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Japanese atomic bomb survivor group Nihon Hidankyo wins Nobel Peace Prize 11 Oct 2024 - 01:42 pm
Tomoyuki Mimaki, representative director of the Nihon Hidankyo, attends a press conference after the group was awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, in Hiroshima on October 11, 2024. Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP
Voice of Japan's beloved robot cat 'Doraemon' dies 11 Oct 2024 - 11:48 am
This picture taken on July 18, 2013 shows a journalist walking amid life-size figures of Doraemon during the press preview of the Fujiko F Fujio Exhibition in Tokyo. Photo by TORU YAMANAKA / AFP
Philippines arrests alleged Chinese scam farm chain boss 11 Oct 2024 - 11:39 am
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South Koreans react with joy and amazement at writer Han Kang's Nobel win 10 Oct 2024 - 07:32 pm
A person watches a news broadcast with file footage of South Korean author Han Kang, at a train station in Seoul on October 10, 2024. Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP
South Korea's Han Kang wins literature Nobel 10 Oct 2024 - 03:53 pm
This undated photo released by Yonhap news agency on October 10, 2024 shows South Korean author Han Kang delivering a speech at a lecture in Gwangju. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Yokohama lighthouse has guided ships for 130 years 09 Oct 2024 - 11:51 pm
The Yokohama Kita Suitei Lighthouse, a century old and still a working lighthouse, is seen against the city skyline. (Photo by The Japan News)
Tata Group Chairman Emeritus Ratan Naval Tata dies at age 86 09 Oct 2024 - 10:09 pm
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Japanese Prime Minister dissolves parliament ahead of general election 09 Oct 2024 - 03:55 pm
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Soldier killed after abduction in Indian Kashmir 09 Oct 2024 - 01:01 pm
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Pyongyang to 'permanently' shut border with South Korea 09 Oct 2024 - 11:24 am
A North Korean guard post (R top) and a loudspeaker (L) on the North side of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas, are seen over a South Korean guard post (bottom) from the border city of Paju on October 9, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Five Russian climbers die on Nepal's Dhaulagiri peak: official 08 Oct 2024 - 08:13 pm
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Over 40,000 dengue cases reported in Sri Lanka so far in 2024 08 Oct 2024 - 08:06 pm
File: A worker sprays insecticide to prevent mosquito breeding at a railway station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 13, 2023. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)
Samsung issues rare apology for poor results in tech 'crisis' 08 Oct 2024 - 06:08 pm
A man walks past a signboard of Samsung Electronics outside the company's Seocho building in Seoul on October 8, 2024. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP
Sorrow and anger as families farewell Thai school bus fire victims 08 Oct 2024 - 05:18 pm
Grieving family members hold portraits of their loved ones during the cremation ceremony for the victims of a school bus fire, which marks the last Buddhist funeral rites at Wat Khao Phraya Sangkharam School in Uthai Thani on October 8, 2024.
Bangladesh's Yunus says no elections before reforms 08 Oct 2024 - 11:29 am
Bangladesh's Chief Adviser of the interim Government Muhammad Yunus speaks during a joint press conference with Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia, in Dhaka on October 4, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Record number of climbers chase 14-peak dream in Tibet 08 Oct 2024 - 08:10 am
(Files) This photograph taken on May 2, 2021, shows a helicopter flying over the Khumbu glacier in the Mount Everest region. (Photo by Prakash Mathema / AFP)
Taiwan's Foxconn says building world's largest 'superchip' plant 08 Oct 2024 - 08:07 am
Chairman of Foxconn Technology Group Young Liu delivers a speech during the Hon Hai Tech Day in Taipei on October 8, 2024. (Photo by Walid Berrazeg / AFP)
India offers financial support to Maldives after talks to repair ties 07 Oct 2024 - 10:56 pm
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) and Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu virtually inaugurate the new runway at Maldives' Hanimadhoo International Airport, during a joint media briefing at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on October 7, 2024. (Photo by Money Sharma / AFP)