By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s prime minister picked five women for his Cabinet on Wednesday, matching the past record and sending the strongest message yet about his determination to change deep-seated views on gender and revive the economy by getting women on board as workers and leaders.
Despite tensions, N. Korea lets tourists, athletes through borders
By Eric Talmadge The Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Despite North Korea’s warnings that the threat of war on the Korean Peninsula is so high it cannot guarantee the safety of foreign residents, it literally trotted out athletes from around the world on Sunday, April 14 — suggesting its concerns of an imminent […]