Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Family members and acquaintances of those who were aboard a passenger jet that crashed at Muan International Airport gather to hear South Jeolla Province Gov. Kim Yong Rok (L) speak in an airport lobby in Muan County in the province of South Korea on Dec. 29, 2024. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

Nomura Securities dismisses employee over alleged insider trading

Nomura Securities dismisses employee over alleged insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - Nomura Securities Co. President Kenichi Watanabe (R) bows in a gesture to apologize during a news conference in Tokyo on April 22 over suspected insider trading by a Nomura employee. Watanabe said the company dismissed the employee suspected of engaging in insider trading with two acquaintances.

Nomura Securities dismisses employee over alleged insider trading

Nomura Securities dismisses employee over alleged insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - Nomura Securities Co. President Kenichi Watanabe (R) bows in a gesture to apologize during a news conference in Tokyo on April 22 over suspected insider trading by a Nomura employee. Watanabe said the company dismissed the employee suspected of engaging in insider trading with two acquaintances. (Kyodo)

Nursing care trainees from Myanmar

Nursing care trainees from Myanmar

Two Myanmarese women (L, 3rd from L) who will work in Japan as nursing care trainees under its foreign trainee program pose along with acquaintances at an airport in Yangon on Jan. 6, 2019, ahead of their departure to Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. Three women in their 20s, including the two, will spend three years gaining experience at Sapporo-based Sakura Community Service Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese critic Susumu Nishibe

Japanese critic Susumu Nishibe

File photo taken in March 2010 shows Japanese critic Susumu Nishibe. Police arrested two acquaintances of Nishibe on April 5, 2018, for allegedly helping the 78-year-old commit suicide in January. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo