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Excavators and rescue personnel working to construct a slope for rescue operations are seen at the site where a truck on January 28 plunged into a sinkhole, trapping the vehicle's driver, in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture on February 1, 2025. Japanese rescuers completed building a slope on February 1 to reach a truck driver stuck in a sinkhole, officials said, four days after his vehicle was swallowed by the cavity now 40 metres wide. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT / JAPAN OUT / JAPAN OUT

Rescuers build slope to reach man in Japan sinkhole

By Agence France-Presse - February 1, 2025

REINFORCING ALLIANCES Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani speaks to the media inside the Diet in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2025. AFP Photo

Japan, US confirm plans to boost defense pact

February 1, 2025

TOTALLY BURNED Firefighters and other officials visit the site where an Air Busan airplane caught fire at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, Jan. 29, 2025. AP Photo

Probe stalled by fuel still aboard Air Busan plane

February 1, 2025

This aerial handout picture taken on December 21, 2024, and released on January 31, 2025 by Auriga Nusantara shows a general view of deforestation at an area on Kawei Island in Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua province. Deforestation in Indonesia rose again last year, a local environmental NGO said on January 31, 2025 based on satellite image analysis and fieldwork. (Photo by Handout / AURIGA NUSANTARA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / AURIGA NUSANTARA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Indonesia deforestation rises again in 2024

February 1, 2025

ABOVE THE REST Thailand’s tallest skyscraper MahaNakhon building and Bangkok’s skyline of commercial and residential towers amid high levels of air pollution in Bangkok, on Jan. 31, 2025. AFP Photo

Thailand stops crop burning as pollution spikes

February 1, 2025

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Myanmar extends state of emergency

By Agence France-Presse - February 1, 2025

Pedestrians walk down a popular street in the Omotesando area of central Tokyo on July 25, 2024. The number of foreign nationals living in Japan has hit a record high, according to official data released on July 24, that also showed the nation's largest-ever yearly drop in Japanese citizens. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)

Japan records biggest jump in foreign workers

By Agence France-Presse - January 31, 2025

This photo shows a general view of a collapsed road at a prefectural road intersection, in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture on January 30, 2025. Japanese authorities have asked 1.2 million people to cut back on showers and laundry as they seek to recover a truck driver stuck in a sinkhole for a third day, officials said on January 30. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT / JAPAN OUT / JAPAN OUT

Japan sinkhole grows to almost Olympic pool length

By Agence France-Presse - January 31, 2025

This photograph taken on November 24, 2020 shows a biochemist working in the quality control lab manufacturing medical products at Takeda Pharmaceuticals (Asia Pacific) in Singapore. The city-state is on course for its worst ever recession this year but factory activity has held up, thanks partly to countries rushing to stockpile medicines during the pandemic. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP) / To go with AFP story Singapore-economy-pharmaceutical-health-virus, FOCUS by Martin Abbugao

Japan's Takeda Pharma names US head as first woman CEO

By Agence France-Presse - January 31, 2025

SOAKING IT IN Naga Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, take a dip in Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, during the Maha Kumbh festival in the city of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh state, northern India, on Jan. 29, 2025. AFP PHOTO

Hindu pilgrims unfazed after stampede

By Agence France-Presse - January 31, 2025

HOPING AND PRAYING Ethnic Karen refugees from Myanmar sing religious songs at the Mae La refugee camp, near the city of Mae Sot, western Thailand, on June 29, 2010. AP FILE PHOTO

US aid freeze halts services to Myanmar refugees

By Associated Press - January 31, 2025

Then-member of parliament Shane Jones of the NZ First Party speaks to the media before question time at Parliament House in New Zealand’s capital Wellington on Dec. 12, 2023. EPA FILE PHOTO

NZealand minister chided for anti-Mexican remark

By Agence France-Presse - January 31, 2025

FELINE'S FRIEND Iwao Hakamada hugs a cat in his home in the city of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 8, 2024. JIJI PRESS FILE PHOTO VIA EPA

Acquitted death row inmate seeks $1.3M from Japan

By Agence France-Presse - January 31, 2025

STAY PUT Newly arrived Rohingya refugees look on from their boat after authorities initially prevented them from disembarking and ordered them to remain onboard at Leuge Beach in Aceh province, western Indonesia, on Jan. 29, 2025. AFP PHOTO

Over 75 Rohingya disembark at Aceh

By Agence France-Presse - January 31, 2025

Firefighters work to rescue a truck driver after his vehicle was swallowed up by a sinkhole at a prefectural road intersection, in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture on January 28, 2025. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT / JAPAN OUT / JAPAN OUT

1.2 million in Japan told to use less water to help sinkhole rescue

By Agence France-Presse - January 30, 2025

MORNING MOURNING Policemen carry a stampede victim amid the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival in the city of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh state, northern India, on Jan. 29, 2025. AFP PHOTO

Hindu festival stampede leaves 15 pilgrims dead

By Agence France-Presse - January 30, 2025

BETTER YEAR AHEAD? People burn incense as they pray at a temple on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Wood Snake in Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Jan. 29, 2025. AFP PHOTO

Millions across Asia mark Year of the Snake

By Agence France-Presse - January 30, 2025

ATOMIC BOND This undated picture released on Jan. 29, 2025, shows North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (center) inspecting a nuclear material production site and weapons laboratory at an unknown location in the country. KCNA PHOTO VIA KNS/AFP

Nuke program to continue – NKorea's Kim

By Agence France-Presse - January 30, 2025

READY TO HELP Taiwan’s Premier Cho Jung-tai speaks during the Semicon Taiwan event at the Nangang Exhibition Center in the capital Taipei on Sept. 4, 2024. EPA FILE PHOTO

Taiwan could help chip sector after tariff threat

By Agence France-Presse - January 30, 2025

GOING HOME The silhouettes of people commuting with bicycles are seen at dusk in the city of Yokohama, near Japan’s capital Tokyo, on Jan. 28, 2025. AP PHOTO

Japan sees record number of student suicides

By Agence France-Presse - January 30, 2025

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Excavators and rescue personnel working to construct a slope for rescue operations are seen at the site where a truck on January 28 plunged into a sinkhole, trapping the vehicle's driver, in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture on February 1, 2025. Japanese rescuers completed building a slope on February 1 to reach a truck driver stuck in a sinkhole, officials said, four days after his vehicle was swallowed by the cavity now 40 metres wide. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT / JAPAN OUT / JAPAN OUT

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