Junya Ito Leaves Japan Team During Asian Cup After Sexual Assault Claims
TOKYO - Japan football player Junya Ito has left Japan's national team during the Asian Cup following an accusation he sexually assaulted two women...
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Corruption
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Wednesday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 years in prison for corruption,...
Toyota Chair Says Group Got “Priorities Wrong” as Scandals Unfold
TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda on Tuesday apologized over a recent series of scandals involving its group companies, vowing to improve...
ASEAN Cautiously Optimistic Of Progress On Myanmar And South China Sea Conflicts
LUANG PRABANG, Laos (AP) — China’s increasingly assertive posture in the South China Sea and escalating violence in Myanmar topped the agenda for Southeast...
Man Believed To Be Fugitive 1970s Terrorist Bomber Dies in Hospital
TOKYO - A man thought to be the suspect wanted for one of a series of terrorist bombings in Japan in the 1970s died...
Hong Kong Court Orders Property Firm China Evergrande To Liquidate After Plan For $300b...
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court ordered China Evergrande, the world’s most heavily indebted real estate developer, to undergo liquidation following a...
Biden Aide Urges Bejing To Press Iran Over Houthi Attacks. China Warns US Over...
U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan pressed Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during talks in Thailand to use China's influence with Iran to ease tensions in the Middle...
Beijing Steps Up Military Pressure On Taiwan After The US And China Announce Talks...
China sent more than 30 warplanes and a group of navy ships toward Taiwan, the island’s defense ministry said Saturday.
The military pressure comes on...
Man Sentenced To Death Over 2019 Kyoto Animation Arson That Killed 36
TOKYO - A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced Shinji Aoba to death for the 2019 arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio that...
Trump Wins New Hampshire Primary As Rematch With Biden Appears Increasingly Likely
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump easily won New Hampshire's primary on Tuesday, seizing command of the race for the Republican nomination and making...
