Nov 27 Tokyo Olympic organizers will host 18 test events By Associated Press Local organizers on Friday announced a series of 18 test events set to begin in March and run into May. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch 6:24 News Wrap: Wildfires still burning across California, Pacific Northwest In our news wrap Wednesday, dozens of wildfires are still burning across the Pacific Northwest and California. President Trump declared a federal disaster in Oregon, where several small towns have been razed. But improved weather is helping fire crews, some… Continue watching
Sep 16 Yoshihide Suga named Japan's prime minister, succeeding Abe By Associated Press Japan's Parliament elected Yoshihide Suga as prime minister Wednesday, replacing long-serving leader Shinzo Abe with his right-hand man. Continue reading
Sep 03 Livestock ship carrying 42 crew members sinks off Japan's coast By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Japanese rescuers were searching Thursday for a livestock ship carrying 42 crew members that a survivor said sank during rough weather a day earlier off a southern Japanese island, the coast guard said. Continue reading
Sep 02 WATCH: National WWII Museum commemorates 75 year anniversary of war's end By Associated Press Wednesday is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, when documents were signed officially ending years of bloody fighting in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch 2:27 The legacy of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is resigning due to illness Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Friday that he is resigning because of a chronic health problem. A political veteran, he held the post longer than anyone else. Abe cultivated a friendly relationship with President Trump that some experts say… Continue watching
Aug 28 Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he's resigning for health reasons By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, says he will resign because a chronic illness has resurfaced. Concerns about Abe’s health began this summer and grew this month when he visited a Tokyo hospital two weeks in a row for unspecified… Continue reading
Aug 27 How nations are going back to school -- or not By Associated Press Governments around the world are taking different strategies toward the new school year, depending on how many infections they're seeing, the state of their health care systems and political considerations. Continue reading
Aug 07 Watch 6:26 The intrepid journalist who exposed Hiroshima's horror By Jeffrey Brown After the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, it was another year before first-hand accounts emerged. Journalist John Hersey helped expose the bomb’s lasting damage, which the U.S. government tried to downplay. In a new book, “Fallout,” which… Continue watching
Aug 06 Survivors mark 75th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic attack By Yami Maraguchi, Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Survivors of the world's first atomic bombing gathered in diminished numbers near an iconic, blasted dome Thursday to mark the attack's 75th anniversary, many of them urging the world, and their own government, to do more… Continue reading