Japan has begun a study on whether it should administer third shots of the coronavirus vaccine next year, officials have said. Spurred by the likelihood of...
Wet markets, hawker centers and coffee shops have once again gone quiet after tighter Covid-19 restrictions were reinstated on July 22 to counter the highest incidence...
The Philippines sent millions of children back into lockdown Friday as hospitals prepared for a surge in coronavirus cases fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant...
The world of “Asia’s world city” is in a whirl. Hong Kong’s streets are crawling with cops. Stop and search operations are commonplace. From roadside billboards...
Sydney’s fast-growing coronavirus outbreak has become a “national emergency,” state leaders said Friday, as Australia’s largest city reported another record number of new infections. Admitting a...
Human rights activists have urged Beijing to stop repatriating North Korean refugees over fears that more than 1,000 people detained in China could be tortured by...
Malaysian police hit on a novel way to dispose of more than 1,000 bitcoin-mining machines seized in raids – they crushed the devices using a steamroller....
[ad_1] It was a speech to inspire environmentalists and energy investors. Addressing both houses of Japan’s parliament last October, new prime minister Yoshihide Suga vowed to...
[ad_1] After record-breaking rainfall, and with just three weeks to go before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, Japan watched in horror as entire buildings...
[ad_1] Hideki Tokoro, the last and only hope of Japan’s commercial whaling industry, wears a light-blue suit, a patterned blue shirt, a tie with whales on...
