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[ad_1] Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Thursday to establish rules to enhance the transparency of factions within his ruling Liberal Democratic Party following a political fundraising scandal involving its largest policy group.Kishida said at a news conference that he is eager to strengthen the governance of the LDP by setting up a "political reform headquarters" led by him next week in an attempt to restore the public's trust in politics.His […]

[ad_1] Japan has accepted a U.S. offer to assist in response to the powerful quake that rocked the central region on New Year's Day, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said Thursday, noting that logistical support from the military as well as food and other supplies are being readied."When Japan is in a time of need, we're here to support them, both civilian with resources, military with logistics," the ambassador […]

[ad_1] Cancelled or delayed flights are on display at Haneda Airport's departure lobby on Thursday. | Kyodo People flock to check-in counters at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido Thursday after many flights were cancelled or delayed. | Kyodo [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Details of what unfolded in the moments before Tuesday’s deadly collision between a Japan Airlines plane and a coast guard aircraft have begun to emerge, but as a formal probe gets underway, many questions remain.Communications between the Haneda Airport control tower and the JAL jet, as well as those between the tower and the coast guard plane, paint a partial picture of the final minutes before the collision, which […]

[ad_1] KYIV/BERKELEY, California – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration warned Congress late last year that the United States is running “out of money — and nearly out of time” to send aid and weapons to Ukraine.This, together with a recent warning by Ukraine’s top general, Valery Zaluzhnyi, that “sooner or later we are going to find that we simply don’t have enough people to fight,” has been interpreted by some […]

[ad_1] SEOUL – North Korea is shaking up the way it handles relations with South Korea, enacting changes to policy and government organizations that would effectively treat the South as a separate, enemy state.The moves, which break with decades of policy, could have North Korea's foreign ministry taking over relations with the South, and potentially help justify the use of nuclear weapons against Seoul in a future war, analysts said.Since […]

[ad_1] Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia – The Dakar Rally roars into life on Friday in Saudi Arabia with Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah seeking a sixth title and third in a row in the mythic motorsport marathon.A 425-strong colorful caravan made up of cars, bikes, quads and trucks sets out from Al-Ula on a treacherous 4,900-mile (7,886 kilometer) odyssey around the kingdom with a Jan. 19 finish in Yanbu on the Red Sea.This […]

[ad_1] Wajima, Ishikawa Pref. – Hotel chef Makoto Wakabayashi was among those in Wajima hoping for a banner year as visitors returned to the scenic, seaside town that weathered more than two years of pandemic gloom.Those dreams came apart in minutes of violent shaking on New Year's Day, when the strongest earthquake to strike Japan in 13 years and multiple aftershocks devastated the city and claimed dozens of lives.Days later, […]

[ad_1] The man accused of stabbing Lee Jae-myung, the leader of South Korea’s main opposition party, in the neck had been stalking him in recent weeks, including attending a political event where Lee was present on Dec. 13, apparently captured on video there wearing a blue paper crown, police say.At a rally on Tuesday, a man wearing a similar paper crown and carrying a message supporting Lee and his party […]