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CHINA INVESTIGATING AGRICULTURE MINISTER FOR SUSPECTED DISCIPLINARY VIOLATIONS

TOKYO, May 19 -- NHK World issued the following news: The Chinese Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog says the country's farm minister is under investigation for suspected violations of discipline ... Read More


BEAR ATTACK IN NORTHERN JAPAN LEAVES 2 POLICE OFFICERS SERIOUSLY INJURED

TOKYO, May 19 -- NHK World issued the following news: Two police officers have been seriously injured in a bear attack in northern Japan's Akita Prefecture as they were preparing to transport a body ... Read More


MEMBERS OF ISRAEL'S WAR CABINET REVEAL DIFFERENCES OF OPINION ON GAZA

TOKYO, May 19 -- NHK World issued the following news: A key member of the Israeli war cabinet has urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to create a plan for governing the Gaza Strip in the future, ... Read More


JAPAN'S YAMAMOTO RIKEN RECEIVES PRITZKER ARCHITECTURE PRIZE

TOKYO, May 19 -- NHK World issued the following news: Japanese architect Yamamoto Riken received the Pritzker Architecture Prize at an award ceremony in Chicago on Saturday. The award is known as th... Read More


PEOPLE FLOCK TO TASTE FIRST BONITO OF SEASON IN WESTERN JAPAN

TOKYO, May 19 -- NHK World issued the following news: People have enjoyed savoring the first bonito of the season at an annual festival in Kochi Prefecture, western Japan. The Bonito Festival took p... Read More


TRADITIONAL SAMURAI PROCESSION TAKES PLACE IN NIKKO

TOKYO, May 19 -- NHK World issued the following news: About 1,200 people clad in samurai or other period costumes took part in a parade on Saturday at the Nikko Toshogu Shrine in Tochigi Prefecture, ... Read More


GOVERNOR AND MAYOR OF NAGASAKI PROTEST US SUBCRITICAL NUCLEAR TEST

TOKYO, May 19 -- NHK World issued the following news: The Governor of Nagasaki Prefecture has lodged a protest against a recent subcritical nuclear test conducted by the United States. The US govern... Read More


GEORGIAN PRESIDENT VETOES 'FOREIGN INFLUENCE' LAW

TOKYO, May 19 -- NHK World issued the following news: Georgia's president has vetoed a draft law which would regulate organizations that receive foreign funding. President Salome Zourabichvili calle... Read More


ATTACKS INTENSIFY IN NORTHERN GAZA AS FIGHTING CONTINUES IN SOUTH

TOKYO, May 19 -- NHK World issued the following news: The Israeli military is increasing its attacks in the city of Jabalia in northern Gaza. This comes amid its ongoing offensive in Rafah. Large num... Read More


ZELENSKYY ON ALERT AFTER ANOTHER VILLAGE IN KHARKIV FALLS TO RUSSIA

TOKYO, May 19 -- NHK World issued the following news: Russia's defense ministry says its forces have taken control of another village in the eastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv. Saturday's announcem... Read More