A US Marine in Japan's Okinawa was referred to prosecutors on suspicion of sexually assaulting and injuring a woman in June, the third case of its type to surface on the island this year, local media reported.
China forward Wu Lei enjoyed less support at the Chinese national team than he boasted at his club Shanghai Port, says Meizhou Hakka FC defender Wang Wei.
The devastation caused by Typhoon Shanshan underscores the increasing severity of natural disasters in the context of climate change.
The number of babies born in Japan in the first half of 2024 shrank to a record low, totaling 350,074, government data showed Friday.
A landslide in Gamagori city of the prefecture of Aichi, caused by the warm, moist air from the typhoon on Tuesday, left three people dead and two injured, according to local media reports.
Last week, North Korea fired missiles in an apparent protest against joint naval drills involving the United States and South Korea.
Tensions have cast a shadow over dialogue between the Japanese and Chinese leaders, and the realization of the “constructive and stable relationship” that both countries have sought is not in sight.
The Japanese Embassy, in Colombo, in a statement, said that President Wickremesinghe and Minister Yoshimasa shared the common understanding that debt restructuring should be carried out with the participation of all the creditor countries, in a transparent and comparable manner.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attended the state funeral of assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo.
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, a giant in diplomacy yet controversial at home, was given a final send-off in a state funeral attended by about 4,300 guests, including 700 from abroad, on Tuesday.
