Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu  told his counterparts in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that it would be good to “meet face to face” again after more than a year of diplomacy-via-Zoom. Instead, ASEAN has granted this privilege to China, twice: first in Fujian province and again in Chongqing, just weeks apart. It is no surprise that Southeast …

Surprisingly, The fares of Indonesian handiwork items to Japan arrived at US$10.32 million in January-May, 2021, an empowering figure in the midst of the pandemic, particularly for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The Indonesian workmanship items, for example, ribbon caps and other head covers, are famous with the Japanese public,” the service’s overseer of fare advancement collaboration. Other workmanship items …

Khairy Jamaluddin, who is the Science, Technology and Innovation Minister said that the vaccination rate of 10 per cent is expected to be achieved by mid-July. He said that the transition towards the Phase Two of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) should take place at the end of this month, but also added that this was not part of …

Olympic chief Thomas Bach has told athletes that they should go to Tokyo with “full confidence” that the postponed 2020 Games will be safe for competitors and not endanger the health of the Japanese people. Speaking in a Q&A session during the Athletes Commission’s online conference yesterday, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said that the safety of …

Myanmar’s political prisoners have told the Japanese journalists who were arrested for a short time about how they were tortured with beatings and sleep deprivation. Last month, Yuki Kitazumi was detained in Myanmar with other political prisoners in Insein prison located in Yangon and got released last week. He said to the reporters in Tokyo that he have met with …

Asian climate leadership is rising, with three major economies, Japan and South Korea by 2050, and China by 2060, recently promising to decarbonize their economies towards net-zero targets. In particular, our area is exposed to threats from climate change, including increasing sea levels and weather changes that can affect agriculture and food production. One reminder of the vulnerabilities is the …

SINGAPORE: All travelers entering Singapore from Malaysia or Japan on Sunday (Nov 22) from 11.59pm would need to take notice of a complete 14-day stay-home period at dedicated offices, the Wellness Service (MOH) said on Friday. In view of the revival of cases in Malaysia and Japan, the multi-ministerial task force has closely monitored the global circumstances of COVID-19 and …

It’s shocking that Japan has reached a new daily record of Covid-19 cases with at least 1,651 cases nationally. Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who is responsible for Japan’s coronavirus response, cautioned that if outbreaks begin to increase, more strict interventions will result in an overburden on medical institutions. Experts caution that, considering that socio-economic practices have largely reverted to pre-Covid-19 …

TOKYO – Japan and India are now looking to expand cooperation with with ASEAN nations after their recent move to cooperate with each other in various tech and critical information infrastructure areas. In the Asean region, both country are particularly looking at the Indo-Pacific cybersecurity. The cybersecurity cooperation and collaboration activities between ASEAN and Japan was one of the major …

HANOI – Vietnam and Japan have formally agreed to implement a new policy that will allow certain groups from one country to enter another without undergoing the usual mandatory 14-day quarantine. According to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the new policy will be taking effect starting November 1. after an agreement was reached during the Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide …