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July 31, 2020
Asia Today: India, Philippines ease rules; Bali reopens
India added another record surge in virus cases Friday as the government decided to lift a nighttime curfew that was in force ...
July 31, 2020
Heat! What heat? Tokyo Olympics would have been on cool side
Friday would have been Day 7 of the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics — almost the halfway point. The focus has shifted to how ...
July 31, 2020
Former president who brought direct elections to Taiwan dies
Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui, who brought direct elections and other democratic changes to the self-governed ...
July 30, 2020
Congress awards its highest honor to USS Indianapolis crew
Congress has awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, its highest honor, to surviving crew members of the USS Indianapolis, the ...
July 30, 2020
Asian stocks gain after Fed keep US interest rates low
Asian stocks advanced Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates near zero to support a struggling economy.
July 30, 2020
Hiroshima court recognizes atomic bomb 'black rain' victims
A Japanese court on Wednesday for the first time recognized people exposed to radioactive “black rain" that fell after the ...
July 29, 2020
Asia Today: China, SKorea, Japan see upticks in virus cases
China reported more than 100 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday as the country continues to battle an outbreak in Xinjiang.
July 29, 2020
New statues stoke sensitivity between South Korea, Japan
A pair of new statues in South Korea of a man kneeling in front of a girl symbolizing a victim of sexual slavery by Japan’s ...
July 28, 2020
Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto dies at 76
Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, known for his avant-garde and colorful work that included flamboyant costumes of ...
July 27, 2020
Japan's Mitsubishi Motors racks up red ink on pandemic pain
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. reported Monday a 176 billion yen ($1.7 billion) loss for April-June, and forecast more red ink for ...
July 27, 2020
Gold surges, Asian stocks mixed amid US-China feud, pandemic
Global stock markets were mixed and gold surged to a record price Monday amid U.S.-China tension and concern a recovery from ...
July 23, 2020
Asia Today: Tokyo sets virus case record as holiday begins
The city of Tokyo announced a record 366 new daily coronavirus cases on Thursday, exceeding 300 for the first time as Japan ...
July 23, 2020
Shares mixed in Asia after Wall Street advance
Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday, with the region’s biggest market in Tokyo closed for a four-day weekend.
July 20, 2020
UAE's Amal spacecraft rockets toward Mars in Arab world 1st
A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a seven-month journey to Mars, kicking off the Arab world’s first ...
July 19, 2020
Japan rocket carrying UAE Mars probe ready for Monday launch
A Japanese H-IIA rocket carrying a United Arab Emirates Mars spacecraft has been placed on the launch pad for Monday's ...
July 17, 2020
Tokyo Olympic venues lined up, schedule remains the same
The 42 venues for next year’s delayed Tokyo Olympics have been secured and the competition schedule will remain almost ...
July 17, 2020
Asia Today: South Korean prosecutors question church leader
South Korean prosecutors on Friday questioned the leader of a secretive church sect over accusations it hampered the ...
July 17, 2020
UAE Mars mission liftoff on Japan rocket reset for Monday
The liftoff of a United Arab Emirates' Mars orbiter, postponed due to bad weather at the launch site in southern Japan, is ...
July 16, 2020
Asia Today: Australian virus hot spot adds hospital beds
Australia’s coronavirus hot spot, Victoria state, moved to increase available hospital beds Thursday and reported a record ...
July 16, 2020
UAE Mars mission from Japan delayed again by weather
The launch of a United Arab Emirates Mars orbiter, already delayed two days, has been postponed further due to bad weather ...
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