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Olena Ivanenko quit her job and joined the fight for Ukraine after Russia began its invasion in Febr
The operator of Japanese online marketplace Mercari recently sent ripples through workplaces across
This year's final Grand Sumo competition, the November Tournament, concluded on Sunday, November 26,
In 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic took hold across the world, reports came in across Japan and el
Hadas Kalderon's life was changed forever when Hamas militants stormed her kibbutz on October 7, kil
Global interest in the health benefits of fermented food has cast a spotlight on Japan's rich histor
Two musicians from Japan and Germany are working to unearth works by Jewish composers lost during Na
Scammers in Japan are raking in millions of dollars by tricking people into transferring funds to ba
"As long as you have a needle and thread, you can start your life again. So please hang in there." T
"We haven't seen each other in 20-odd years, so give me a break," said a woman. The phone went dead
North Korea's legendary cheerleaders were in full voice at this years' Asian Games in Hangzhou, Chin
In a sign of the times, a major player in the smartphone industry is poised to enter the auto market
Bringing a new life into the world is never easy, but doing so in a foreign country, in a foreign la
A 1 billion dollar project to connect Japan and Europe with a fiber-optic cable along the Arctic sea
A severe drought is slowing the transportation of goods through the Panama Canal, and some say that
Tokyo Electric Power Company started releasing treated and diluted water from the Fukushima Daiichi
A Japanese startup wants to shake up the auto industry with a single-seat electric vehicle it aims t
A team from NHK's London Bureau recently travelled to Greenland, where climate change is putting the
Mongolia is a land visibly affected by climate change. Widespread desertification threatens the live
When the US military withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021, it left behind a high-tech arsenal worth bil
