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Innovative Ageing Solutions Celebrated at Bangkok HAPI Awards 2025
Published on 27/01/2025
» The Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) will celebrate the winners of the Healthy Aging Prize for Asian Innovation (HAPI) at an award ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand on January 31, 2025. Members of the press are invited to attend this event, as well as the press briefing by the organisers from 1:00 PM, and press conference with the winners from 4:30PM. Details below:
Bumper year expected for Phuket tourism
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 29/10/2024
» Tourism revenue in Phuket this year is likely to exceed the total in 2019, with almost as many visitors as in the year before the Covid pandemic, according to Thanet Tantipiriyakit, president of the Phuket Tourist Association.
Japan inspires AIS, Central with zero waste
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 06/12/2023
» Kamikatsu, a small town located in the Tokushima prefecture of Japan with a population of only 1,401 people, is becoming a prototype for operational concept and management of zero-waste efficiency for big corporates in Thailand.
Japanese ‘Happy Science’ cult leader dies
Published on 02/03/2023
» TOKYO: Ryuho Okawa, the leader of the Japanese “Happy Science” cult who claimed to be able to communicate with the spirits of everyone from Jesus to Donald Trump, died on Thursday aged 66, local media reported.
Japan robot suit helps users walk again
Published on 19/10/2022
» Hikers contemplating tackling some of the most daunting treks in Japan - such as the 1,200-kilometre (750-mile) pilgrimage that visits 88 temples on Japan's Shikoku island - should soon be able to get a leg-up with the help of a robotic exoskeleton that optimises a walker's gait.
Thai League 1 falls prey to Covid -- again
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 05/01/2021
» All Thai League 1 matches scheduled for this month have been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) announced on Monday.
India sets single-day Covid record
Published on 30/05/2020
» India reported a record daily jump of 7,964 new Covid-19 infections on Saturday, with a recent surge in cases as lockdown restrictions start to be relaxed, raising the possibility that Prime Minister Narendra Modi could extend the curbs beyond May 31.
Little Parcels of Joy
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 13/09/2019
» Now that the BTS goes beyond Mo Chit and is offering free rides to Ha Yaek Lat Phrao, what better excuse than to venture into the 'burbs?
Rising sun meets city of angels
Life, Published on 15/08/2019
» Setouchi, a lesser known region in the west of the Japanese archipelago, will be shining in Bangkok during the Mall Japan Discovery 2019: Sparkling Setouchi at the Mall Bangkapi, Lat Phrao, from tomorrow until Aug 25.