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JAPANESE INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERTS EYE ASIAN INFO-SHARING NETWORK

TOKYO, May 18 -- NHK World issued the following news: Japanese health experts plan to set up an information-sharing network with other Asian countries and regions to prepare for a possible pandemic l... Read More


CHINA ANNOUNCES NEW MEASURES TO REVIVE PROPERTY MARKET

TOKYO, May 18 -- NHK World issued the following news: The Chinese government is working to revive the country's slumping property market. New measures reportedly include allowing local governments to... Read More


1,700 RUNNERS RACE UP SAPPORO SKI JUMP RAMP

TOKYO, May 18 -- NHK World issued the following news: A running race up a ski-jump ramp has drawn about 1,700 entrants, including teenagers and people in their 70s. The event took place on Saturday i... Read More


RUSSIA POSTS 5.4% GDP GROWTH FOR 1ST QUARTER OF 2024

TOKYO, May 18 -- NHK World issued the following news: Russian authorities say the country's gross domestic product grew 5.4 percent in real terms from a year earlier in the first quarter of this year... Read More


LA DODGERS' OHTANI HOMERS ON 'SHOHEI OHTANI DAY'

TOKYO, May 18 -- NHK World issued the following news: Japanese Major League Baseball star Ohtani Shohei of the Los Angeles Dodgers hit his 13th homerun of the season in a game against the Cincinnati ... Read More


RUSSIAN FORCES SEIZE 12 SETTLEMENTS IN UKRAINE'S KHARKIV REGION

TOKYO, May 18 -- NHK World issued the following news: Russia's defense ministry says its forces have taken control of 12 settlements in the northern part of Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine. The mi... Read More


TRAGIC HISTORY OF CRIMEAN TATARS ON DISPLAY IN KYIV

TOKYO, May 18 -- NHK World issued the following news: An exhibition to remember the tragic history of Crimean Tatars, an ethnic group indigenous to southern Ukraine, is underway in Kyiv. Saturday ma... Read More


PUTIN: NO CURRENT PLANS TO SEIZE KHARKIV

TOKYO, May 18 -- NHK World issued the following news: Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested he does not currently plan to seize Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, but does intend to cre... Read More


JAPAN PASSES BILL TO IMPOSE TOUGHER PENALTIES ON CYCLISTS

TOKYO, May 18 -- NHK World issued the following news: Lawmakers in Japan have unanimously approved a bill to impose tougher penalties on cyclists who recklessly violate traffic rules. A revision to ... Read More


US CONDUCTS 3RD SUBCRITICAL NUCLEAR TEST UNDER BIDEN

TOKYO, May 18 -- NHK World issued the following news: The United States has conducted its third subcritical nuclear test under the administration of President Joe Biden. The US Department of Energy'... Read More