To Japan’s Olympic hopefuls, a year sounds like a long time
TOKYO -- Japanese athletes who had been on training schedules designed to put them at the top of their game...
Economic
Cashmere piles up in Mongolia as coronavirus cripples trading
EMEELT, Mongolia -- After years of expanding their goat herds to meet growing demand for soft cashmere from Chinese traders...
China scores points over Russia with ‘mask diplomacy’ in Belarus
MOSCOW -- China's coronavirus aid has earned mixed reviews in Europe at best, but it appears to be working as...
European coronavirus variant now drives global spread
TOKYO -- Three major types of the novel coronavirus have spread across the world, with the European version moving beyond its point...
Asia and world seek different paths to exit coronavirus crisis
TOKYO -- Japan, its Asian neighbors, European countries and the U.S. are all looking to carve their own unique paths...
Takara Bio’s saliva-based coronavirus test to allow samples taken at home
TOKYO -- Takara Bio will release a coronavirus test in Japan as early as this month that uses saliva, enabling samples to be...
Coronavirus pandemic pushes US and China into new Cold War
TOKYO -- While the U.S.-China relationship has become more toxic than ever since their dramatic rapprochement in the 1970s, the...
China to US airfreight prices spike as coronavirus hits
TOKYO/BANGKOK -- Air and sea cargo fares have surged due to the coronavirus pandemic, with airfreight prices from Shanghai to U.S. and...
Tokyo university startup develops coronavirus-catching fabric
MATSUYAMA, Japan -- Zetta, a spinout from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, also known as Tokyo Tech, has developed a nonwoven...
India’s coronavirus infections surpass China total
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- India's total novel corornavirus cases rose to 85,940 on Saturday, taking it past China, where the...
