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Japan to decide on easing curbs on events, eateries
Kyodo News, Published on 19/11/2021
» TOKYO: Japan will formally decide Friday to remove an existing spectator cap on attendance at large-scale events as well as ease rules on eating and drinking establishments, mostly relating to any future Covid-19 state of emergency, as the country has seen a sharp decline in new and serious cases of the novel coronavirus.
Japan PM dissolves House for Oct 31 poll
Kyodo News, Published on 14/10/2021
» Japan's new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dissolved the House of Representatives on Thursday for a general election at the end of the month as he seeks a public mandate for his government launched just last week.
Strong quake in Tokyo derails train, injures commuters
Kyodo News, Published on 08/10/2021
» TOKYO: A powerful earthquake that struck the Tokyo area on Thursday night, the strongest the Japanese capital has experienced in a decade, left 32 people injured and continued to disrupt train services on Friday morning, affecting about 368,000 passengers in total.
China's Xi instructs army to increase military pressure near Taiwan
Kyodo News, Published on 05/10/2021
» Chinese President Xi Jinping has instructed the country's army to increase military pressure in the southwestern region of Taiwan, sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
US, UK, Australia to form ties amid China rise
Kyodo News, Published on 16/09/2021
» The United States on Wednesday announced the launch of a security partnership with Britain and Australia in an apparent effort to counter China's assertiveness, paving the way for Canberra to obtain nuclear-powered submarines and join a handful of countries that operate them.
Khmer Rouge leader denies genocide charges
Kyodo News, Published on 19/08/2021
» The only surviving Khmer Rouge leader on Thursday denied the charges against him in the U.N.-backed tribunal in Cambodia to appeal a 2018 lower court ruling that convicted him of genocide and gave him a life sentence.
Tokyo logs record 5,042 Covid cases
Kyodo News, Published on 05/08/2021
» Daily coronavirus cases confirmed in Tokyo reached a record 5,042 on Thursday, topping the 5,000 mark for the first time, the metropolitan government said, as a resurgence of the virus places a strain on the medical system in Japan.
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.
Philippine military plane crash death toll rises to 50
Kyodo News, Published on 05/07/2021
» The Philippine Department of National Defense said Monday that 47 people perished in an aircraft crash in the south of the nation a day earlier, with three civilian victims on the ground taking the total death toll to 50.
Philippine military plane crash death toll rises to 50
Kyodo News, Published on 05/07/2021
» The Philippine Department of National Defense said Monday that 47 people perished in an aircraft crash in the south of the nation a day earlier, with three civilian victims on the ground taking the total death toll to 50.