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Repeated abuse suspected at facility for people with disabilities in north Japan city
Staff members at a support facility for people with disabilities in this northern Japan city are suspected to have abused ...
Ghost of Yotei Director Reveals Efforts to Respectfully Portray the Ainu Indigenous People of Japan
In a new entry on Sony’s official PlayStation blog, Sucker Punch Productions' co-creative director Nate Fox shared more ...
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93,000 people voluntarily left Japan for North Korea after World War II. Or did they?
She was just one of more than 93,000 people who left Japan for North Korea from 1959 to 1984. Most departed in the first wave, which lasted until 1963. Almost all were “returning” to a place ...
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Ghost ships believed to be from North Korea appear off Japan
The so-called ghost ships are believed to be from North Korea. A wooden boat is seen off Matsumae town, Hokkaido northern Japan, Nov. 29, 2017. Iori Sagisawa/Kyodo News via AP — -- Several ...
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Kim Jong Un's Threats Rattle Japan — but There's a Line It Won't Cross - NBC News
The reason most Japanese people hold this view is linked to their country's unique history. In August 1945, the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, instantly killing more than ...
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What you need to know about North Korea’s missile test over Japan - CNN
North Korea fired a ballistic missile without warning over Japan on Tuesday for the first time in five years, a highly provocative and reckless act that marks a significant escalation in its ...
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What's next for Japan's forgotten prisoners in North Korea?
It was only in 1998, when North Korean agent An Myong-jin — who had defected to the South — described in a book how he saw Furukawa and two other missing Japanese nationals at Hospital 915 in ...
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Abductions of Japanese citizens by North Korea - The Washington Post
Well, not so long ago, at least 17 Japanese people were abducted by North Korea. There are many other cases in which the possibility of abduction cannot be ruled out.