‘Prime Minister’ Review: Documentary About New Zealand’s Galvanizing Former Leader Offers an Intimate Look at a Woman in Power
Directors Lindsay Utz and Michelle Walshe provide a window into Jacinda Ardern's work and life choices during her five-year ...
The Classic Akira Kurosawa Noir Thriller That Helped Create the Modern Police Procedural
This malaise was a fitting backdrop for Akira Kurosawa to underline the societal decay and bleak mood of Japan in Stray Dog, ...
Japan's Nuclear Plants Rattled as Magnitude 6.9 Quake Hits Hyuga-Nada
A tsunami warning has been issued for a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Hyuga-Nada Sea off the coast of Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
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Japanese mob boss pleads guilty in New York to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials to Iran
A man who federal prosecutors say runs a notorious Japanese organized crime syndicate pleaded guilty last week to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials to Iran and U.S. weapons abandoned in ...
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On This Day: U.S. establishes 1st diplomatic ties to Vatican in 116 years
In 2003, North Korea announced it was withdrawing from the 1979 nuclear non-proliferation treaty ... Ukraine hits large Russian oil refinery, power plant and weapons chip plant Jan. 24 (UPI ...
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Japan's Owner of Muji Stores Looks to Build Clean Power Plants
(Bloomberg) — Ryohin Keikaku Co., the Japanese firm that owns minimalist household goods and furniture brand Muji, will look to build clean power plants in an effort to meet its emissions targets. The ...
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Japanese crime leader pleads guilty to conspiring to sell nuclear materials to Iran
NEW YORK — The purported leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate pleaded ... from Myanmar in the belief that Iran would use it for nuclear weapons. Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, of Japan, entered the ...
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Japanese crime leader pleads guilty to conspiring to sell nuclear materials to Iran
NEW YORK — The purported leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges alleging that he conspired to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar in the belief that Iran ...