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Kyodo News Digest: Sept. 13, 2026
5+ hour, 3+ min ago (632+ words) Voting underway in Okinawa governor race with U.S. base, economy in focus NAHA, Japan - Voting began Sunday for the Okinawa gubernatorial election with the incumbent, who opposes a contentious U.S. military base relocation in the southern Japanese island prefecture, pitted against a…...
Inside Ukraine's cultural crisis: A Japanese writer's account
2+ day, 16+ min ago (665+ words) TOKYO - Lviv, a city in western Ukraine about 70 kilometers from the Polish border, is known as Ukraine's cultural capital and has long been a crossroads of Central and Eastern European and Russian cultures. After a roughly six-hour drive from Warsaw,…...
Kyodo News Digest: Sept. 12 2026
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (632+ words) North Korea fires unidentified projectile toward Sea of Japan: report SEOUL - North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward the Sea of Japan on Saturday, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported, citing the country's Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Joint Chiefs…...
BREAKING NEWS: North Korea fires unidentified projectile toward Sea of Japan: report
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (120+ words) Read full story here Japan weather agency warns of intense rain in Tokyo, 12 areas through Monday Torrential rain hits central Japan, floods vital infrastructure in Nagoya Opposition to accepting more foreign residents growing in Japan: study Japan PM Takaichi urges…...
N. Korea leader's daughter seen as heir over her siblings: Seoul
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (170+ words) SEOUL - South Korea's spy agency has said that even if North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's daughter has an older brother, she would be the one to succeed their father. The agency said the daughter, believed to be named Kim…...
Kyodo News Digest: Sept. 11, 2026
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (726+ words) Policy to be Japan PM's yardstick in Cabinet reshuffle: top gov't spokesman TOKYO - Policy will be Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's yardstick in choosing members of her Cabinet and executives of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, the top government spokesman said…...
BREAKING NEWS: N. Korea leader's daughter seen as heir over her siblings: Seoul
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (98+ words) Read full story here Japan weather agency warns of intense rain in Tokyo, 12 areas through Monday Torrential rain hits central Japan, floods vital infrastructure in Nagoya Opposition to accepting more foreign residents growing in Japan: study Japan PM Takaichi urges…...
BREAKING NEWS: Japan needs own foreign intelligence agency: gov't spokesman
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (117+ words) Read full story here Japan weather agency warns of intense rain in Tokyo, 12 areas through Monday Torrential rain hits central Japan, floods vital infrastructure in Nagoya Opposition to accepting more foreign residents growing in Japan: study Japan PM Takaichi urges…...
BREAKING NEWS: Policy to be Japan PM's yardstick in Cabinet reshuffle: top gov't spokesman
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (121+ words) Read full story here Japan weather agency warns of intense rain in Tokyo, 12 areas through Monday Torrential rain hits central Japan, floods vital infrastructure in Nagoya Opposition to accepting more foreign residents growing in Japan: study Japan PM Takaichi urges…...
BREAKING NEWS: Japan sleep expert Masashi Yanagisawa among Lasker Awards winners
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (108+ words) Read full story here Japan weather agency warns of intense rain in Tokyo, 12 areas through Monday Opposition to accepting more foreign residents growing in Japan: study Japan PM Takaichi urges removal of Russia war victory statue China asks Ukraine to…...