South Korea announced it will provide compensation to victims who were forced to work while the country was under Japanese rule. It’s an attempt to heal an old wound that goes back more than 100 years.   Japan ruled the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945. Throughout that time, hundreds of thousands of Koreans were forced…

Japan’s government gave its latest estimate regarding when it planned to release treated but still radioactive water at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. At a cabinet meeting Friday, Japan’s government said it would happen “around this spring or summer.” The estimate appeared to be a slight delay from the original plan, which had the Fukushima…

U.S. Armed Forces need to be prepared for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan by the end of the year. The warning comes from the head of the U.S. Navy, Admiral Mike Gilday U.S. forces were operating under the notion China was gearing up for a 2027 invasion, a timetable proposed by the former head of…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued his own response to China’s response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) vist Taiwan earlier this week, On Friday, Chinese officials said 100 warplanes and 10 warships have been firing missiles surrounding the island. That is the largest military exercise of its kind in the region. The exercises have…

A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern Japan late Wednesday, triggering a tsunami advisory for coastal areas, according to the United States Geological Survey. One person died and 69 were injured. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake struck about 36 miles below the sea. The Fukushima region was devastated by a deadly…

United States sprinter Sha’carri Richardson had a sharp response to the decision to allow Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to compete at the Beijing Olympics despite testing positive for a banned substance, suggesting a racial double standard was at play. Richardson served a one-month suspension and was not allowed to compete at the Tokyo Olympics after…

The COVID-19 pandemic, as well as political tensions involving the United States, dominated headlines as the opening ceremony kicked off the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. It’s an historic one, as it makes Beijing the first city to host both a Summer and Winter Olympics. Beijing hosted the Summer Games in 2008. “China has…

Holding the Olympic torch is an honor for those who get the opportunity. But hosting the Olympics? The way host countries burn through money, it’s really become more of a financial burden. Take the Beijing Winter Olympics. China is officially reporting that it’ll cost $3.9 billion to host, which would be the cheapest Olympics in…

President Joe Biden said Thursday that the United States was considering a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing over China’s human rights abuses, a move that would keep American dignitaries, but not athletes, from the Games. Speaking to reporters as he hosted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Oval Office, Biden said…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Olympic Committee announced new restrictions to control the COVID-19 pandemic at the next Winter Games in February. This includes a 21-day quarantine for non-fully vaccinated athletes, officials and workers at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, daily testing for vaccinated people, and no tickets sold to anyone living outside China as Olympic…