TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.
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U.S. Marine indicted over robbery, murder of woman in Okinawa
NAHA, Japan - Prosecutors indicted a 20-year-old U.S. Marine on Sunday on suspicion of robbing and murdering a woman in Okinawa Prefecture earlier this month as the case renews anti-base sentiment among locals burdened with hosting the bulk of the U.S. military installations in Japan.
Devin Ballard, who is stationed at Futenma Air Base, is charged with killing the woman by wrapping a phone cord around her neck at a hotel in Naha, the capital of the southern island prefecture, and taking her backpack containing a wallet on Oct. 3, according to the indictment. The cause of death was suffocation, it said.
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Japan, U.S., S. Korea mull next-gen nuclear reactor export to Indonesia
TOKYO - Japan, the United States and South Korea are considering exporting next-generation nuclear reactors they are jointly developing to Indonesia, Japanese government sources said Sunday.
The move comes as the nuclear power industries in the three countries are cooperating, with government support, to develop and manufacture small modular reactors. They hope to deploy them in other nations as alternatives to Russian and Chinese nuclear technology.
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N. Korean leader Kim returns after visit to China border city: state media
BEIJING - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has returned after visiting the Chinese border city of Dandong, state media reported Sunday.
Kim toured the Memorial Hall of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea during his visit to the city on Saturday, according to the Korean Central News Agency.
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Golf: Yoshida earns maiden LPGA win at BMW Ladies Championship in S. Korea
HAENAM, South Korea - Japanese golfer Yuri Yoshida clinched her first LPGA Tour title Sunday with a narrow victory at the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea.
The 26-year-old shot a 4-under-par 68 in the final round at Pine Beach Golf Links in Haenam to finish at 17-under 271, one stroke clear of South Koreans Ryu Hae Ran and Choi Hye Jin in a tie for second.
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Athletics: Japan's Kawano sets marathon race walk world record
TOKYO - Masatora Kawano set a men's marathon race walk world record at the All Japan Race Walking meeting in Yamagata Prefecture on Sunday, finishing the 42.195-kilometer course in 2 hours, 55 minutes and 14 seconds.
World Athletics approved the marathon race walk, contested over the traditional marathon distance, as the replacement for the 35-km race walk at major championships in December 2024.
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Football: Stellar Suzuki helps Aston Villa end Man City's unbeaten start
BIRMINGHAM, England - Japan goalkeeper Zion Suzuki delivered a standout performance for Aston Villa in a 2-1 victory over previously undefeated Manchester City in the English Premier League on Saturday.
The 24-year-old made a string of fine saves at Villa Park against a high-powered City attack that attempted 15 shots, with seven on target.
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Bottle cap found off Japan coast carried marine ecosystem from Philippines
NAGOYA - A bottle cap found drifting off Japan's western coast carried a tiny ecosystem of 307 creatures from waters near the Philippines, a study by Japanese researchers has found.
The cap, collected in waters off Kochi Prefecture in January 2023, likely traveled on the Kuroshio Current, a north-flowing, warm ocean current in the western North Pacific, for at least 70 days, according to the group led by Nagoya University.
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World's 1st hydrogen engine for large ships cuts CO2 emissions by 95%
OSAKA - A Japanese marine engine manufacturer has developed what it says is the world's first hydrogen-fueled engine for large commercial vessels, capable of cutting carbon dioxide emissions by more than 95 percent compared with conventional heavy fuel oil engines.
The engine by Japan Engine Corp. was unveiled in early September and will be installed on a multipurpose ship to be built by Onomichi Dockyard Co., with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. expected to begin onboard demonstration testing in April 2028.
