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1,000 quakes recorded in Japan in 2 weeks
Kyodo News, Published on 28/04/2016
» More than 1,000 seismic events had been recorded in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures by Thursday in the two weeks since a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck southwestern Japan, while over 30,000 people remain evacuated from their homes.
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1 in 29 babies born in Japan had non-Japanese parent
Kyodo News, Published on 06/03/2016
» One in 29 babies born in Japan in 2014 had at least one non-Japanese parent, a Kyodo News analysis of government data found, increasing the need to provide language support to such families at schools and medical facilities.
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Taiwan quake toll hits 24, over 120 missing
Kyodo News, Published on 07/02/2016
» The death toll from a powerful earthquake that caused buildings to collapse in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan early Saturday rose to 24 people on Sunday, with emergency response officials also saying as many as 120 may still be trapped under rubble.
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More red ahead as Japan trade balance turns negative
Kyodo News, Published on 25/05/2015
» Japan's trade balance returned to the red in April following a surplus in March, but the deficit shrank 93.5% from a year earlier as declining crude oil prices pushed down imports, the government said Monday.
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ADB: Cambodia on verge of being middle-income nation
Kyodo News, Published on 10/03/2015
» The head of the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday that Cambodia now ranks among the world's fastest-growing economies but still faces challenges.
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Japan seeks to boost its rice exports
Business, Kyodo News, Published on 17/03/2015
» Singapore: A Japanese rice export association launched an initiative Monday to boost exports to Singapore, taking advantage of the wealthy city-state's appetite for Japanese cuisine.
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US, Japan first ladies partner for girls' education
Kyodo News, Published on 19/03/2015
» US first lady Michelle Obama and her Japanese counterpart Akie Abe on Thursday announced a new partnership to help girls around the world to complete their education and fulfil their potential.
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Cambodia erects memorial for Khmer Rouge mass victims
Kyodo News, Published on 26/03/2015
» Cambodia erected Thursday a memorial for the victims of the Khmer Rouge, appeasing the anger of survivors who have been waiting for such move for more than three decades after the fall of the regime in 1979.
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Indonesia gets $74b business commitments
Kyodo News, Published on 29/03/2015
» Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has brought back business commitments worth a total of US$74.34 billion in various planned projects and investments from his weeklong state visits to Japan and China through Saturday, a senior government official said.
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Cambodia opens Japan-funded bridge across Mekong
Kyodo News, Published on 06/04/2015
» Cambodia on Monday inaugurated the Japan-funded, 2.2-kilometere Tsubasa bridge across the Mekong River, the longest bridge in the country.
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