Tokyo has 0.1% positive rate for coronavirus antibodies
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Antibody tests for the novel coronavirus suggest a 0.1 percent infection rate in Tokyo, health minister Katsunobu...
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Cambodia rolls out online business registration to slash red tape
PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia has launched a new online business registration system that it says will reduce the time to...
Hana Kimura’s death fuels debate over how to stop cyberbullying
TOKYO -- It is less than a month since 22-year-old Hana Kimura, an up-and-coming professional wrestler, died. She was known...
Bank of Japan stands pat to assess impact of economic support
TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan left its main policy tools unchanged after a two-day board meeting on Tuesday, as...
US to allow companies to work with Huawei on 5G standards
PALO ALTO, U.S. -- The U.S. Commerce Department announced on Monday that it will allow American companies to work with...
The challenge of uncorking the China-US travel bottleneck
Chinese college graduate Zhang Jie's journey home to Xiamen from Boston took five days and included two stops in Europe....
China’s rush to quell Beijing outbreak underscores political stakes
BEIJING -- Public security vehicles packed the area around the largest wholesale fresh food market in Beijing on Monday morning, an...
Kim Jong Un’s sister fans flames of inter-Korean tensions
SEOUL -- Tensions are on the rise between the two Koreas as Kim Yo Jong, sister and the subject of...
Clean enough for you? Hilton and rivals take disinfection to new level
NEW YORK -- The crisp fragrance of Lysol in the lobby, a reassuring greeting from the sanitation manager, a state-of-the-art touchless lock at the...
China’s bullet trains barrel ahead despite $770bn debt load
DALIAN, China -- High-speed-rail operator China State Railway Group continues apace with its building despite its ballooning debt, backed by...
