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POLITICSOct 4Japan Protests After U.S. Marine Is Accused of Killing Woman in OkinawaThe matter threatened to revive tensions over the American military presence on the Japanese archipelago.NYT World
POLITICSOct 4Japan’s Takaichi presses US after marine arrested over murder-robbery of womanA 20-year-old US marine was arrested on Sunday in Japan’s Okinawa prefecture on suspicion of robbing and murdering a local woman, police said. Davin Ballard stationed at the Futenma Airbase is suspected of killing Anna Yagi, 39, and taking her wallet and backpack in the early hours of Saturday at a hotel in Naha, according to the Okinawa prefectural police. The suspect has denied the charges, they added. Ballard was seen entering the hotel with Yagi, who was found dead on Saturday morning,...South China Morning Post
DISASTEROct 4Woman killed, 2 injured in Pangasinan tricycle crashCALASIAO, PANGASINAN – A 29-year-old woman died while two others, including a two-year-old child, were injured after their tricycle was hit by a pickup truck in Sta. Barbara town in this province on Saturday. Police said the tricycle, driven by a 24-year-old security guard, was hit from behind by a pickup truck driven by a 38-year-old sales agent around 4 a.m. in Barangay Tebag West. READ: Elderly stroke victim dies in tricycle-truck collision in Quezon The impact caused the tricycle to lose control and spin several times before stopping along the outer lane of the road. The tricycle driver, his 29-year-old […]... Keep on reading: Woman killed, 2 injured in Pangasinan tricycle crashinquirer · philippines
WORLDOct 3Woman arrested for allegedly abusing infant son by forcing baby bottle into his mouthPolice in Yamatokoriyama City, Nara Prefecture, have arrested a 41-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of assaulting her infant son who is less than a year old. Police said…japantoday · japan
WORLDOct 3Chinese woman, 60, gives birth to second child in 2 years, sparking debateA 60-year-old woman in China has captured attention on social media for giving birth to a baby girl, just two years after welcoming a son. She made the decision to have children at a later stage in life after enduring the loss of her only child four years ago, as reported by the Red Star News. The infant girl, weighing 2.8kg, was born on September 17 through caesarean section at Zhumadian Central Hospital in Henan province, central China. Her mother, identified by the surname Zhang, expressed...South China Morning Post
WORLDOct 3Woman's body found in Naha hotel roomThe body of a woman in her 20s was found at a hotel in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Saturday morning. According to police, a hotel employee became suspicious…Japan Today
WORLDOct 2Chinese woman, 60, becomes gaming streamer after playing to understand son’s addictionA 60-year-old woman in southern China has defied public stereotypes surrounding senior citizens by becoming a popular e-game live-streamer. Zhong Juanjuan, affectionately known as Auntie Juan by internet users, has amassed 527,000 followers on social media. She hosts two daily live-streaming sessions, each typically attracting around 10,000 viewers, as reported by Beijing News. Zhong, who lives in a suburban area of Meizhou in Guangdong province, only began playing computer games six years ago....South China Morning Post
WORLDOct 1Chinese women spend top dollar on male model shoots, turning staged romance into viral trendA growing number of young Chinese women are paying for romantic photo shoots with male models, seeking a brief taste of love through a novel form of emotional companionship. This trend has gained significant traction on mainland social media, with customers spending up to 8,000 yuan (US$1,200) for an hour-long session featuring couple-style poses, including hand-holding, embraces, staged kisses, and even touching the models’ abdominal muscles. In July, lifestyle blogger Xue Dinge spent 4,520...South China Morning Post
WORLDSep 30Hong Kong’s Pansy Ho wins permanent injunction against woman who harassed herPansy Ho Chiu-king, daughter of the late Macau casino magnate Stanley Ho Hung-sun, has won a lawsuit to permanently bar a woman from contacting her after the defendant repeatedly harassed her and her companies with emails and hand-delivered letters containing false allegations. The defendant was also ordered to pay Ho HK$1.8 million (US$229,000) in compensation for damages. A judgment handed down by the High Court on Wednesday revealed that Ho, chairwoman and executive director of MGM China...South China Morning Post
WORLDSep 30Chinese-Malaysian woman proud to find grandad honoured in China for secret WWII sacrificeWhile travelling in Kunming, southwestern China’s Yunnan province, a Chinese-Malaysian woman unexpectedly came across photos of her late grandfather showcased in a public exhibit. The display celebrated the historical contributions of overseas Chinese machinists who played a vital role in supporting the nation during World War II. The woman’s Chinese name is Zhang Huiqing, although she uses the handle @Huiching on social media. In mid-September, she released a video revealing that during her...South China Morning Post
WORLDSep 30Man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting, robbing intoxicated 18-year-old woman at hotelPolice in Kyoto have arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of non-consensual sexual intercourse resulting in injury, unlawful confinement and robbery involving an 18-year-old woman. Police said the…Japan Today
CYBERSep 29Retired Hong Kong woman loses HK$2.9 million in online romance, fake app scamA retired woman in Hong Kong lost nearly HK$2.9 million (US$369,670) in a romance scam after a fraudster posing as a power company employee won her trust and lured her into a bogus investment scheme. Police said the case was among at least 18 online romance scams reported in the past week, with total losses nearing HK$7.8 million, according to the force’s CyberDefender social media page. The 71-year-old retiree met a man on Facebook who claimed to work for a power company. The pair gradually...South China Morning Post
WORLDSep 27Man arrested for beating woman over a dozen times with shakuhachiPolice in Ibusuki City, Kagoshima Prefecture, have arrested a 75-year-old man on suspicion of assault after he repeatedly hit a woman in her 60s with a shakuhachi (bamboo…Japan Today
WORLDSep 26Woman arrested over child abuse in Hong Kong after dashcam video shows boy shovedA 44-year-old woman in Hong Kong has been arrested on suspicion of child abuse after dashcam footage appeared to show her shoving a boy into a roadside railing. A police force spokesman said on Saturday that the woman was arrested on Friday afternoon in Western district after a widely circulated dashcam video drew the force’s attention. In the video seen by the South China Morning Post, the woman gets out of a private car at a section of Wan Chai Road near Burrows Street, with a boy following...South China Morning Post
WORLDSep 26Woman stabbed to death in Gunma; wanted notice issued for ex-husband of victim's daughterGunma Prefectural Police have issued a public wanted notice for the ex-husband of a woman whose mother was found stabbed to death at her home in Ota, Gunma…Japan Today
POLITICSSep 25China set to decide if Costa Rican or Guyanese diplomat becomes first woman UN chiefChina is poised to decide which of two Latin American women becomes the first to lead the United Nations, after three rounds of informal voting in the Security Council failed to produce a favourite. Several UN delegations that spoke to the South China Morning Post over the past three days said Beijing was weighing Rebeca Grynspan, the Costa Rican economist who heads UN Trade and Development, and Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Guyana’s ambassador to the UN. The same delegations said China had ruled...South China Morning Post
DISASTERSep 24Day service shuttle collides with car; 100-year-old woman transported, regains consciousnessAsahi Shimbun
WORLDSep 24Hong Kong police search for woman after man found dead outside commercial buildingHong Kong police are searching for a Chinese woman after a man’s body was found on a chair outside a commercial building in Tsim Sha Tsui early on Thursday. Officers also arrested a 28-year-old bar staff member and charged him with illegally handling a corpse. He told police he had helped the woman move the body to the car park. Police said they received a report at about 1.40am on Thursday of an unconscious person on a chair in a motorcycle car park outside K11 Art Mall. Paramedics pronounced a...South China Morning Post
CYBERSep 22Re-arrested on suspicion of romance fraud; targeting 'matching app' users, IDs may have been resoldAsahi Shimbun
CYBERSep 21Hong Kong woman, 80, loses HK$6 million to fake online investment expertAn 80‑year‑old woman has lost HK$6 million (US$764,772) to a fake investment expert she met online, Hong Kong police have disclosed. The case was among more than 50 investment scams reported over the past week, with total losses approaching HK$30 million, according to a post on the force’s CyberDefender social media page. The victim, a retiree, first met the fraudster posing as an investment expert on Facebook before moving their conversations to WhatsApp, where the suspect built a relationship...South China Morning Post
CYBERSep 21Chinese woman, 65, plays dual roles of beautiful doctor and mum to con man out of US$25,000A 65-year-old Chinese woman used artificial intelligence (AI) to impersonate both a young doctor and her mother, successfully scamming 170,000 yuan (US$25,000) from a man. Liu Hui, a resident of Shanghai, connected with a woman named Yu Xiuzhen on a social media platform in 2021. Yu asserted that she was a 29-year-old doctor at a prestigious Grade 3A hospital in Shanghai, claiming influence over her hospital’s property engineering projects. Over the past five years, Yu frequently shared details...South China Morning Post
HEALTHSep 21Japanese surgeon removes healthy brain tissue, leaving woman on ventilatorA Japanese woman was left unable to breathe on her own after a veteran surgeon mistakenly removed healthy tissue instead of a benign tumour from her brain. Kyoto University Hospital apologised for the medical error and vowed to take measures to prevent similar incidents, local news outlet TV Asahi reported. The woman, in her fifties, was diagnosed with a benign brain tumour after consulting doctors for dizziness and unsteadiness. Although she was able to carry out her daily activities, she...South China Morning Post
WORLDSep 21Chinese woman in her 70s wakes up in coffin before dying for good 2 days laterA woman in her 70s in northern China briefly exhibited signs of life after being placed in a coffin, but ultimately died two days later. The woman, from Hebei province, had been suffering from cerebral thrombosis for decades and was also battling cancer, according to reports from mainland sources. After doctors concluded that her cancer was no longer treatable, her family brought her home for end-of-life care. On September 8, relatives found no apparent signs of life and placed her in a...South China Morning Post
WORLDSep 20Woman dies after suspected dog attack in Hong Kong’s Yuen LongHong Kong police suspect a dog attack killed a 27-year-old woman who was found beside a bicycle in Yuen Long. The woman was discovered unconscious on Pok Wai South Road in Yuen Long at 12.42am on Sunday, according to the force. She was taken to Pok Oi Hospital and pronounced dead at 2.09am. Security camera footage showed her leaving Yuen Long MTR station at 11.40pm on Saturday and riding a shared bike home, acting assistant Yuen Long district commander Cheung Chun-tong said. By 11.55pm, three...South China Morning Post
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