The risk of COVID-19 spreading widely in Vietnam is "very high", its prime minister said on Friday, after a new outbreak in the central city of Danang late last month ended a three month run of no new ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam’s proptech startups favored by investors despite Covid-19
Many Vietnam’s startups have died young during Covid-19, but startups in the real estate sector, or proptech, appear to have been unhurt by the epidemic. ( read original story ...)
Watch an Exclusive Clip From a New Documentary About Maria Ressa’s Fight for Press Freedom in the Philippines
A Thousand Cuts' shows how the Filipino journalist, despised by many in her country, is revered across the globe as a living symbol of holding truth to power ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines records most coronavirus cases in eastern Asia after new surge
The Philippines on Thursday recorded another jump in coronavirus cases to overtake neighbouring Indonesia as the country with the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in the eastern part of ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines confirms 3,379 new coronavirus infections, 24 deaths
The Philippines' health ministry on Friday reported 3,379 additional coronavirus cases, bringing the country's total number of confirmed infections to 122,754. ( read original story ...)
Japan says in deal to purchase AstraZeneca’s COVID-10 vaccine
Japan has agreed to acquire 120 million doses of AstraZeneca Plc's experimental COVID-19 vaccine if it is successfully developed, the health minister said on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Takeda to make Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Japan
Takeda Pharmaceutical will manufacture and sell up to 250 million doses of Novavax Inc's COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Japan every year, the two companies said on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Americans insist the atom bomb ended the war in Japan — ignoring its human cost
After five years of speaking to audiences across the country about the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, the subject of my book, I can hardly tolerate another person saying to me — sometimes ... ( read original story ...)
Selling curries to India: Japan exports popular restaurant chain
CoCo Ichibanya hopes locals will approve of its signature hot dishes as it opens near Delhi ... ( read original story ...)
China risks paying ‘high cost’ for South China Sea intimidation, Japan defense chief says
China's attempts to change the status quo in the South China Sea by force risks provoking a stern response from the international community, Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono told CNN in an ... ( read original story ...)