A Startup Scene That's Not So Hot: Japan's Entrepreneur Shortage
Toshiba. Sony. Sharp. You know those brand names because they dominated the Japanese economy's global rise in the '80s. But that was 30 years ago. As the Japanese economy stagnates, it's unclear which...
View ArticleSouth Korea's Single Moms Struggle To Remove A Social Stigma
Monday marks a different kind of Mother's Day in South Korea. It's Single Mother's Day, an effort by civic groups to raise awareness of Korean society's unwed moms.Despite Korea's rapid economic...
View ArticleThe First Place In East Asia To Welcome Same-Sex Marriage
Over Tokyo's Rainbow Pride Weekend in late April, Ren married her partner of four years, Yae, on stage before hundreds of Japanese strangers. They were proud to tie the knot and be part of a milestone...
View ArticleSpy Agency: North Korea Executes Its Defense Chief With Anti-Aircraft Guns
Just days after grabbing international attention for reportedly testing a submarine-fired ballistic missile, North Korea executed its defense chief on the order of dictator Kim Jong Un. That's...
View ArticleShe's Almost Real: The New Humanoid On Customer Service Duty In Tokyo
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View ArticleIn Seoul, Kerry Calls N. Korea Provocations 'Egregious,''Reckless'
Given the always-present tensions in this region, it's no surprise that U.S.
View ArticleKorean Air 'Nut Rage' Executive Freed From Prison
Former Korean Air executive Cho Hyun-ah, or Heather Cho, is out of prison after a four-month stay. If her name and alias don't ring a bell for you, the reason why she was jailed might.She's the...
View ArticleControversy Follows As Activists Cross North-South Korean Border
The much-publicized peace walk across the inter-Korean border was really a bus ride.
View ArticleSouth Korea Struggles To Contain Deadly MERS Virus' Spread
A deadly virus with no known cure — Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS — has infected 13 people in South Korea since mid-May.
View ArticleSouth Koreans Mask Up In The Face Of MERS Scare
South Korea is contending with the biggest Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS, outbreak outside the Middle East.Nearly 700 are in isolation to contain the outbreak. As of Tuesday, health...
View ArticleClasses Canceled, 1,300 Quarantined In S. Korea's Scramble To Stop MERS
More than 1,300 people in South Korea are under mandatory quarantine as health officials scramble to contain the largest outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS, outside the Arabian...
View ArticleSouth Korea's MERS Crisis Exposes Public Distrust Of Leaders
More than a thousand schools are shut down in South Korea, a response to rising fears over MERS — Middle East respiratory syndrome. The virus has now infected 41 people, of whom four have died, since...
View ArticleCreepy or Comforting? South Korea Tracks Smartphones To Curb MERS
More than 3,400 people are now under quarantine in South Korea's fight to contain an outbreak of the Middle East respiratory syndrome — a deadly virus that can cause severe pneumonia and organ...
View Article'Comfort Woman' Memorial Statues, A Thorn In Japan's Side, Now Sit On Korean...
One goal of President Trump's trip to Asia has been to rally America's allies to help put pressure on North Korea. But the mission is complicated by the fact that America's two staunchest allies in...
View ArticleJapanese Lawmaker's Baby Gets Booted From The Floor
When a municipal lawmaker, Yuka Ogata, brought her 7-month-old baby to her job in a male-dominated legislature, she was met with such surprise and consternation by her male colleagues that eventually,...
View ArticleHow One Pop-Up Restaurant Is Fighting Stigma Against HIV/AIDS
This month diners in Toronto were treated to a four-course meal at a pop-up restaurant called June's. The menu included Northern Thai leek and potato soup with a hint of curry, a pasta served with...
View ArticleNews Brief: North Korea Fires ICBM, Republican Tax Plan Gains Support, CFPB
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We hear this story again and again, but each time, it's just a little bit worse. North Korea tested a missile, and this time it appeared to...
View ArticleTalks With North Korea Could Begin Without Conditions, Tillerson Says
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View ArticleTillerson's North Korean Overture Highlights His Credibility Problem
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is ready to talk about talking to North Korea. "We're ready to talk anytime North Korea would like to talk. And we're ready to have the first meeting without...
View ArticlePresident Trump's Biggest Foreign Policy Headache For 2018
Stopping North Korea's nuclear program is the thorniest foreign policy problem for the U.S. president in the new year, but then again, the same was true a year ago. What has changed in 2017 is North...
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