Sep 23 Watch 3:51 News Wrap: Fears of recession trigger stock market sell-off In our news wrap Friday, a sell-off swept Wall Street and the world as rising interest rates intensify fears of a recession, counter-protesters marched in support of Iran's Islamic regime following growing unrest over a young woman's death in the… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch 4:22 News Wrap: Taliban frees American in prisoner swap, judge orders release of Adnan Syed In our news wrap Monday, the Taliban freed American engineer Mark Frerichs in a prisoner swap, a judge in Pakistan ordered police to drop terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, Russian fire hit close to another nuclear power… Continue watching
Sep 18 Thousands evacuated as Typhoon Nanmadol makes landfall in southern Japan By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press A powerful typhoon slammed ashore in southern Japan on Sunday as it pounded the region with strong winds and heavy rain, causing blackouts, paralyzing ground and air transportation and prompting the evacuation of thousands of people. Continue reading
Aug 25 Japan police chief to resign over killing of former prime minister Abe By Mary Yamaguchi, Associated Press Japan's national police chief says he will resign to take responsibility over the assassination of former leader Shinzo Abe last month. Continue reading
Jul 31 Japanese video journalist detained at Myanmar protest march By Grant Peck, Associated Press Toru Kubota, a Tokyo-based documentary filmmaker, was arrested on Saturday by plainclothes police after a flash protest in Yangon, according to Typ Fone, a leader of the group Yangon Democratic Youth Strike, which organized the rally. Continue reading
Jul 24 Watch 2:48 News Wrap: Pope to ask forgiveness for historical abuse of Native children in Canada In our news wrap Sunday, Pope Francis landed in Canada, where he will ask forgiveness from Indigenous communities for historical abuses of Native children at residential schools once run by the Catholic Church. Also, President Biden's physician says his COVID… Continue watching
Jul 24 Japan's Sakurajima volcano erupts as nearby residents are advised to evacuate By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Footage on Japan’s NHK public television showed orange flames flashing near the crater and dark smoke of ash billowing from the mountaintop high up into the night sky. Continue reading
Jul 11 Days after Abe's assassination, party vows to complete his goal of changing pacifist constitution By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Days after his assassination, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's party vowed to use its sizable victory in a parliamentary election to achieve his unfinished goals. Continue reading
Jul 10 Japan votes in pivotal election after Abe assassination By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Exit polls for the election for the parliament's upper house showed Abe's governing party certain to win a major victory, possibly propelled by what is seen as a wave of sympathy votes in a country still reeling from the shock… Continue reading
Jul 09 As Japan mourns, Abe's death raises security questions By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Abe was shot in the western city of Nara on Friday and airlifted to a hospital but died of blood loss. Police arrested the attacker, a former member of Japan's navy, at the scene. Police confiscated his homemade gun and… Continue reading