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Topic: kyodo

Lockdown fears grow in Beijing's biggest district

Lockdown fears grow in Beijing's biggest district

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 26 08:14 AM

People in Beijing's biggest district of Chaoyang, where a large number of foreign expats live, tried to stock up on enough food on Monday amid mounting fears about a possible lockdown. Read more »

S. Korea's daily COVID-19 cases hit record above 170,000

S. Korea's daily COVID-19 cases hit record above 170,000

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 24 08:44 AM

South Korea reported a record-high number of more than 170,000 daily coronavirus cases on Wednesday, amid the rapid spread of the Omicron variant. Read more »

Reduced brain function, immune disorder a possibility of 'long COVID'

Reduced brain function, immune disorder a possibility of 'long COVID'

Sayako Akita, Kyodo News
Updated as of Feb 15 09:56 AM

TOKYO - What happens to the body of a person who suffers from the long-term effects of the novel coronavirus? Read more »

COVID-19 mask swallowed by sea turtle caught off Japan

COVID-19 mask swallowed by sea turtle caught off Japan

Kyodo News
Updated as of Feb 11 08:39 AM

A disposable mask has been found in the feces of a juvenile green sea turtle caught off Japan's northeastern coast. Read more »

Moderna says booster shot effective vs omicron

Moderna says booster shot effective vs omicron

Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 21 12:51 PM

Moderna said it will continue to develop an omicron-specific vaccine, given the 'long-term threat' demonstrated by the new variant's immune escape, expecting to advance into clinical trials in early 2022. Read more »

Japan death row inmates sue for being notified only hours before penalty

Japan death row inmates sue for being notified only hours before penalty

Reuters
Posted at Nov 05 01:28 PM

Two death row inmates in Japan are suing the country over how prisoners are notified only hours before the death penalty is carried out, demanding change and seeking compensation for the impact of the 'inhumane' practice, local media reported. Read more »

World Heritage site Bamiyan artifacts pillaged amid Afghan turmoil

World Heritage site Bamiyan artifacts pillaged amid Afghan turmoil

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 14 01:40 PM

It is believed that miscreants took advantage of the confusion that followed the Taliban's takeover of area in the first half of August to loot the artifacts, according to local residents and Japanese archaeologists whose warehouse was also targeted. Read more »

Japan's centenarians hit record 86,500

Japan's centenarians hit record 86,500

Kyodo News
Updated as of Sep 14 04:53 PM

The number of centenarians as of Sept. 15 represents an increase of 6,060 from a year earlier for the 51th consecutive year of rise, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said prior to the Respect for the Aged Day holiday, which falls next Monday. Read more »

Kono tops opinion poll as most fit to become Japan's next PM

Kono tops opinion poll as most fit to become Japan's next PM

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 05 06:53 PM

Japan's administrative reform minister Taro Kono who is also in charge of COVID-19 vaccinations is the most popular pick to succeed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who has announced his intention to resign, according to the result of a Kyodo News poll released Sunday. Read more »

Golfer Yuka Saso to dedicate Tokyo Games performance to family

Golfer Yuka Saso to dedicate Tokyo Games performance to family

May Masangkay, Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 29 03:16 PM

The emerging golf talent, a dual citizen of the Philippines and Japan, heads into the Tokyo Olympics with a new mindset, undeterred by the pressure and embracing the support of her family and two home countries. Read more »

Olympics: Games organizers admit to wasting about 4,000 boxes of food

Olympics: Games organizers admit to wasting about 4,000 boxes of food

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 29 12:21 PM

Tokyo Games organizers on Wednesday admitted to throwing away approximately 4,000 of the 10,000 pre-ordered bento boxes full of food that was to be fed to volunteers on the day of the opening ceremony. Read more »

Jackie Chan eager to join Chinese Communist Party

Jackie Chan eager to join Chinese Communist Party

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 13 09:31 AM

BEIJING - Hong Kong action movie superstar Jackie Chan, also known as a pro-Beijing politician, has expressed eagerness to join the Chinese Communist Party, its tabloid Global Times reported Monday. Read more »

Olympics: Japan emperor appears 'concerned' about COVID-19 spread by Games - Kyodo

Olympics: Japan emperor appears 'concerned' about COVID-19 spread by Games - Kyodo

Reuters
Posted at Jun 24 05:51 PM

TOKYO - Japanese Emperor Naruhito appears concerned about the possibility the Olympic Games could cause the coronavirus to spread as feared by many in the public, Kyodo News quoted an official at the Imperial Household Agency (IHA) as saying. Read more »

Some lodging houses in Japan now used as 'corpse hotels'

Some lodging houses in Japan now used as 'corpse hotels'

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 15 06:00 PM

OSAKA - In a quiet residential neighborhood of southern Osaka, the transition of a private house licensed to take in lodgers into a so-called "corpse hotel" has left locals up in arms. Read more »

Myanmar foreign minister visits Thailand, 1st visit abroad since coup

Myanmar foreign minister visits Thailand, 1st visit abroad since coup

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 24 06:35 PM

Myanmar's military-appointed foreign minister visited Thailand on Wednesday, a Thai government source said, in the first visit abroad by a senior Myanmar official since the military seized power in a coup early this month.   Read more »

1st batch of COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Thailand

1st batch of COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Thailand

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 24 06:21 PM

The first batch of a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine arrived in Thailand on Wednesday morning ahead of a vaccination rollout next week. Read more »

Malaysian PM launches nationwide COVID-19 vaccine drive

Malaysian PM launches nationwide COVID-19 vaccine drive

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 24 06:20 PM

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin kicked off the country's largest COVID-19 immunization exercise on Wednesday by becoming the first to get the vaccine jab. Read more »

S. Korean former 'comfort woman' asks gov't to bring issue to International Court of Justice

S. Korean former 'comfort woman' asks gov't to bring issue to International Court of Justice

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 16 05:51 PM

A South Korean woman who was forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels made an appeal to her government on Tuesday, urging it to bring the issue to the International Court of Justice so that the two countries could reach a "complete settlement" and improve ties. Read more »

Japan woman hid mom's frozen corpse for 10 years: reports

Japan woman hid mom's frozen corpse for 10 years: reports

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 30 04:14 PM

A Japanese woman who said she hid her mother's corpse in a freezer in her apartment for a decade told police she feared eviction if the death was discovered, media reported Saturday. Read more »

Japan names new ambassadors to Philippines, New Zealand, 14 other countries

Japan names new ambassadors to Philippines, New Zealand, 14 other countries

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 12:02 PM

TOKYO - The Japanese government on Friday named new ambassadors to the Philippines, New Zealand and 14 other countries. Read more »

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