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China, Taiwan inch closer in 1st top-level meeting in 6 years
Kyodo News, Published on 04/05/2015
» Chinese President Xi Jinping met with the chairman of Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) in Beijing on Monday for the highest-level meeting between the two sides since 2009.
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.
Alert raised for volcano eruption in Japan tourist area
Kyodo News, Published on 06/05/2015
» Japanese authorities raised the volcanic alert for Mount Hakone, a popular tourist spot southwest of Tokyo, on Wednesday morning, anticipating a possible small eruption that could impact the nearby Owakudani hot-spring district and calling on people to stay away from potentially dangerous areas.
Foreign media now allowed into Papua provinces
Kyodo News, Published on 10/05/2015
» Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said Sunday that foreign journalists wanting to travel to the restive provinces of Papua and West Papua no longer require special permits, a policy imposed over the past several years due to an insurgency in the region.
Japanese yakuza fugitive arrested in Bangkok
Kyodo News, Published on 12/05/2015
» Immigration authorities today arrested a fugitive yakuza gangster wanted by Japanese police after hiding for years in Thailand.
Cambodia deports wanted Russian tycoon
Kyodo News, Published on 17/05/2015
» PHNOM PENH - Cambodian authorities deported a Russian tycoon back to his country on Sunday, two days after he was arrested on charges of overstaying his visa in the Southeast Asian country, a Cambodian police official told Kyodo News.
Japan GDP grows faster than forecast
Kyodo News, Published on 20/05/2015
» The Japanese economy grew an annualised real 2.4% in the first quarter of 2015, the government said Wednesday, indicating it is on a moderate recovery track following a setback triggered by last year's consumption tax hike.
5.5 quake shakes Tokyo, Narita airport
Kyodo News, Published on 25/05/2015
» An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 struck the Kanto region in eastern Japan on Monday afternoon, but there were no immediate reports of damage and injuries and no tsunami warning.
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.
Japan gives Philippine B310bln for road-building
Kyodo News, Published on 25/05/2015
» Japan and the Philippines on Monday concluded a grant agreement worth up to 1.12 billion yen (309.6 million baht) to develop roads and other infrastructure in conflict-affected areas of Mindanao island.