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Kyoko HASEGAWA

The Epsilon-6 rocket blasts off from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki town, Kagoshima prefecture, southern Japan, October 12, 2022. The Japanese space agency said its rocket failed just after liftoff Wednesday and had to be aborted by a self-destruction command, in the country’s first failed rocket launch in nearly 20 years. (Kyodo News via AP)
October 12, 2022, 8:51 am
Japan space rocket self-destructs after failed launch
Epsilon-6 rocket carrying 8 satellites is destroyed after a problem was discovered, to prevent risk of damage if it fell to earth, in Japan’s first failed launch since 2003
By Kyoko HASEGAWA
A hearse transporting the body of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe arrives at his residence in Tokyo on July 9, 2022. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP)
July 9, 2022, 6:50 am
Japan mourns as body of assassinated former prime minister Abe is returned to Tokyo
Murder of best-known Japanese politician horrifies the country; man in custody confesses to assassination, citing Abe’s links to an unspecified group
By Tomohiro Osaki, Kyoko HASEGAWA and Sara Hussein
Belarus athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya (C) walks through Terminal 1 before boarding her Vienna-bound flight at Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, outside Tokyo on August 4, 2021 (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
August 4, 2021, 10:41 am
Belarus Olympic athlete leaves Japan after Poland offers refuge
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has said she fears for her life if forced to return home; athlete’s problems began after she publicly criticized her coaches
By Kyoko HASEGAWA and Sara Hussein
US President Donald Trump pauses while speaking during White House Historical Association Dinner in the East Room of the White House on May 15, 2019, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
May 16, 2019, 6:47 am
US orders embassy staff to leave Iraq over ‘imminent’ Iran-linked threat
Threat said to come from Iraqi militia ‘commanded and controlled’ by Revolutionary Guards; Trump predicts Iran will ‘soon’ want to start talks amid rising tensions
By Paul Handley and Kyoko HASEGAWA
Japan's Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president Shinzo Abe greets supporters during an election campaign appearance in Saitama, October 18, 2017. (AFP Photo/Behrouz Mehri)
October 19, 2017, 8:41 pm
Colorful candidates awaken Japan’s sleepy politics as Abe eyes win in snap vote
From ‘Japanese Macron’ to minister who cited Hitler as example of leaving a political legacy, lively selection of challengers seek to upend increasingly intriguing election
By Kyoko HASEGAWA
In this photo taken on June 25, 2015, former Japanese fighter pilot Kaname Harada, 98, holds his portrait as a young man as he tells his experience during World War II at his home in Nagano, Japan. (AFP Photo/Toru Yamanaka)
August 9, 2015, 6:52 am
Japan’s surviving WWII soldiers fight for peace
70 years after its defeat, Tokyo reexamines its pacifism policy and raises fears among those who remember war
By Kyoko HASEGAWA
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