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93-year-old Japanese ex-taxi driver becomes YouTube legend at racing games

Ryuji Urabe is 93 years old but he is still driving. A former taxi driver in Tokyo, Urabe became a YouTube sensation after his grandson started sharing videos of him playing racing games online.

June 10, 2021
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Pyongyang’s troops are gaining experience and Russian equipment that could be used against neighbouring countries, US envoy tells the UN  03:07
North Korea
US: Ukraine battles prepare North Korea for war in Asia
January 9, 2025
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Yoon was arrested in January on insurrection charges over his botched attempt to impose martial law01:50
South Korea
South Korea’s Yoon ordered to be released
March 7, 2025
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At least 15 people were injured, while a church and several homes were damaged in the incident02:09
South Korea
South Korean jet accidentally drops bombs on village
March 6, 2025
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Japan
Japan fighting its biggest wildfire in decades
March 4, 2025
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Japan
AI robots developed to help elderly in Japan
March 3, 2025
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The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will offer its employees a four-day work week in April 2025, but will the move tackle Japan’s overwork crisis?12:59
Japan
Why work-life balance is a struggle in Asia
February 28, 2025
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While South Korea’s fertility rate is still the world’s lowest, the birth rate increased year on year for the first time since 201503:00
South Korea
South Korea’s birth rate rises for first time in 9 years
February 26, 2025
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The accident happened at a highway construction site some 65km (40 miles) south of Seoul01:16
East Asia
At least 4 dead in South Korea bridge collapse
February 25, 2025
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Japan
Female sumo wrestler breaks gender barriers
February 21, 2025
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Kim Sae-ron was best known for her role in the 2010 film The Man from Nowhere   01:32
South Korea
South Korea’s Kim Sae-ron dead at 24
February 17, 2025
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Extreme heat and a record number of tourist arrivals have taxed Japan’s rice supplies, causing prices to rise 02:28
Japan
Japan rushes to stop 82% surge in rice prices
February 15, 2025
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The litter-picking team protects deer in the city of Nara from accidentally consuming rubbish left behind03:07
Japan
The squad saving deer from tourist trash in Japan
February 13, 2025
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South Korea’s young and old connect over this music genre
February 7, 2025
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Residents in Saitama prefecture have been asked to reduce water use after the five-metre (16 feet) deep sinkhole expanded and a second hole formed nearby01:14
Japan
Truck driver missing for 3 days in Japan sinkhole
January 31, 2025
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South Korea
Hong Kong-bound plane catches fire at Busan airport
January 29, 2025
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Prosecutors indict impeached South Korean President Yoon for insurrection over martial law01:01
Yoon Suk-yeol
Impeached South Korean President Yoon indicted
January 27, 2025
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South Korea
Yoon’s martial law case referred to South Korean prosecutors
January 23, 2025
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Authorities now have 48 hours to question Yoon, after which they must seek a warrant to detain him for up to 20 days or release him  03:32
South Korea
Investigators arrest Yoon after weeks-long stand-off
January 15, 2025
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Yoon Suk-yeol has become the first incumbent South Korean president to be arrested  03:04
South Korea
Yoon says he agreed to questioning to prevent bloodshed
January 15, 2025
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Authorities had to scale makeshift barricades set up by the impeached president’s supporters to gain access to his compound01:53
South Korea
Yoon Suk-yeol detained in South Korea
January 15, 2025
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North Korea
North Korean POWs ‘didn’t know they were fighting Ukraine’
January 13, 2025
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Kim has been given until the end of January to contest the findings about her work submitted to the graduate school of education at Sookmyung Women’s University   01:18
South Korea
South Korean first lady plagiarised master’s thesis
January 9, 2025