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Tokyo ward to certify same-sex couples
Kyodo News, Published on 12/02/2015
» Tokyo's Shibuya ward plans to issue certificates recognising same-sex couples as being in "relationships equivalent to marriage," becoming the first local government in Japan to do so.
Singapore PM's surgery 'successful'
Kyodo News, Published on 16/02/2015
» Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong underwent "successful" surgery to remove his cancerous prostate gland on Monday, his office said in a brief statement.
Drone cameras banned in Phnom Penh
Kyodo News, Published on 16/02/2015
» Cambodian authorities on Monday banned the use of drone cameras to capture footage in the country's capital over concern that it violates people's privacy and public security.
Japan, Mekong states forum on Thurs
Kyodo News, Published on 17/02/2015
» TOKYO - Government officials, businesspeople and experts from Japan and five Southeast Asian countries along the Mekong River will hold a forum on Thursday in Tokyo to promote economic cooperation amid moves to launch a more integrated Asean Economic Community at the end of this year.
Mekong countries, Japan eye new development strategy beyond 2015
Kyodo News, Published on 19/02/2015
» The leaders of Japan and five Southeast Asian countries along the Mekong River plan to craft a new strategy in July for Tokyo to contribute to sustainable development of the Mekong region beyond 2015, a senior Japanese official said Thursday.
Another Japanese 'held in Iraq'
Kyodo News, Published on 21/02/2015
» CAIRO — Japan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday another Japanese national has been temporarily detained as a suspicious person by authorities in the Kurdish autonomous zone in northern Iraq earlier this month.
AirAsia, ANA bid to bail out Skymark
Kyodo News, Published on 23/02/2015
» ANA Holdings Inc and Malaysia's AirAsia Bhd have notified bankrupt Skymark Airlines Inc of their plans to take part in the struggling airline's restructuring as the company ended accepting applications for sponsorship on Monday.
Foreign eco-activist arrested in P'Penh
Kyodo News, Published on 23/02/2015
» A foreign environmental activist critical of the government was arrested Monday for overstaying his visa, a local rights group and police sources said.
Northern Japan braces for blizzard
Kyodo News, Published on 02/03/2015
» TOKYO — A blizzard is expected to hit northern Japan later Monday, with dozens of train services already cancelled on the island of Hokkaido.
Philippines suspends gas, oil exploration in S. China Sea
Kyodo News, Published on 03/03/2015
» The Philippines has suspended indefinitely all offshore oil and natural gas drilling activities at the Reed Bank off Palawan island in the South China Sea, London-listed Forum Energy Plc said in a statement.