TOKYO - Desperately seeking an antidote to a rapidly aging population, Japanese policymakers are exploring ways to bring in more foreign workers without calling it an "immigration policy".Immigration is a touchy subject in a land where conservatives prize cultural...
TOKYO - Japan wants Australia to explain why it decided not to pick a Japanese design for a new fleet of submarines choosing instead a proposal from France's DCNS."The decision was deeply regrettable," said Japan's Minister of Defense Gen...
TAIPEI- The organiser of a party which saw a fireball rip through a Taiwan waterpark leaving 15 dead was found guilty of negligence Tuesday (April 26) and jailed for almost five years, as the court paid tribute to the...
In an assault that bears the hallmarks of militant attacks, unidentified assailants hacked a local staff member of the USAID and his friend in a flat in Dhaka's Kalabagan yesterday, police said.The USAID staff, Xulhaz Mannan, also worked as...
Chengdu's University of Electronic Science and Technology is in the news again for its novel method to ensure its students turn up on time for classes.According to CCTVNews, a "strict professor" at the college in China's Sichuan province is...
PHNOM PENH - Efforts to save Cambodia's Royal Turtle, one of the world's most critically endangered species, are being hampered by dredging and illegal forest clearances, a wildlife conservation group warned Monday.The Wildlife Conservation Society and the Cambodian government...
HEN an airplane is about to reach cruising altitude, a savoury smell wafts through the cabin.In-flight meals add delight to air travel. A Yomiuri Shimbun reporter recently visited a facility at Kansai Airport, on an island in Osaka Bay,...
Kathmandu - Nepal's prime minister joined Buddhist monks at a prayer ceremony Monday to mark the start of rebuilding of five ancient monuments destroyed in an earthquake that killed thousands and devastated the country's rich cultural heritage.The ceremony at...
It had been walking for 40 minutes carrying tourists on their sightseeing journey of the beautiful Angkor Wat region before collapsing and dying.A female elephant named Sambo, which is trained to carry tourists, reportedly died last Friday near Bakheng...
Bangkok - The rise of mixed martial arts is not a threat to Thailand's traditional Muay Thai kickboxing, Asia's largest cage-fighting organiser said Monday, as the kingdom prepares to host its first major bout."It's like saying Italian food would...
