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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.
Japan's Abe pitches high-speed rail to Malaysian PM
Kyodo News, Published on 25/05/2015
» Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak met in Tokyo on Monday where Mr Abe pitched Japan's shinkansen bullet-train technology for a high-speed rail project linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
Malaysia, Singapore delay high-speed rail project
Kyodo News, Published on 05/05/2015
» Singapore and Malaysia will set a new deadline for the completion of a proposed high-speed rail project linking the two countries beyond the initial target date of 2020, the prime ministers of the two countries said Tuesday.
Jokowi experiences bullet train ride
Published on 25/03/2015
» TOKYO — Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo experienced a bullet train ride Wednesday from Tokyo to Nagoya as Japan tries to sell a high-speed rail system to Indonesia.
Japan to loan $160m for Phnom Penh-Thailand highway
Kyodo News, Published on 16/03/2015
» Japan will extend about US$160 million in low-interest loans to Cambodia to improve a major road, a move that would increase transportation capacity and efficiency in the Mekong region.
ADB: Cambodia on verge of being middle-income nation
Kyodo News, Published on 10/03/2015
» The head of the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday that Cambodia now ranks among the world's fastest-growing economies but still faces challenges.
Asean ministers rap China land grabs
AFP, Published on 29/01/2015
» KOTA KINABALU - Southeast Asian foreign ministers on Wednesday expressed concern at Chinese land reclamation in the disputed South China Sea, as the Philippines urged them to stand up to Beijing.
Teen gets 13yrs for killing classmate
Kyodo News, Published on 24/10/2014
» TOKYO - A 18-year-old girl was sentenced to 13 years in prison Friday for robbing and killing a 16-year-old female classmate with six accomplices in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, in June last year.