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COVID-19 cases in Asia surpass 100 million
Mar 30, 2022 05:56Coronavirus infections in Asia passed 100 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the region records a resurgence in cases, dominated by the BA.2 Omicron sub-variant.
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Hundreds of thousands still without power in northeast Japan after deadly earthquake
Mar 17, 2022 04:43Hundreds of thousands of people in northeast Japan remain without power more than 10 hours after a powerful earthquake that killed at least four people.
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Magnitude 7.3 quake jolted northeast Japan, cuts power in Tokyo
Mar 17, 2022 04:33A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 jolted Japan's northeast coast on Wednesday, shaking buildings as far away as Tokyo where it left hundreds of thousands without power, and reviving memories of a devastating quake 11 years earlier.
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Japan military: North Korea fires possible ballistic missile for first time in month
Feb 27, 2022 05:22The Japan's military says North Korea has fired an apparent ballistic missile in its first test since launching a raft of projectiles in January.
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Iran-Japan bonds based on mutual trust, respect: President Raeisi
Feb 24, 2022 02:26Iran's President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi hoped for the expansion of cooperation between Tehran and Tokyo, whose historical relations, he said, have been founded upon mutual trust and respect.
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Japan’s top refiner mulls resuming oil imports from Iran
Feb 18, 2022 02:24The top crude oil refiner in Japan has declared it has plans to resume oil imports from Iran amid growing interest among Asian peers to follow the suit.
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Iran’s president: US insistence on Trump’s failed policies main obstacle to progress in Vienna
Feb 10, 2022 01:51President Ebrahim Raeisi says the current US administration’s adherence to the failed policies of its predecessor with regard to Iran is the main obstacle to making “acceptable progress” in the Vienna negotiations which aim at bringing the 2015 Iran deal back to life.
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Iran ready to reach ‘lasting, reliable’ agreement with P4+1 in Vienna: FM
Feb 03, 2022 10:06Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has reiterated Tehran’s readiness to reach a “lasting, reliable” agreement with the P4+1 group of countries during the negotiations in the Austrian capital of Vienna aimed at securing the revival of the 2015 deal.
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Japan: Tokyo’s daily COVID-19 infections exceed 20,000 for first time
Feb 02, 2022 13:49Tokyo’s new COVID-19 cases exceeded 20,000 for the first time on Wednesday, dimming hopes that an omicron-fueled wave of infections is peaking out in Japan.
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S Korea, Japan say North Korea fires 'unidentified objects', possibly ballistic missiles toward ocean
Jan 17, 2022 05:03North Korea has reportedly carried out a new weapons test, firing two "unidentified projectiles," which could be ballistic missiles, into the sea off its eastern coast, Japan's coast guard and South Korea's military say.