Japan PM Kishida tests COVID positive, symptoms mild \
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Japan PM Kishida tests COVID positive, symptoms mild

21-Aug-2022
Tokyo [Japan], August 21 (ANI): Amid a sharp spike in the COVID cases in Japan, the country's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tested positive Sunday for the novel coronavirus, media reports said citing the premier's office.
21-Aug-2022 World
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Japan confirms its first Monkeypox case \
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Japan confirms its first Monkeypox case

25-Jul-2022
Tokyo [Japan], July 25 (ANI): Japan reported its first case of Monkeypox on Monday in Tokyo with a 30-year-old man testing positive, local media reported citing a government source.
25-Jul-2022 World
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Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe unconsious after being shot; attacker in custody \
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Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe unconsious after being shot; attacker in custody

08-Jul-2022
Tokyo [Japan], July 8 (ANI): Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe collapsed in the western Japan city of Nara on Friday after being attacked by an unidentified man and gunshots were heard in the vicinity, local media reported adding that police has seized the attacker.
08-Jul-2022 World
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Amid concerns over missile tests, S Korea’s new President says door to dialogue open with DPRK \
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Amid concerns over missile tests, S Korea’s new President says door to dialogue open with DPRK

10-May-2022
Seoul [South Korea], May 10 (ANI): Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea's new president and the leader of the nation's first conservative government in five years, said in his inaugural speech that the door for dialogue with North Korea was open despite the North's increasing missile activities.
10-May-2022 World
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Myanmar’s military leader vows no talks with ‘opposition terrorist groups’ \
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Myanmar’s military leader vows no talks with ‘opposition terrorist groups’

28-Mar-2022
Yangon [Myanmar], March 28 (ANI): Myanmar's military leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on Sunday said the military will not negotiate with "terrorist" opposition groups, vowing to "annihilate" them, local media reported.
28-Mar-2022 World
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5.6 magnitude earthquake hits off Japan’s northeast, no tsunami threat \
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5.6 magnitude earthquake hits off Japan’s northeast, no tsunami threat

19-Mar-2022
Tokyo [Japan], March 19 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 jolted northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate late Friday, however, there is no threat of a tsunami.
19-Mar-2022 World
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Hong Kong postpones chief executive election to May amid COVID-19 surge \
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Hong Kong postpones chief executive election to May amid COVID-19 surge

18-Feb-2022
Hong Kong, February 18 (ANI): The election of Hong Kong's chief executive which was earlier scheduled to be held on March 27, will be postponed to May, amid the increasing COVID-19 infections.
18-Feb-2022 World
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Japan’s embassy staff in Ukraine to leave as tensions grow between Moscow and Kiev \
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Japan’s embassy staff in Ukraine to leave as tensions grow between Moscow and Kiev

14-Feb-2022
Tokyo [Japan], February 14 (ANI): Japan is evacuating almost all of its embassy staff from Ukraine and is calling on Japanese nationals in the country to leave immediately, local media reported.
14-Feb-2022 World
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Hostage dead after 11-hour standoff in Tokyo \
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Hostage dead after 11-hour standoff in Tokyo

28-Jan-2022
Tokyo [Japan], January 28 (ANI): One hostage has died while another remained unconscious in the hospital after Japanese police arrested a man in a standoff near Tokyo on Friday morning.
28-Jan-2022 World
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After long interval, North Korean freight train arrives in China \
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After long interval, North Korean freight train arrives in China

16-Jan-2022
Beijing [China], January 16 (ANI): A North Korean freight train arrived in China's border city of Dandong on Sunday following a long pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic but the resumption of full-fledged trade between the two countries still remains uncertain, a media report said.
16-Jan-2022 World
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