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YOUTUBE BLOCKS HONG KONG PROTEST SONG VIDEOS AFTER COURT ORDER

TOKYO, May 15 -- NHK World issued the following news: YouTube has blocked users in Hong Kong from viewing dozens of videos of a popular protest song, in accordance with a court order. The developmen... Read More


RIOTS RAGING IN FRENCH TERRITORY OF NEW CALEDONIA SINCE MONDAY NIGHT

TOKYO, May 15 -- NHK World issued the following news: Riots in the South Pacific French territory of New Caledonia have been raging since Monday night. Reuters news agency says three people were kill... Read More


14 KILLED IN MUMBAI AS HUGE BILLBOARD COLLAPSES

TOKYO, May 15 -- NHK World issued the following news: At least 14 people have been killed after a huge billboard collapsed in strong winds on Monday evening in the city of Mumbai in western India. T... Read More


PRO-DEMOCRACY MYANMAR GROUPS CALL FOR AID IN TOKYO

TOKYO, May 15 -- NHK World issued the following news: Senior officials of Myanmar's ethnic minority and pro-democracy groups have visited Tokyo. They shared about their fight with the country's junta... Read More


SINGAPORE SWEARS IN NEW PRIME MINISTER AFTER 20 YEARS

TOKYO, May 15 -- NHK World issued the following news: Singapore's deputy leader Lawrence Wong is set to be sworn in as the nation's fourth prime minister. Wong's inauguration brings an end to two de... Read More


TAIPEI MAYOR AFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF EXCHANGES BETWEEN JAPAN AND TAIWAN

TOKYO, May 15 -- NHK World issued the following news: Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an from Taiwan's largest opposition party, the Kuomintang, has visited the headquarters of Japan's main ruling Liberal De... Read More


JAPANESE ENTREPRENEUR SUES META OVER FAKE INVESTMENT ADS FEATURING HIM

TOKYO, May 15 -- NHK World issued the following news: A Japanese entrepreneur has filed a lawsuit against US IT giant Meta and its Japan unit, seeking damages and a halt to fake investment ads featur... Read More


JAPAN ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS GROUP LODGES PROTEST AGAINST US SENATOR'S REMARKS

TOKYO, May 15 -- NHK World issued the following news: An association of Japanese atomic bomb survivors has lodged a protest against a US Senator's remarks on the 1945 bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasa... Read More


HONDA CUTS CHINA WORKFORCE VIA VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT

TOKYO, May 15 -- NHK World issued the following news: Honda Motor says it is cutting its full-time production workforce in China through voluntary retirement because of declining vehicle sales in the... Read More


COURT IN JAPAN REJECTS REQUEST TO KEEP SHIMANE NO.2 REACTOR OFFLINE

TOKYO, May 15 -- NHK World issued the following news: A court in western Japan has declined to issue an injunction to block the restart of a reactor at the Shimane nuclear power plant. The Matsue br... Read More