Shinzo Abe asked people to work from home to stem the spread of COVID-19. But low-tech homes and hidebound office rules keep most of them in the office. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Osaka to Name and Shame Pachinko Parlours Defying Coronavirus Lockdown
"A lot of places have closed down after we named the six last week. We are now conducting a survey of pachinko parlours and will announce the results accordingly," a spokesman for Osaka Prefecture ... ( read original story ...)
Telemedicine reduces burdens placed on hospitals as coronavirus grips Pakistan
Khawaja Burhan Uddin doctHERs nurse connecting patient with a doctor via video. — Photo: doctHERsA developing country like Pakistan is facing a severe health crisis as hospitals are receiving a huge ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: How India will play a major role in a Covid-19 vaccine
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said last fortnight that India and the US were working together to develop vaccines against the coronavirus. Mr Pompeo's remark didn't entirely come as a surprise. ( read original story ...)
India’s Modi urges citizens to follow lockdown as coronavirus spreads
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Indians to comply with a nationwide lockdown and social distancing measures on Sunday, a day after some of the world's toughest restrictions were eased slightly ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus latest: China industrial profit plunges 35% in March
China reported no new deaths linked to the virus. National Australia Bank is raising $2.2bn in capital and slashing dividends. The US has recorded its lowest daily death toll in three weeks. ( read original story ...)
Back to school in China as lockdowns start to ease
Children in China's two most important cities went back to school Monday after more than three months at home, as coronavirus restrictions eased and governments around the world began charting a path ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Today: China warns Australia probe may set off backlash
China’s ambassador reportedly is warning the Australian government its pursuit of a coronavirus inquiry could set off a boycott by Chinese consumers, who may no longer travel ... ( read original story ...)
Starbucks strikes partnership with venture capital firm Sequoia to make tech investments in China
Starbucks said that along with co-investments with Sequoia Capital China, it will look to form "commercial partnerships with next-generation food and retail technology companies." ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s hidebound brokers face coronavirus reckoning
For more than a century, Hong Kong’s legion of stock brokerages have traded through world wars, epic market busts and the former British colony’s handover back to China. But the coronavirus pandemic ... ( read original story ...)