SEOUL - Expressions such as "comfort women" and "sex slaves," as well as a photo of comfort women, have been deleted from a South Korean government-designated social studies textbook for six-grade primary school students, which was revised earlier this...
KAMAISHI - Kenichi Suzuki, 72, gently stroked an orange school bag hanging on the wall of the entrance of a temporary house in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, where he lives now.Suzuki said his granddaughter Riko is "still a primary school...
KAMAISHI - A dozen bars from a district that was washed away by tsunami following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake are currently running in a temporary building in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture.The Kamaishi city government intends to move the...
JAKARTA - Strong aftershocks continued to rock Indonesia on Thursday after a massive undersea quake sparked fears of a region-wide disaster similar to the 2004 Indian Ocean quake and tsunami which killed more than 200,000 people.An aftershock of 5.6...
Update: Tsunami warning lifted for Indonesia's Sumatra islandJAKARTA - A 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's western island of Sumatra Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, with local authorities issuing a tsunami warning.The undersea quake struck at a depth of 10...
Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon has made clear that parity in sentencing is important to preserve and protect public confidence in the way justice is administered.His remarks underscored an appeal case in which a co-offender who played a more serious...
To pull off the scintillating sex scenes in In The Room, local director Eric Khoo needed someone with, well, experience.Enter 30-year-old Japanese adult video (AV) actress Show Nishino, who has been appearing in TV shows, movies and picture books...
Tokyo - A Japanese court has told Internet giant Google to hide a man's criminal past from its search results, saying he has "the right to be forgotten" to rebuild his life, according to reports.The ruling parallels a move...
WARNING: This article contains graphic images some viewers may find disturbingPolice said Monday they were investigating the mystery of a German man whose body was found slumped in the cabin of a yacht that was drifting off the southern...
Migration from rural areas to cities and an imbalance between the sexes has left the cost of marriage unaffordable for some country families, China Youth Daily reportedAfter the noise of firecrackers faded, Zhang Hu and his wife returned home...
