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    April 23, 2018
    The world's oldest person dies at 117
    At 117, Nabi Tajima was older than modern-day Australia, and everyone else known to live on the planet. Tajima, born Aug. 4, 1900, in Araki,...
    news/worldApril 23, 2018 - 12:32pm
    March 16, 2018
    Olson chosen to participate in teacher exchange program in Japan
    No stranger to awards and earning big-time grants, Julie Olson is at it again. The Mitchell High School science teacher announced this week she...
    news/educationMarch 16, 2018 - 9:15am
    March 10, 2018
    A photo provided by the South Korean Presidential Office of Chung Eui-yong, South Korea's national security adviser, meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, March 8, 2018. During the meeting, Trump threw aside caution and agreed to meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un in a daring and risky diplomatic gambit to end a nuclear standoff. (South Korean Presidential Office via The New York Times/Copyright 2018/New York Times)
    Trump tweets claims of support for China, Japan for summit with North Korea
    President Donald Trump claimed Saturday to have the backing of the leaders of China and Japan for his high-risk plan to hold a summit with North...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 10, 2018 - 3:51pm
    December 7, 2017
    Jerry Yellin in 2015, after attending the Air and Space Conference and National Convention in Washington. Courtesy of the United States Department of Defense.
    This fighter pilot flew the last mission over Japan in WWII. Then he learned to love his enemy.
    It was Aug. 13, 1945, four days after the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Japan had suffered unimaginable destruction, but Emperor Hirohito...
    newsDecember 7, 2017 - 10:31am
    November 29, 2017
    DPRK leader Kim Jong Un stands alongside a hearse carrying his father and predecessor, the late DPRK leader Kim Jong Il, outside Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang last December. (Korean Central News Agency)
    North Korea's missile launch appears to put entire U.S. mainland within range
    TOKYO - North Korea claimed the entire United States mainland was within reach after "successfully" testing a new kind of intercontinental ballistic...
    newsNovember 29, 2017 - 8:18am
    November 28, 2017
    FILE-- Soldiers stand guard outside of meeting rooms that straddle the border between North and South Korea in Panmunjom along the Demilitarized Zone, April 19, 2017. (Lam Yik Fei / Copyright 2017 The New York Times)
    Yet another 'ghost ship' washed ashore in Japan, and clues point to North Korean defectors
    The bodies had been drifting in the Sea of Japan for so long that only bones remained. But investigators in face masks and coveralls found clues...
    news/nationNovember 28, 2017 - 7:11am
    November 7, 2017
    Pedestrians talk in front of the home of Isao Kakehi, who police believe may have been killed by his wife, Chisako Kakehi, in Kyoto, Japan, Dec. 3, 2014. Police allegations that Chisako Kakehi, now 68, murdered seven men has preyed on the biggest fears of Japan’s rapidly aging population -- grabbing national headlines and prompting tabloids to call Kakehi the Black Widow. (Kentaro Takahashi/Copyright 2017 The New York Times)
    Japan's 'black widow' sentenced to hang for killing husbands, lovers with cyanide
    When Japan's notorious "black widow" serial killer admitted to murdering her husband for his money, she told a court she would laugh in the face...
    newsNovember 7, 2017 - 10:25am
    October 31, 2017
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    A serial killer may be responsible for body parts found in coolers, Japanese police say
    Japanese investigators believe they may have caught a serial killer after the dismembered remains of nine bodies were discovered in an apartment...
    newsOctober 31, 2017 - 3:36pm
    August 28, 2017
    North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un smiles during a visit to the Chemical Material Institute of the Academy of Defense Science in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on August23, 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS
    North Korean missile flies over Japan
    TOKYO - North Korea launched a ballistic missile Tuesday morning that flew over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, public broadcaster...
    newsAugust 28, 2017 - 4:50pm
    August 17, 2017
    Stephane Veilleux prepares to take a faceoff as a member of the Oji Eagles of the Asia League. Veilleux was a longtime fan favorite with the Minnesota Wild throughout his 11-year NHL career. (Photo courtesy of Stephane Veilleux)
    Former Wild journeyman Veilleux still going strong in Japan
    ST. PAUL — Stephane Veilleux plopped down at a local Caribou Coffee last week and the memories of his near decade-long career with the Minnesota...
    sportsAugust 17, 2017 - 5:43pm
    July 12, 2017
    Yusuke Kon at the Minnesota Wild Development Camp at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. Jean Pieri / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    Yusuke Kon plans to bring Minnesota Wild experience back to Japan
    ST. PAUL — Imagine this scenario. You step off the plane in a new country, barely knowing a lick of the language. You're shuttled to a hotel,...
    sportsJuly 12, 2017 - 8:09pm
    June 19, 2017
    TR (L-R) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Carlos Victor Ganzon Sibayan, 23, from Chula Vista, CA; Gunner's Mate Seaman Dakota Kyle Rigsby, 19, from Palmyra, VA; Sonar Technician 3rd Class Ngoc T Truong Huynh, 25, from Oakville, CT; and Yeoman 3rd Class Shingo Alexander Douglass, 25, from San Diego, CA. BR (L-R) Fire Controlman 1st Class Gary Leo Rehm Jr., from Elyria, OH; Personnel Specialist 1st Class Xavier Alec Martin, 24, from Halethorpe, MD; and Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Noe Hernandez, 26, from Weslaco, TX.
    Identities of seven sailors killed aboard USS Fitzgerald released
    TOKYO - Nearly an hour elapsed before a Philippine-flagged container ship reported a collision with a U.S. warship, the Japanese coastguard said...
    newsJune 19, 2017 - 8:47am
    June 17, 2017
    The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald returns to Fleet Activities (FLEACT) Yokosuka following a collision with a merchant vessel while operating southwest of Yokosuka, Japan in photo received June 17, 2017. Courtesy of U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter Burghart/Handout via REUTERS
    Search goes on for seven U.S. sailors after collision off Japan
    TOKYO - Rescue crews searched into the early hours on Sunday for seven American sailors missing after a U.S. destroyer collided with a container...
    newsJune 17, 2017 - 12:37pm
    June 16, 2017
    The Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald is shown on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility in support of security and stability in the Pacific Ocean in this September 8, 2014 handout photo. Courtesy of U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist Seaman David Flewellyn/Handout via REUTERS
    U.S. Navy destroyer collides with merchant vessel near Japan
    WASHINGTON - The U.S. Navy said on Friday one of its destroyers collided with a merchant vessel southwest of Yokosuka, Japan, and a U.S. official...
    newsJune 16, 2017 - 4:58pm
    June 2, 2017
    A pedestrian walks on a street as smoke billows from the chimneys of a factory in Dalian, China, on Jan. 17, 2017. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Qilai Shen.
    'Reckless and foolish': Asia dogpiles on Trump after Paris accord pullout
    BEIJING - Japan's environment minister is angry, Indians are outraged but China's nationalist state media isn't sure whether to laugh or cry....
    newsJune 2, 2017 - 7:27am
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