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Japan to withdraw from IWC to resume whaling
Kyodo News, Published on 20/12/2018
» TOKYO: Japan has decided to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission in a bid to resume commercial whaling for the first time in about 30 years, government sources said Thursday.
Japan excludes Huawei, ZTE from gov't procurement
Kyodo News, Published on 10/12/2018
» TOKYO: Japan decided Monday to effectively exclude Chinese telecommunication equipment giants Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp from public procurement, the government said.
Japan set to exclude Huawei, ZTE from gov't procurement
Kyodo News, Published on 07/12/2018
» TOKYO: Japan plans to effectively exclude Chinese telecommunication equipment makers Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp from public procurement, a government source said Friday.
Moon in N.Korea to boost waning de-nuke hopes
Kyodo News, Published on 18/09/2018
» SEOUL/PYONGYANG: South Korean President Moon Jae In was warmly welcomed Tuesday as he became the country's third president to visit Pyongyang, amid drastic changes in the situation surrounding efforts to denuclearise North Korea since the beginning of this year.
Gap apologises for 'incorrect' Chinese map on T-shirts
Kyodo News, Published on 15/05/2018
» HONG KONG: US clothing retailer Gap apologised late Monday for selling T-shirts with an "incorrect" map of China, after it became the latest among foreign companies that China has taken offence with in relation to its territorial claims.
Protesters bash Aso over sexual harassment comments
Kyodo News, Published on 07/05/2018
» TOKYO: Women took to the streets on Monday to denounce Finance Minister Taro Aso over comments that seemed to make light of an alleged case of sexual harassment by the top bureaucrat at his ministry.
Kim becomes first N.Korean leader to cross border
Kyodo News, Published on 27/04/2018
» SEOUL: Kim Jong Un on Friday became the first North Korean leader to cross the border with the South since the end of the Korean War, the latest in a series of remarkable developments emerging from his sudden embrace of diplomacy since the beginning of this year.
N. Korea's Kim vows denuclearisation on China trip
Kyodo News, Published on 28/03/2018
» North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised Chinese President Xi Jinping that Pyongyang will move forward with denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula, Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday after Kim visited Beijing on his first foreign trip as leader of the reclusive state.
Hundreds stranded on ferry in western Japan since Sunday
Kyodo News, Published on 19/03/2018
» TOKYO: More than 500 people have been left stranded aboard a ferry in waters in western Japan after the vessel hit a steel buoy Sunday night and apparently damaged its propeller, the local coast guard office said Monday.