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Edible chopsticks to go on sale in Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 08/07/2017
» KUMAMOTO, JAPAN - When you have finished your meal, you can eat your chopsticks.
Dementia insurance launched in greying Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 02/07/2017
» Insurance policies covering various expenses relating to dementia have been launched in Japan as more people are suffering from the illness in the rapidly greying country.
Cambodia arrests 73 Chinese in online scams
Published on 02/07/2017
» PHNOM PENH - Seventy-three Chinese haven been arrested in Cambodia for involvement in online scams, according to police and immigration officials.
Japan carrier forces wheelchair user to crawl up plane stairs
Published on 28/06/2017
» OSAKA - Japanese budget airline Vanilla Air has apologised to a wheelchair user after he crawled up boarding stairs in a dispute with a staffer at an airport in southern Japan.
10 bypass Narita immigration by mistake
Kyodo News, Published on 19/06/2017
» TOKYO - Japanese budget airline Vanilla Air said Monday that 10 passengers on one of its flights from Hong Kong entered Japan without going through immigration due to misguidance at Narita Airport on Sunday night.
Bangladesh landslide death toll doubles to over 130
Kyodo News, Published on 14/06/2017
» DHAKA -- More than 130 people were killed in landslides triggered by torrential rain in Bangladesh on Tuesday, local media reported Wednesday as the death toll continues to rise.
China protests US warship's move in S. China Sea
Kyodo News, Published on 25/05/2017
» BEIJING -- China said Thursday it has lodged solemn representations with Washington after a US Navy destroyer, for the first time under US President Donald Trump, sailed earlier this week within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built up by Beijing.
China to lift ban on US beef imports after deal
Kyodo News, Published on 12/05/2017
» China said Friday it will lift its long-standing ban on US beef and increase market access for financial firms, as part of initial results of the 100-day action plan of the world's two largest economies to reshape their trade relationship.
3 Cambodian peacekeepers confirmed dead in Africa
Published on 10/05/2017
» PHNOM PENH -- The Cambodian government confirmed Wednesday that three Cambodian peacekeepers who went missing in an ambush this week on a UN convoy in Central African Republic have been found dead.
No. of children in Japan falls for 36th year to new record low
Published on 04/05/2017
» The number of children in Japan fell for the 36th straight year to another record low, the latest data showed Thursday, indicating efforts by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government have been inadequate to tackle the long-standing issue of a declining birthrate.