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SOUTH KOREA

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 7, 2015
South Korea reports 14 more MERS cases and fifth death
South Korean health officials on Sunday reported 14 more cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome, bringing the total in the country's outbreak to 64, and said a fifth person infected with the virus had died.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 5, 2015
South Korea reports third MERS death as alarm grows
South Korea on Thursday confirmed that a man who died a day earlier had been infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), the third fatality in a virus outbreak that has caused growing alarm in the country.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 3, 2015
Japan beefs up measures in bid to pre-empt arrival of deadly MERS virus
The central government is strengthening measures to minimize any potential impact from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) within its borders, amid an outbreak in neighboring South Korea that had claimed the lives of at least two people as of Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / Japan / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
May 28, 2015
President Park Geun-hye's Japan stance in perspective
Where does South Korean President Geun-hye Park's open antipathy toward Japan come from?
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 25, 2015
UNESCO faces Japan's legacy of forced labor in heritage bid
News earlier this month that a UNESCO advisory panel had recommended putting Japanese sites from the Meiji industrial revolution on the World Heritage list excited the public, especially residents near the sites who campaigned for the honor.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
May 25, 2015
In North Korea, men call the shots, women make the money
North Korea is a militarized, male-dominated society, but it is women who are making the money as the insular nation allows an unofficial market-based economy to take shape.
JAPAN / History
May 22, 2015
Tokyo, Seoul make little progress in resolving UNESCO heritage feud
Japan and South Korea failed to find common ground Friday over Tokyo's controversial proposal to have historical industrial sites put on UNESCO's World Heritage list, a move Seoul is attempting to block as they include places where Koreans were forced to toil after being shipped over during Japan's annexation...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 22, 2015
Akie Abe pays visit to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine
Akie Abe, the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, indicated Thursday that she had recently visited war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, a move that may rile China, South Korea and possibly the United States.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 19, 2015
With visit to industrial zone, Ban to be first U.N. chief to travel to North Korea in over 20 years
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday he will visit the Kaesong industrial complex just north of the inter-Korean border, which will make him the first U.N. chief to enter the isolated country in more than two decades.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 16, 2015
South Korean spy agency under scrutiny after reporting execution by Pyongyang
The South Korean spy agency's assertion that North Korea purged its defense chief and executed him with anti-aircraft fire is one of its boldest claims ever and, given the agency's checkered history, has come under growing scrutiny.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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