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Japan to provide $10 billion to Southeast Asia to ease oil price strain
Kyodo News, Published on 15/04/2026
» KYODO — Japan has decided to provide a total of US$10 billion in financial support to Southeast Asian nations struggling with surging crude oil prices amid tensions in the Middle East, government sources said Wednesday.
Malaysia receives Japan equipment for team observing Thai-Cambodia conflict
Kyodo News, Published on 08/04/2026
» KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia received equipment worth ¥9 million (US$56,800) from Japan on Wednesday as part of its assistance to boost a Southeast Asia peacekeeping team monitoring the conflict along the Thailand-Cambodia border.
Overseas student cap raised at Japan universities to attract talent
Kyodo News, Published on 18/02/2026
» KYODO — Japan's education ministry will allow three universities to accept international students above their enrolment caps under its new exemption system to attract global talent amid intensifying global competition.
US to sell weapons worth over $11 billion to Taiwan
Kyodo News, Published on 18/12/2025
» KYODO — The United States said Wednesday it has approved a potential sale of weapons and related equipment worth more than US$11 billion to Taiwan, at a time when the self-governing democratic island faces increased military pressure from China.
Foreigners bought 3,498 properties near Japanese sensitive sites
Kyodo News, Published on 16/12/2025
» KYODO — A total of 3,498 properties around critical security facilities and remote islands in Japan were purchased by foreign individuals or entities in fiscal 2024, with nearly half from China, a government study showed Tuesday.
Myanmar's complex civil conflict creating unlikely alliances among enemies
Kyodo News, Published on 09/12/2025
» YANGON — A 24-year-old fighter from Myanmar's pro-democracy People's Defence Force (PDF) says many of those who fight alongside him have switched sides at times in the long-running civil war, with a lack of financial compensation forcing them to temporarily side with a junta-aligned armed group.
30 people injured by 7.5 quake in northeastern Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 09/12/2025
» TOKYO - A powerful quake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck northeastern Japan late Monday night, injuring 30 people and triggering tsunami waves as high as 70 centimetres that reached the Pacific coast, the Japanese government said.
Japan, Vietnam agree to advance security cooperation amid China's rise
Kyodo News, Published on 04/12/2025
» KYODO — Japan and Vietnam agreed in high-level talks Thursday to give shape to security cooperation under their strategic partnership, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said, amid China's growing assertiveness in the South and East China seas.