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The children returned to Naraha this spring. For more than four years, residents were barred from this hamlet in Fukushima after an earthquake and tsunami caused a meltdown at a nuclear power plant north of town.

"Six Years Later, Fukushima Has Its Children Back" is from the April 22, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Motoko Rich and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Six years after the largest nuclear disaster in a quarter-century, Japanese officials have still not solved a basic problem: what to do with an ever-growing pile of radioactive waste. Each form of waste at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, where three reactors melted down after an earthquake and a tsunami on March 11, 2011, presents its own challenges.

"Struggling With Japan's Nuclear Waste, Six Years After Disaster" is from the March 12, 2017 International section of The New York Times. It was written by Motoko Rich and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis assured Japan’s prime minister Friday that the United States would stand by its mutual defense treaty with the country, despite statements by President Donald Trump during last year’s campaign that suggested he might pull back from U.S. security commitments in Asia.

"Mattis Says U.S. Is ‘Shoulder to Shoulder’ With Japan" is from the February 03, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael R. Gordon and Motoko Rich and narrated by Mike DelGaudio.

TOKYO — Amid tensions over trade and North Korea, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan leaves Tuesday to visit President Donald Trump at his Palm Beach estate. It kicks off a frenzy of diplomacy that has Abe meeting President Xi Jinping in China later this year and possibly even North Korea’s Kim Jong In as well.

"As Scandal-Tarred Abe Meets Trump, ‘the Situation Is Getting Dangerous’" is from the April 16, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Motoko Rich and narrated by Kristi Burns.

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"For South Korean Hockey Team, Unity With North Is a Sacrifice" is from the January 22, 2018 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Motoko Rich and Seth Berkman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — When the North Korean leader, Kim Jong In, decided to send a large delegation to the Winter Olympics in South Korea this month, the world feared he might steal the show.

"Kim Jong Un’s Sister Turns on the Charm, Taking Pence’s Spotlight" is from the February 11, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Motoko Rich and Choe Sang Hun and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Lee Na-yeon was 18 years old and in her first semester in college when she discovered, to her dismay, that she was pregnant.

"Push to End South Korea Abortion Ban Gains Strength, and Signatures" is from the January 13, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Motoko Rich and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Early next year, Tokyo’s metropolitan assembly will vote on whether to ban smoking indoors in most public places, including restaurants, hotels, offices, department stores, airports, universities and gyms. Outside, smokers would be restricted to specially designated shelters or zones.

"Tokyo, Once a Cigarette Haven, Could Finally Kick Out the Smokers" is from the November 27, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Motoko Rich and narrated by Kristi Burns.

TOKYO — A trade pact originally conceived by the United States to counter China’s growing economic might in Asia now has a new target: President Donald Trump’s embrace of protectionism.

"U.S. Allies to Sign Sweeping Trade Deal in Challenge to Trump" is from the March 08, 2018 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Motoko Rich, Ernesto Londoño and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Search teams scrambled Monday to determine the fate of 10 missing Navy sailors after a U.S. destroyer collided with an oil tanker off the coast of Singapore, the second accident involving a Navy ship and a cargo vessel in recent months.

"Rescuers Seek 10 Missing Sailors After U.S. Navy Ship and Tanker Collide" is from the August 20, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Hannah Beech and Motoko Rich and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Over the summer, the man told his father that his life had no meaning. Then he went looking for others who felt the same way, and apparently killed them.

"Suspect in Japan Serial-Killer Case Sought Out Suicidal People" is from the November 01, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Motoko Rich and narrated by Kristi Burns.

TOKYO — In announcing his decision to exit the Iran nuclear accord, President Donald Trump said he also wanted to send a signal about the kind of hard bargain he plans to drive with another longtime U.S. adversary, North Korea.

"How Trump’s Iran Stance Could Affect a North Korea Deal" is from the May 09, 2018 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Motoko Rich and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

North Korea’s declaration at the end of the Winter Olympics of its willingness to start a dialogue with the United States offered a sliver of optimism that the political pageantry of the games would lead to more substantial results.

"Trump Opens Door, Just Slightly, to Talking With North Korea" is from the February 27, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Motoko Rich and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

What does Kim Jong In want?That remains far harder to answer than the technical questions about Kim’s bombs and the reach of his missiles that have preoccupied American, Japanese and South Korean intelligence officials for years.

"What Motivations Lie Behind North Korea’s Nuclear Arsenal" is from the September 03, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Motoko Rich and Davd E. Sanger and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

The Japanese soldiers jumped out of the jeeps, unloaded the anti-tank missiles and dropped to the ground. Within minutes, they aimed and fired, striking hypothetical targets nearly a half-mile away.

"A Pacifist Japan Starts to Embrace the Military" is from the August 29, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Motoko Rich and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Japan’s parliament opened the door to modernizing the Chrysanthemum Throne on Friday, unanimously passing a special law allowing the ailing Emperor Akihito to retire, and proposing that the government consider letting the royal bloodline pass through the women of the imperial family.

"Japan’s Parliament Passes Law Allowing Emperor to Abdicate" is from the June 09, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Motoko Rich and narrated by Mike DelGaudio.

South Korea’s newly elected president, Moon Jae-in, has suspended the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system, an apparent concession to China and a significant break with the United States on policy toward North Korea.

"South Korea Suspends Deployment of U.S. Antimissile System" is from the June 07, 2015 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Motoko Rich and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

As the bodies of the seven sailors who died aboard the U.S. destroyer Fitzgerald last weekend were flown back to the United States from Japan Tuesday, multiple investigations of the fatal collision with a container ship began in earnest.

"As Sailors’ Bodies Are Flown to U.S., Fitzgerald Inquiries Intensify" is from the June 20, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Motoko Rich and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Japan said on Monday that its envoy to South Korea would return to Seoul, three months after he was recalled in a dispute arising from the sensitive issue of Korean women forced into sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers during World War II.

"Japan Envoy, Recalled Over ‘Comfort Woman’ Statue, Is Returning to Seoul" is from the April 03, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Motoko Rich and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Just days after a flotilla of U.S. and Japanese warships left the sea between Japan and the Korean Peninsula, where they had been deployed in a show of force toward Pyongyang, North Korea tested missiles designed to hit such ships.

"North Korea's Anti-Ship Missile Test Aims to Show It Can Repel Assault" is from the June 08, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Motoko Rich and Jeyup S. Kwaak and narrated by Kristi Burns.