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Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka toast each other at a banquet in the Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 28, 1972. Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, marks the 50th anniversary of a historic communique for Japan to normalize relations with China that Tanaka signed with Zhou. (AP Photo, File)

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Japanese leader's trip to China in '72 was diplomatic gamble
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
Sun,09/25/22-8:18PM , 110 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese leader who normalized relations with China 50 years ago feared for his life when he flew to Beijing for the high-stakes negotiations at the height of the Cold War, according to his daughter, a former Japanese foreign minister.
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Police and firefighters inspect the scene where a man is reported to set himself on fire, near the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. The man was taken to a hospital Wednesday, in an apparent protest against a planned state funeral next week for the assassinated former leader Shinzo Abe, officials and media reports said.(Kyodo News via AP)

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Man sets himself on fire in apparent protest of Abe funeral
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
Tue,09/20/22-9:17PM , 110 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — A man set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on Wednesday in an apparent protest against the state funeral planned next week for former leader Shinzo Abe, officials and media reports said.
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A collapsed road is seen following a typhoon in Morotsuka, Miyazaki prefecture, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. A tropical storm that dumped heavy rain as it cut across Japan moved into the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday after killing a few and injuring more than 100, paralyzing traffic and leaving thousands of homes without power.(Kyodo News via AP)

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Storm damages space center in Japan, 130K still lack power
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
Mon,09/19/22-9:17PM , 154 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — A tropical storm that dumped heavy rain as it cut across Japan moved into the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday after killing two and injuring more than 100, paralyzing traffic and leaving thousands of homes without power.
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A woman makes her way through the strong wind and rain in Miyazaki, southern Japan, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, as a powerful typhoon pounded southern Japan. (Kyodo News via AP)

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Powerful typhoon pounds southern Japan; thousands evacuated
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
Sun,09/18/22-12:26AM , 118 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon slammed ashore in southern Japan on Sunday as it pounded the region with strong winds and heavy rain, causing blackouts, paralyzing ground and air transportation and prompting the evacuation of thousands of people.
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