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Kyodo News Digest: Sept. 13, 2026
10+ hour, 46+ 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…...
Voting underway in Okinawa governor race with U.S. base, economy in focus
10+ hour, 47+ min ago (586+ words) 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 candidate backed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's ruling coalition. The relocation…...
China threatens to cancel summit if U.S. approves new arms sales to Taiwan
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (213+ words) China has told the United States that it intends to cancel a planned meeting between their leaders later this month if Washington approves any new arms sales to Taiwan by then, multiple sources familiar with bilateral ties said Saturday. China…...
Inside Ukraine's cultural crisis: A Japanese writer's account
2+ day, 5+ hour 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, 10+ 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: Japan's major opposition party to retain secretary general
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (118+ 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: Over 30% of unmarried people in Japan do not want children: survey
2+ day, 5+ 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: North Korea fires unidentified projectile toward Sea of Japan: report
1+ day, 13+ 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…...
Meta in talks with Seoul on social media restrictions for children
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (286+ words) URGENT: Info leak suspected following unauthorized access to Japan gov't network SEOUL - Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said Thursday it is in talks with the South Korean government on measures to limit children's use of social…...
25 yrs after 9/11, world is darker, more violent: U.S. historian
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (416+ words) TOKYO - The world turned darker and more violent after the shocking terrorist attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, with fear instilled into people and nations, U.S. historian Peter Kuznick said in a recent interview with Kyodo News. The following are…...