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Asean envoy to Myanmar calls for 4-month cease-fire
Kyodo News, Published on 05/09/2021
» A special Asean envoy to Myanmar said in an interview that he has called for a four-month cease-fire by all sides in the country's conflict to enable the smooth delivery of the first batch of humanitarian assistance to the country expected as early as mid-September.
Asean deadlocked in selection of special envoy to Myanmar
Kyodo News, Published on 06/07/2021
» Five months since the military toppled a democratically elected government in Myanmar, Asean has not been able to appoint a special envoy to help defuse the member country's political crisis and a major obstacle seems to be disunity within the group.
Japan to toughen antivirus steps for travellers from Thailand
Kyodo News, Published on 01/06/2021
» Japan will strengthen its antivirus steps for travellers from Thailand, along with Vietnam, Malaysia, Afghanistan and parts of the United States, after seeing a rise in a new variant of the novel coronavirus, the Japanese government said on Tuesday.
Japan warns Line over insufficient data protection
Kyodo News, Published on 26/04/2021
» The Japanese government on Monday ordered messaging app provider Line Corp to take measures to properly protect customers' information after such data were found accessible by a Chinese affiliate without user consent.
Japan to give B1.3 bn vaccine aid to Thailand, 24 other Asian nations
Kyodo News, Published on 09/03/2021
» Japan will provide 4.5 billion yen (about 1.3 billion baht) grant aid through an international organisation to 25 countries in Asia and the Pacific Islands region to help them build a cold-chain distribution network for Covid-19 vaccines, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
UK formally requests to join free trade pact
Kyodo News, Published on 01/02/2021
» The United Kingdom made a formal request Monday to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact, the first accession application by a member outside the 11 participating Pacific countries.
Thailand ranks fourth in Covid-19 response
Kyodo News, Published on 28/01/2021
» Thailand ranks fourth in terms of success in containing the coronavirus pandemic in a ranking by an Australian think tank, trailing New Zealand, Vietnam and Taiwan.
Japan to halt entry of all non-resident foreign nationals
Kyodo News, Published on 13/01/2021
» Japan will suspend the entry of all non-resident foreign nationals into the country as part of its efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday.
Annual Cobra Gold joint exercise said postponed
Kyodo News, Published on 12/01/2021
» Cobra Gold, one of the Asia-Pacific region's biggest multinational military exercises, has been postponed to August due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to sources.
Japan to halt new entry from around world amid new virus variant
Kyodo News, Published on 27/12/2020
» Japan will suspend new entry into the country of nonresident foreign nationals from around the world from Monday through late January as a precautionary step against the new, potentially more transmissible coronavirus variant, the government said Saturday.