An information technology company based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, has started employing elderly people to teach Japanese to people overseas via online video calls. The aim is to connect elderly people who tend to become isolated, such as those living...
A succession of people visited the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo on Friday as condolence books for Prince Mikasa - who passed away at the age of 100 the previous day - were made available for signing. People were seen forming...
Foreign ministry says the Philippines agreed to put aside disputes to maintain regional stability Some countries should "discard their unrealistic stance" over the South China Sea issue, as China and the Philippines are making joint efforts to promote the positive...
NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Japan next month for an annual summit, India said Friday, with the Asian giants expected to deepen defence ties to counter an assertive China and ink a civil nuclear deal. Modi...
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar - Myanmar's government said Friday that a pregnant foreign woman has been diagnosed with the country's first case of Zika, a mosquito-borne virus linked to birth defects. The World Health Organisation warned earlier this month that Zika was likely...
MANILA - Chinese ships are no longer at the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea and Philippine boats can resume fishing, the Philippine defence minister said on Friday, calling the Chinese departure a"welcome development". Philippine fishermen could access the...
BEIJING - A senior Chinese corruption fighter on Friday blasted those who think the battle against graft is aimed at the ruling Communist Party's political foes, saying the entire Chinese nation would be offended if corruption was not confronted. There...
NAYPYITAW/YANGON - Myanmar said on Friday it will advise women in Yangon to avoid getting pregnant in the next six months to protect them from the Zika virus after the first case was confirmed in Myanmar's largest city. Zika infections...
COLOMBO - A Sri Lankan parliamentary panel Friday called for the criminal prosecution of former central bank chief Arjuna Mahendran who was removed three months ago over long-running allegations of insider trading. A Singapore national of Sri Lankan origin, Mahendran...
NEW DELHI - A generous diamond tycoon in India is once again giving away hundreds of cars and flats to his employees as a bonus for meeting company targets. Savjibhai Dholakia, who runs a diamond export firm in the city...
