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China's largest EV maker eyes SE Asia dominance
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.
Three dead as mercury rises across Japan
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.
Thailand openly airs hope to join TPP
Kyodo News, Published on 02/05/2018
» Thailand has expressed its hope of joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Japan's minister in charge of the free trade deal said Tuesday.
6.2 quake off NZ's Kermadec Islands
Kyodo News, Published on 08/12/2017
» A magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred off the coast of New Zealand's remote Kermadec Islands in the South Pacific Ocean on Friday, the US Geological Survey reported.
Japan's emperor to abdicate on April 30, 2019
Kyodo News, Published on 01/12/2017
» TOKYO: A special panel to discuss key issues regarding the Japanese imperial family decided Friday to set the date for Emperor Akihito's abdication as April 30, 2019, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, paving the way for the nation's first imperial succession from a living emperor in about 200 years.
China raises bullet train speed limit back to 350kph
Kyodo News, Published on 21/09/2017
» The maximum speed of trains running on China's high-speed rail line between Beijing and Shanghai was on Thursday restored to 350 kilometres per hour, local media reported.
6.1 earthquake off southern New Zealand
Kyodo News, Published on 20/09/2017
» An undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck almost 600 kilometers southwest of New Zealand's South Island on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said.
Singapore, Japan to boost cybersecurity cooperation
Kyodo News, Published on 18/09/2017
» SINGAPORE: Singapore and Japan signed a pact on Monday to boost cybersecurity cooperation between the two countries.
Six-nation counterterrorism talks open
Kyodo News, Published on 29/07/2017
» MANADO, INDONESIA - A six-nation meeting on the threat posed by potential terrorists returning home from Middle East conflict zones opened Saturday, focusing on the situation in the southern Philippine city of Marawi, where Islamic State-inspired militants are battling government forces.
Beehive fence stops elephants from destroying crops
Kyodo News, Published on 16/07/2017
» CHANTHABURI - After years of crop and house damage caused by wild elephants in Khaeng Hang Maew กistrict of Chanthaburi province, a local farmer finally found a humane way to keep the hungry jumbos away without harming them -- a beehive fence.