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Kyodo News, Published on 30/05/2023
» BYD Co, China's largest electric vehicle manufacturer, has begun to penetrate the Southeast Asian market to challenge the stronghold held by Japanese automakers in the region.
Kyodo News, Published on 07/06/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has joined Vietnam in rapping Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's recent remarks on the 1979 Vietnamese invasion that ousted the genocidal Khmer Rouge, alleging that Singapore bears some responsibility for the massacre of Cambodians in the late 1970s.
Kyodo News, Published on 27/05/2019
» TOKYO: Three women died and around 10 students were taken to hospitals due to heatstroke symptoms as unseasonably hot weather continued in Japan on Monday, authorities said.
Kyodo News, Published on 26/05/2019
» HONG KONG: Over 2,000 people in Hong Kong on Sunday took part in a rally to mark the upcoming 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Kyodo News, Published on 16/04/2019
» TOKYO: Japanese police dispatched investigators to Thailand on Tuesday over a phone scam in which more than 200 people in Japan are believed to have been swindled out of some 200 million yen (about 57 million baht).
Kyodo News, Published on 01/04/2019
» Japan launched on Monday a new visa system to bring in more foreign workers to the country struggling with an acute labour shortage, marking a major policy shift from its traditionally strict immigration rules.
Kyodo News, Published on 29/03/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Friday that Turkey has agreed to lease a powership to help his country address its chronic electricity shortages.
Kyodo News, Published on 20/03/2019
» Thais are keenly awaiting the first general election in eight years on Sunday, with many of them expressing hope that a post-junta government will somehow bridge the nation's political divide that has existed for years.
Kyodo News, Published on 25/02/2019
» TOKYO: Japanese Emperor Akihito will be called "emperor emeritus" and Empress Michiko "empress emerita" following his abdication in April, the Imperial Household Agency said Monday.
Kyodo News, Published on 18/02/2019
» TOKYO: Japanese government officials confirmed Monday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after a request from Washington last year, a move that could spark controversy at home and abroad.