BEIJING – The delegation of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai) on Monday called for China to exempt Japanese short-term visitors from visa requirements soon in its first ...

PETALING JAYA – The United States presidential election on Tuesday (Nov 5) is set to be a heated race. With both the Democrat candidate Kamala Harris and the Republican’s Donald Trump neck and neck in ...

TOKYO – While the Ueno district in Taito Ward, Tokyo, is well-known for its museums, zoo and Ameyoko shopping street, retro-atmosphere coffee shops are also an important fixture. Coffee Shop Galant, ...

LAI CHAU – Twenty children, aged between 23-34 months, from Giang Ma Preschool in the northern mountainous province of Lai Châu are currently in stable condition following fears that they may have ...

MANILA – Typhoon Marce (international name: Yinxing) is expected to intensify as it approaches the Babuyan Islands or Cagayan, with landfall anticipated on Thursday afternoon or evening, the state ...

DHAKA – Consumers in Bangladesh have been paying more for potatoes over the past week, with supplies of the tuber harvested in the previous season running low as the new season approaches.

It's the first time the 22-year-old Zheng has qualified for the Finals, where the top-8 singles stars and doubles teams compete in round-robin groups, before progressing to the semifinals to fight for ...

JAKARTA – Despite the widely vaunted reforms made to the judiciary after the fall of New Order in 1998, profound doubts remain about whether the state is fulfilling its constitutional mandate to ...

Mainland slams Taiwan’s ‘economic coercion’ claim Such claims are a complete distortion of the facts, said Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the office, at a press conference on Wednesday.

BANGKOK – Flooding is one of the most common natural disasters around the world as evidenced by the severe flooding that has impacted several countries this year alone. According to World Bank data ...

Ho Chi Minh City People’s High Court on Monday began deliberations regarding property tycoon Truong My Lan’s appeal against her death penalty verdict rendered at a trial earlier this year for massive ...

MANILA – The Philippine Navy sailor who lost his right thumb during a violent confrontation in June with members of the China Coast Guard (CCG) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) has had his severed ...