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Latest on the worldwide spread of coronavirus
World
August 29, 2020
Latest on the worldwide spread of coronavirus
(Reuters) – Japan plans to secure enough coronavirus vaccines to inoculate its population four times over, while German Chancellor Angela…
Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe intends to resign for health reasons
World
August 28, 2020
Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe intends to resign for health reasons
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, intends to leave office because of declining health, according to his…
Asia Today: Philippine capital’s virus lockdown to be eased
World
August 18, 2020
Asia Today: Philippine capital’s virus lockdown to be eased
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to ease a mild coronavirus lockdown in the capital and…
Japan marks 75th anniversary of war end with no Abe apology
World
August 15, 2020
Japan marks 75th anniversary of war end with no Abe apology
TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Saturday marked the 75th anniversary of its surrender in World War II, with Emperor Naruhito…
Five factors behind the recent decline in gold prices
Economy
August 13, 2020
Five factors behind the recent decline in gold prices
Gold prices fell during trading on Tuesday, in the worst daily decline since last March. The spot price fell to…
75 years later, 1 mn Japanese war dead still missing
World
August 13, 2020
75 years later, 1 mn Japanese war dead still missing
TOKYO (AP) — Seventy-five years after the end of World War II, more than one million Japanese war dead are…
Sea life around Mauritius dying as Japanese ship oil spill spreads
Environment
August 12, 2020
Sea life around Mauritius dying as Japanese ship oil spill spreads
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Mauritian volunteers fished dead eels from oily waters on Tuesday as they tried to clean up damage…
Japan faces World War Two anniversary in shadow of coronavirus
World
August 12, 2020
Japan faces World War Two anniversary in shadow of coronavirus
TOKYO (Reuters) – In a 4 1/2-minute radio speech on Aug. 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender in World…
Nagasaki urges nuke ban on 75th anniversary of US A-bombing
World
August 9, 2020
Nagasaki urges nuke ban on 75th anniversary of US A-bombing
TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Sunday marked its 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing, with…
Urgency to bear witness grows for last Hiroshima victims
World
August 4, 2020
Urgency to bear witness grows for last Hiroshima victims
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — For nearly 70 years, until he turned 85, Lee Jong-keun hid his past as an atomic…