Japan poised to lift coronavirus alert in Tokyo and all areas Monday
TOKYO -- Japan is leaning toward lifting the coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and four other prefectures still on...
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Japan poised to end coronavirus alert Monday, easing strain on Tokyo
TOKYO -- Japan is leaning toward lifting the coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and four other prefectures still on...
South Korea harnesses tech prowess in coronavirus fight
SEOUL -- If any country in the world was prepared to deal with the consequences of a socially distanced world,...
China ignores India over dam project in Pakistani Kashmir
KARACHI -- In a move that has seriously displeased India and tightened ecomomic relations with China, Pakistan has awarded a...
Japan must cement ties with ASEAN in health care security
BANGKOK -- Despite some skepticism in the West that Tokyo has been successful in curbing the spread of coronavirus, Southeast...
US awakens to risk of China-Russia alliance in the Arctic
NEW YORK -- When the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee convened a hearing to confirm the new Secretary of Navy Kenneth Braithwaite,...
Japan — land of exotic coffee beans
TOKYO -- One day, a young Seiichi Yoshitama learned of a Brazilian immigrant who had brought coffee seedlings to Amami-Oshima,...
Chinese oil demand on recovery track, pushing prices higher
Tokyo/ Shanghai -- Oil demand in China, the second largest market in the world, is returning to pre-pandemic levels, with...
China’s Hong Kong law a ‘flagrant breach,’ global leaders say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Nearly 200 political figures from around the world on Saturday decried Beijing's proposed national security laws for Hong Kong,...
Privacy in a pandemic? Contact-tracing apps gain global popularity
TOKYO -- Governments are trying to strike a delicate balance between public safety and privacy in an attempt to convince citizens to embrace contract-tracing...
