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9 killed, 860 hurt in magnitude 6.5 quake in southern Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 15/04/2016
» Nine people died and 860 others were injured after a powerful earthquake jolted southwestern Japan on Thursday night, local police said Friday as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged the government's best efforts in rescue and relief work.
China to build airport in Nepal's scenic Pokhara
Published on 13/04/2016
» KATHMANDU — The construction of Nepal's second international airport, to be both funded and built by China, began in the western resort town of Pokhara on Wednesday with the laying of foundation stones, officials said.
Foreign tourist spending in Japan to set new record
Published on 12/01/2016
» TOKYO — Foreign travellers spent an estimated around 3.5 trillion yen (1,090 billion baht) in Japan last year, the tourism minister said Tuesday, suggesting the figure is certain to shatter the previous high of about 2.03 trillion yen recorded in 2014.
Japan lowers voting age to 18
Kyodo News, Published on 17/06/2015
» Japan's parliament passed legislation Wednesday to lower the voting age to the international norm of 18 from 20 at present in its biggest election system reform in 70 years.
Cambodia ruling party chief Chea Sim dies at 82
Kyodo News, Published on 08/06/2015
» Cambodia's ruling party chief Chea Sim died Monday due to illness and old age, his chief bodyguard told Kyodo News. He was 82.
Impeachment looms for embattled Thai ex-PM Yingluck
AFP, Published on 23/01/2015
» BANGKOK - The political future of embattled former Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra will be determined Friday when the junta-appointed parliament votes on whether to impeach her, in a move that could reignite the country's bitter divisions.
Japan cabinet to see few changes
Kyodo News, Published on 24/12/2014
» Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resumes office today with a broadly similar cabinet tasked with re-igniting the world's number three economy following his mid-December election triumph.