Japanese Woman To Head Un Office In Belgrade

Japanese woman to head UN office in Belgrade

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed a senior UN official from Japan to lead its office in the Serbian capital of Belgrade working toward a peace-building mission in Kosovo.

A UN spokesperson said on Tuesday that Yamashita Mari will serve as Representative and Director of the UN Office in Belgrade.

Woman Injured In Bear Attack In Northern Japan

Woman injured in bear attack in northern Japan

A woman was injured in a bear attack on Monday morning in Yamagata Prefecture, northern Japan.

Police say a bear, about 1 meter long, attacked the 70-year-old woman in the town of Kawanishi when she was clearing leaves in front of her house.

Woman Tests Positive After Leaving Cruise Ship

Woman tests positive after leaving cruise ship

A woman in her 60s in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, has tested positive for the new coronavirus after disembarking from the quarantined cruise ship docked near Tokyo.

Last Saturday, the woman on the Diamond Princess tested negative for the virus.

Japanese Woman Infected With Coronavirus Dies

Japanese woman infected with coronavirus dies

Japan has confirmed its first death of a person infected with the new coronavirus in the country. Health ministry officials say the Japanese woman in her 80s was a resident of Kanagawa Prefecture, just south Tokyo.

Her son-in-law, who is a taxi driver, was also found to be infected with the virus on Thursday. Health ministry officials are trying to track the routes of the infections.

Dead Woman Found Infected With Coronavirus

Dead woman found infected with coronavirus

Japan's health ministry says an elderly woman who died on Thursday was later confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.

The woman in her 80s, living in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, visited a hospital on January 22 as she was suffering from fatigue. Her health conditions had been monitored until she was diagnosed with pneumonia and admitted to the hospital on February 1.

S.korean Woman Remembers Son's Train Station Death

S.Korean woman remembers son's train station death

A South Korean woman has visited the station in Tokyo where her son was killed 19 years ago while attempting to save a man who had fallen onto the tracks.

The 26-year-old student, Lee Su-hyon, and a Japanese photographer jumped from the platform at JR Shin-Okubo station to try to save the man on January 26, 2001. All three were hit by a train and killed.