UNIVERSAL MUSIC PHILIPPINES, a division of UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP taps ENZO VALDEZ as MD effective immediately. He joins UMG from the SINDIKATO GROUP, which he founded in 2010, where he held the ... ( read original story ...)
Haruki Murakami to host lockdown radio show in Japan
Novelist and well-known music enthusiast will present the Stay Home Special ‘to blow away some of the corona-related blues’ ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to approve first coronavirus antigen test kits on Wednesday
Japan plans to approve its first coronavirus antigen testing kits on Wednesday, a health ministry official said, to boost the number of diagnostic tests available to battle the pandemic. Antigen tests ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to approve its first antigen test kits despite false negatives
Japan will be approving its first antigen test kits on Wednesday to bolster its testing rate despite imperfections in the results. The Fujirebio tests will take only 30 minutes to process compared ... ( read original story ...)
Key Japan indicator drops at fastest pace in nine years, signals steep recession
A key economic indicator in Japan fell at the fastest pace since 2011 in March and the government warned of a deep recession as the coronavirus crisis takes a heavy toll on business activity and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan sees 20% fall in number of hospitalised COVID-19 patients in nine days
Japan saw a 20% fall in the number of hospitalised COVID-19 patients in nine days to May 7, the health ministry said on Tuesday. Japan had 4,449 COVID-19 patients in hospitals as of May 7, down from 5 ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan’s markets teem with customers as lockdown restrictions eased
Markets across Pakistan were teeming on Monday after opening up for the first time in over a month as the country began to lift its lockdown despite a rise in the rate of coronavirus infections. ( read original story ...)
Cricket-Pakistan in no rush to make call on England tour
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will not rush into a decision about their upcoming tour of England amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, Chief Executive Wasim Khan has said. ( read original story ...)
Don’t fall for Pakistan’s PR campaign. It’s still awful on religious freedom
Pakistan, long described by human rights monitors and the Western media as one of the worst countries for religious minorities, is trying to improve its international image through what can only be ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s parliament backs plan for emergency coronavirus spending of $25 billion
Indonesia's parliament passed an emergency regulation on Tuesday backing a plan by President Joko Widodo's government to spend at least $25 billion to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on ... ( read original story ...)