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Asean defence chiefs to discuss terrorism, N.Korea
Kyodo News, Published on 23/10/2017
» CLARK, Philippines: Southeast Asian defence ministers are expected to discuss terrorism, South China Sea territorial disputes, and North Korea missile and nuclear threats when they meet Monday in Pampanga province, north Manila, according to a meeting document.
Asean defence ministers start two-day talks in Philippines
Kyodo News, Published on 23/10/2017
» CLARK, Philippines: Southeast Asian defence ministers began two-day talks in the Philippines on Monday, with combating terrorism high on the agenda.
Taiwanese, Japanese firms sign vacation rental tie-up pact
Kyodo News, Published on 31/10/2017
» TAIPEI: AsiaYo, Taiwan's largest vacation rental service, and Rakuten Lifull Stay signed a partnership agreement on Tuesday.
Apec pre-summit talks stall on trade
Kyodo News, Published on 09/11/2017
» DANANG: Ministers from 21 Pacific Rim economies who were discussing free trade and regional economic cooperation failed Wednesday to agree on a joint statement and have decided to extend talks to Thursday, the Japanese government said.
Record 24m foreigners visit Japan in 2017
Kyodo News, Published on 10/11/2017
» TOKYO: The number of foreign visitors to Japan this year has established a new record, exceeding the previous high of over 24 million logged last year, Japan's tourism minister said Friday.
RCEP leaders hold first-ever summit
News, Kyodo News, Published on 15/11/2017
» MANILA: Leaders from 16 countries including China, India and Thailand began their first-ever summit yesterday to discuss an East Asian free trade deal that has been seen as a China-led rival to the Trans-Pacific Partnership that Japan has been trying to rejuvenate since the US withdrew earlier this year.
Number of foreign visitors to Japan up 18.3%
Kyodo News, Published on 15/11/2017
» The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan this year totalled 23.79 million by the end of October, up 18.3% from a year earlier, the Japan Tourism Agency said Wednesday.
Trump asked Asean to tighten N.Korean isolation
Kyodo News, Published on 16/11/2017
» MANILA: In a move to increase the economic isolation of North Korea, US President Donald Trump asked Asean leaders to do all they could to tighten the trade boycott imposed on North Korea, diplomatic sources said Wednesday.
N. Korea claims just-tested ICBM can hit entire US
Kyodo News, Published on 29/11/2017
» North Korea claimed Wednesday it has successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile that is capable of hitting anywhere in the United States with a nuclear warhead.
13 dead after fishing boat capsizes off S. Korean coast
Kyodo News, Published on 03/12/2017
» Thirteen people were killed and two are missing after a fishing boat with 22 people aboard collided with a tanker and capsized off the west coast of South Korea on Sunday, local media quoted the coast guard as reporting.