In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democrats, and likely next prime minister, is an ultra-conservative star of a male-dominated party that critics call an obstacle to women’s advancement.
Rescuers in desperate search after a powerful earthquake hit the Philippines, killing at least 69
Rescuers used backhoes and sniffer dogs to look for survivors in collapsed houses and other damaged buildings in the central Philippines on Wednesday, a day after an earthquake killed at least 69 people and injured more than 200 others.
South Korea’s top diplomat says his nation has asked Trump to be a ‘peacemaker’ with North Korea
South Korea’s president has asked President Donald Trump to become “a peacemaker” and use his leadership to get North Korea to talks to reduce military tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the South’s top diplomat said Friday.
Chinese landscape architect Yu Kongjian among 4 killed in a plane crash in Brazil
The crash of a small plane in southwestern Brazil killed four people including Chinese landscape architect and urban planner Yu Kongjian, Brazilian authorities said Wednesday.
Japan’s most sacred Shinto shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years for more than a millennium
Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so that they strike from three directions.
The oldest mummies in the world may hail from southeastern Asia and date back 12,000 years
Scientists have discovered what’s thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia dating back up to 12,000 years.
Japanese women struggle to find a place in the Japanese sumo world
Sumo is more than a sport in Japan.
Nepal’s president appoints former chief justice as interim premier and first woman leader
Nepal’s president on Friday appointed former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki as interim prime minister and the first woman to head the Himalayan nation’s government, following fiery protests that collapsed the previous administration.
Man accused of ramming a car into Filipino festival in Vancouver found mentally fit to stand trial
A Canadian judge ruled Wednesday that the man accused of killing 11 people by ramming his sport utility vehicle into a crowd during a Filipino heritage festival is mentally fit to stand trial.
Zookeeper killed by lions at Bangkok safari park
A veteran zookeeper was killed on Wednesday after being mauled by lions at Safari World, a popular tourist park in Bangkok, Thailand.