Afghan capital following the bombings near the city's…

It is almost the end of August and our recent weather is typical of this time of year. Heavy rains from a tropical storm followed by miserably hot and humid days are the kind of weather this month usually brings.The outside world is green…

TOKYO - Satoru Nomura was called "God" and "Emperor" by his subordinates, who waited for him 24 hours a day in a palace in Fukuoka. But the 74-year-old leader of Japan's most violent yakuza gang, often seen in chic bespoke suits and…

TOKYO (AP) - Japan was set to extend its coronavirus state of emergency for a second week in a row on…

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Leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized democracies called for respect for international human rights law in Afghanistan. They urged all parties to work in good faith to form a representative government.…

Satoru Nomura, 74, head of the "Kudo-kai" crime syndicate in southwestern Japan, has denied charges of ordering violent assaults.A Japanese court has sentenced a Yakuza mafia boss to death after ordering a murder and attacks on three other…

China has passed a law that the authorities say "further improves" existing provisions on the protection of personal data. The new "Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China" comes into force on November 1, 2021…

BEIRUT - This month's hard-hitting report from the United Nations Climate Science Panel sounded the alarm on the growing impacts of global warming, but its independent authors and researchers said it was not providing enough…