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A man wearing a disposable poncho wades through floodwaters on a street in Hanoi on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 12, 2024
Southeast Asia battles floods as Typhoon Yagi death toll passes 200
Yagi smashed into Vietnam at the weekend, bringing a colossal deluge of rain that has inundated a swathe of northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 6, 2023
Vietnam ousts deputy prime ministers as corruption crackdown spreads
The dismissals come as authorities aggressively tackle graft as part of a years-long campaign that has ensnared hundreds of officials and businessmen.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 21, 2022
'Don't want to move': The race to save Hanoi's crumbling villas
Despite their protected status, the future of these homes — and their inhabitants — hangs in the balance.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 29, 2020
Vietnam says all areas now at risk of coronavirus infection
Vietnam, virus-free for months, was bracing for another wave of COVID-19 infections on Wednesday after state media reported new cases in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and the Central Highlands linked to a recent outbreak in the central city of Danang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 1, 2020
After mass testing, Vietnam says coronavirus outbreak contained
Businessman Phan Quoc Viet was making his usual prayers at a pagoda in Tay Ninh, a province in southern Vietnam, when the government official's call came.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 14, 2020
Vietnam quarantines rural community of 10,000 because of coronavirus
Vietnam has quarantined a community of 10,000 people near the capital, Hanoi, for 20 days because of fears the coronavirus could spread there, two local officials told Reuters on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 1, 2019
For Japan, 'no deal' at Kim-Trump summit beats a bad deal with concessions to nuclear North Korea
At a glance, this week's Kim-Trump summit meeting in Hanoi, held to foster progress toward the denuclearization of North Korea, generated few tangible victories — despite U.S. President Donald Trump's boasts of the "tremendous" achievements he had expected.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 1, 2019
Pyongyang disputes Trump claim Kim sought end to all sanctions, warns leader may have 'lost the will' for deal
North Korea struck a pessimistic tone after the collapse of a two-day summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump, hardening its stance with a warning by a top diplomat that Kim may have "lost the will" to reach an agreement on curtailing his country's nuclear program.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 21, 2019
Pyongyang purge: Kim reportedly shuffling team for nuclear talks following defections and alleged spying
Veteran North Korean diplomats are being sidelined from nuclear talks ahead of the second summit with the United States as recent defections and allegations of spying undermine the trust of leader Kim Jong Un, South Korean officials and experts say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 21, 2019
Trump coming to Japan for new Emperor enthronement and Osaka G20 summit, official says
President Donald Trump is expected to make a pair of trips to Japan later this year, first to meet the country's new Emperor and then for the G20 summit, according to an administration official.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 19, 2019
Summit won't shift North Korea's strategic calculus
Without a substantial agreement in Hanoi, we are likely to see Pyongyang retain its nuclear deterrent while it continues its modus operandi of extracting concessions for modest compromises.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 11, 2019
Second Trump-Kim summit seen coming as North Korea continues to 'nuclearize'
President Donald Trump is set to meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un in less than three weeks, yet the biggest question hanging over the leaders' second summit is why they're even having it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 6, 2018
Fumio Kishida to make decision on LDP presidential election after Diet closes for summer
Fumio Kishida, the Liberal Democratic Party's policy chief, said he will make his decision on whether to run for party president, and thus prime minister, after the Diet closes for the summer.
WORLD
Aug 17, 2015
Chicken war with U.S. shows free trade threat to Vietnamese farmers
Hanoi chicken farmer Nguyen Huu Tuyen blames inexpensive poultry imported from the U.S. for the loss of almost $14,000 (¥1.7 million) this year.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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