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Photo taken from a drone on Aug. 30, 2022, shows a condominium partially destroyed by Russian missiles in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by…

South Korea is working toward a resolution of the long-pending issue of wartime labor compensation that has soured bilateral relations, a senior official of Japan's Foreign Ministry said Friday, ahead of an impending…

Tatsuya Shinhama of Japan competes en route to winning the men's 500 meters at the World Cup speed skating meet in Obihiro, northern Japan, on Nov. 10, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the…

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Saturday pledged to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen that Japan will support efforts by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to improve the situation in…

Ryunosuke Tsukue competes in the men's event during the national championships for squash, a sport confirmed for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, in a glass-walled court at Tressa Yokohama in Kanagawa…

The coronavirus pandemic has caused a major decline in the number of new marriages in Japan, with there expected to be some 150,000 fewer newly wedded couples than expected in the three years to the end of 2022, a…

The IFA consumer technology fair opens to the public in Berlin on Sept. 2, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Powerful typhoon Hinnamnor may…

Japanese authorities are stepping up surveillance of unlicensed taxis at Narita airport near Tokyo, as a spike in the number of arrivals increases demand for transport into the capital. Transport ministry officials…

Sunflowers are in full bloom in a field near Kyiv on Aug. 6, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Nagasaki to urge nuclear abolition as city…

A giant float is paraded during the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage-listed Karatsu Kunchi festival in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the…