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AYAKA MCGILL

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Fans around the world queue up in long lines for the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 launch

Throngs of gamers stood in long lines outside of stores hours before they opened from Tokyo to New York City in hopes of snaring a long-awaited Nintendo Switch 2 video game console

Fans around the world queue up in long lines for the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 launch
Asia|Business|Economy|Political|World

Japan's Ishiba warns against tension over tariffs and vows to expand Asia-Pacific trade group

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has expressed determination to defend rules-based, free and multilateral trade systems and work to expand the main Asia-Pacific trade group at a time of tension over U.S. tariffs

Japan's Ishiba warns against tension over tariffs and vows to expand Asia-Pacific trade group
Arts|Asia|Economy|Political|Technology|Travel|World

Osaka Expo opens in Japan offering a vision of the future. Here's what to know

The Expo 2025 has opened in Osaka with more than 10,000 people singing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to celebrate the start of the six-month event

Osaka Expo opens in Japan offering a vision of the future. Here's what to know
Asia|Political|Technology|World

Japanese leader says he hopes Osaka expo will help reunite a divided world

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has attended the opening ceremony for Expo 2025 Osaka and expressed his hope that the event will help restore global unity in a world is plagued by conflicts and trade wars

Japanese leader says he hopes Osaka expo will help reunite a divided world
Asia|Political|World

An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II

Takamatsu Gushiken hunts caves in Okinawa's jungles for the bones of those who died in the WWII Battle of Okinawa, one of the war's bloodiest

An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
Asia|Travel

To fend off tourists, a town in Japan is building a big screen blocking the view of Mount Fuji

The Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko has had enough of tourists

To fend off tourists, a town in Japan is building a big screen blocking the view of Mount Fuji
Health|Lifestyle|News|World

A Japanese woman who loves bananas is now the world's oldest person

Tomiko Itooka is now the world’s oldest living person at age 116

A Japanese woman who loves bananas is now the world's oldest person
Asia|News|World

Japanese fans bid farewell to beloved panda pair before their return to China

Thousands of Japanese fans have bid farewell to their beloved panda couple that made their final public appearance at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo before returning to China for medical treatment

Japanese fans bid farewell to beloved panda pair before their return to China
Asia|Environment|Lifestyle|Science

Aging farmers face extreme temperatures as they struggle to maintain Japan's rice crop

In the remote village of Kamimomi in Japan’s western Okayama Prefecture, a small group of rice farmers began their most recent harvest in sweltering heat, two weeks sooner than usual

Aging farmers face extreme temperatures as they struggle to maintain Japan's rice crop
Environment|Travel|World

Samoan coast where King Charles will visit worries about the future after ship damaged reef

People who live in villages along the Samoan coastline where a New Zealand navy ship ran aground, caught fire and sank this month are worried about their livelihoods and the future of tourism and fishing in the area as they prepare for the arrival of Britain's King Charles III on Wednesday

Samoan coast where King Charles will visit worries about the future after ship damaged reef
Asia|Europe|World

Charles gets a warm welcome on his first visit as king to Samoa. But uneasy questions await

Britain's King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla have arrived in Samoa ahead of a biennial summit of 56 leaders of Commonwealth countries

Charles gets a warm welcome on his first visit as king to Samoa. But uneasy questions await

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