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Military drills to delay flights in China
Kyodo News, Published on 22/07/2014
» BEIJING - Military exercises in eastern China will create massive disruption to civilian air services during the period of the drills through mid-August, Chinese media said Tuesday.
Tourists to Japan hits record high
Kyodo News, Published on 23/07/2014
» TOKYO - The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in the first half of 2014 hit a record high of 6.26 million thanks to the yen's weakness and increased international flights at Tokyo's Haneda airport, a government body said Wednesday.
HK to mark China 'victory' over Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 26/08/2014
» Hong Kong this year will begin dedicating two dates to commemorate China's "victory" in World War II against Japanese aggression and those who died in the 1937 Nanjing massacre, the chief executive's office said Tuesday.
Tigerair sets Taiwan-Singapore flights
Kyodo News, Published on 01/09/2014
» Taiwan's first low-cost carrier, Tigerair Taiwan, said Monday it will begin flights between Taipei and Singapore by the end of this month, seeking to expand to its presence from the already competitive budget airline business in Southeast Asia to that in Northeast Asia.
Japan key to helping Myanmar farmers
Kyodo News, Published on 13/09/2014
» Myanmar agricultural experts have expressed amazement by a high level of fertiliser produced in Japan, saying that if Myanmar farmers could afford to use such fertiliser, rather than the China-made one they currently use, they could significantly increase rice output and produce rice of higher quality.
Green groups hit Cambodia dam plan
Kyodo News, Published on 17/10/2014
» A planned hydropower northeastern Cambodian is drawing the ire of Southeast Asian environmental group who says the Lower Sesan 2 Dam fails to meet standards and will impact 80,000 people.
Takashimaya to open in Thailand
Kyodo News, Published on 21/10/2014
» Major department store chain Takashimaya Co said on Tuesday it will open an outlet in Bangkok in 2017 to attract wealthy consumers in the fast-growing Southeast Asian country.
Apec ministers ready trade roadmap
Kyodo News, Published on 07/11/2014
» Ministers of 21 Asia-Pacific countries are set to discuss ways to boost regional integration and adopt a road map toward the creation of a new free trade area at a two-day meeting in Beijing starting today in the run-up to a summit next week.
East Asia Summit to warn on IS threat
Kyodo News, Published on 10/11/2014
» East Asia leaders set to gather this week in Myanmar's capital will issue a joint statement warning that Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria pose not only a threat to the region but the world as a whole, diplomatic sources said Monday.
Letters sought for Japan quake victims
Kyodo News, Published on 09/12/2014
» Hoping to ring in a brighter New Year’s, a group based in western Japan is calling on people from Thailand and other countries to send heartening — or genki — letters to people in the northeastern Tohoku region still suffering from the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami.