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Japan foreign minister to attend regional forum in Laos
Kyodo News, Published on 21/07/2016
» TOKYO - Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will visit Laos from Sunday to Tuesday next week to attend a series of regional foreign ministerial meetings involving the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
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N. Korea's new foreign minister heads to Laos
Kyodo News, Published on 23/07/2016
» VIENTIANE/PYONGYANG - North Korea's new foreign minister on Saturday left for Laos to make his overseas debut at a major security forum, at a time of high tensions over Pyongyang's series of weapons tests.
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Asean ministers skirt around South China Sea ruling
Kyodo News, Published on 26/07/2016
» VIENTIANE - Southeast Asian foreign ministers failed Monday to make a united assessment on an international tribunal's ruling that rejected China's claims to almost the entire South China Sea.
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Train firms, utilities seek sites be made Pokemon-free
Kyodo News, Published on 26/07/2016
» TOKYO - Railway companies and nuclear power plant operators in Japan asked the provider of the popular "Pokemon Go" smartphone game on Tuesday to make sure the game's virtual characters do not appear in areas they think are inappropriate or dangerous to play.
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Hatred behind Japan knife attacker's rampage
Kyodo News, Published on 26/07/2016
» SAGAMIHARA, JAPAN - Hatred appears to be what fuelled a young Japanese man who went on a stabbing rampage, killing 19 people Tuesday at a facility for the mentally disabled where he had been fired. Months earlier, he reportedly gave a letter to Parliament outlining the bloody plan.
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Indonesia closes airport on Lombok due to volcanic activity
Published on 01/08/2016
» JAKARTA - Indonesian authorities on Monday closed an airport on Lombok due to volcanic activity at the island's Mount Rinjani, while some airlines canceled or diverted flights to and from the neighbouring resort island of Bali due to volcanic ash.
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26 dead after fire on Chinese bus in Taiwan
Kyodo News, Published on 19/07/2016
» A fire that engulfed a tour bus in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, on Tuesday left 26 people dead, including three children aged between 12 and 13, local authorities said.
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Tokyo trials lower flagfall for taxis
Kyodo News, Published on 05/08/2016
» TOKYO - The transport ministry said on Friday it started allowing taxi services to charge a lower, minimum fare of 410 yen (about 140 baht) on a trial basis at four locations in Tokyo.
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Mahathir applies to form new party to take on Malaysian PM
Published on 09/08/2016
» KUALA LUMPUR - Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday formally applied to form a new party to take on his successor Najib Razak, who has been under the heat over corruption allegations involving a state fund he oversees.
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Dollar falls below 100 yen on Brexit fears
Kyodo News, Published on 24/06/2016
» TOKYO - The US dollar dropped below the 100 yen line for the first time since November of 2013 on Thursday, after local media reported results so far have shown the Leave vote leading in the British referendum on its EU membership.
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