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Japan population down for 13th straight year
Kyodo News, Published on 12/04/2024
» KYODO - Japan's population fell 595,000 from a year earlier to total 124,352,000 as of Oct 1, declining for the 13th consecutive year, government data showed Friday.
Japan hit by 6.0-magnitude quake, no tsunami warning
Kyodo News, Published on 04/04/2024
» An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 jolted northeastern Japan around Thursday noon, the country's weather agency said, with no tsunami warning issued.
Putin gives Russian-made car to N. Korea's Kim
Kyodo News, Published on 20/02/2024
» Russian President Vladimir Putin has presented North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with a Russian-made car for his personal use, the Asian country's state-run media said Tuesday, amid deepening ties between Moscow and Pyongyang.
Japan scraps Covid border controls in hopes of reviving tourism boom
Kyodo News, Published on 11/10/2022
» Japan removed on Tuesday its cap on daily arrivals and its ban on individual, non-prearranged trips as it seeks to revive the country's struggling inbound tourism sector by easing its Covid-19 border controls.
Kim Jong Un: N Korea facing upheaval from Covid
Kyodo News, Published on 14/05/2022
» North Korea on Saturday reported 21 new deaths of people suspected of having been infected with Covid-19, prompting leader Kim Jong Un to say that the country is facing the greatest upheaval since its founding in 1948.
Philippines reopens to foreign travellers after 2-year Covid ban
Kyodo News, Published on 10/02/2022
» The Philippines on Thursday reopened its borders to foreign tourists, lifting a two-year ban implemented to keep local Covid-19 cases under control.
Asean envoy to Myanmar calls for 4-month cease-fire
Kyodo News, Published on 05/09/2021
» A special Asean envoy to Myanmar said in an interview that he has called for a four-month cease-fire by all sides in the country's conflict to enable the smooth delivery of the first batch of humanitarian assistance to the country expected as early as mid-September.
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.
2 protesters killed in Myanmar as workers stage general strike
Kyodo News, Published on 08/03/2021
» Two anti-coup protesters were shot to death by security forces in Myanmar's northern Kachin State on Monday, local media reported, as workers staged a general strike across the country to oppose the military move.
Malaysia receives first shipment of Covid-19 vaccine
Kyodo News, Published on 21/02/2021
» The first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Malaysia on Sunday as the country is set to begin inoculating its people against the coronavirus on Wednesday.