TOKYO -- Japan's Fukushima prefectural government will stop providing temporary housing for evacuees of the two towns hosting the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant at the end of March 2026, local media reported.

The move came as living conditions are expected to improve for residents of Futaba Town and Okuma Town, who fled their homes following the nuclear disaster in 2011, Kyodo News reported. (Japan-Fukushima-Nuclear Refugee)

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PHNOM PENH -- A Cambodian military helicopter that went missing on July 12 was found in the Cardamom Mountains on Monday, with one person confirmed dead and another one still missing.

"After a 17-day search operation, our search team found the missing helicopter in the Cardamom Mountains on July 29, 2024," Gen. Chhum Socheat, a secretary of state and spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, announced the discovery in a post on social media. (Cambodia-Helicopter-Missing)

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KABUL -- Afghan caretaker government's Acting Deputy Prime Minister for Political Affairs Mawlawi Abdul Kabir left Kabul for Iran with a delegation on Monday, a statement of the Prime Minister's Office said.

During his three-day visit, Kabir, in addition to attending the oath-taking ceremony of Iran's new President Masoud Pezeshkian, would meet Iranian officials to discuss issues in efforts to enhance economic and political relations, the statement added. (Afghanistan-Iran-Ties)

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TOKYO -- Three members of a family died in an apparent stabbing incident in central Japan's Shizuoka prefecture on Sunday, local media reported.

At around 2:25 p.m. local time Sunday, the police received a report that a man was running wild at the house located in a residential area in the city of Kikugawa, and had officers rush to the scene, Jiji Press reported. (Japan-Stabbing) Enditem

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