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Sixty-three % support constitutional revision amid Japan’s changing security environment: survey

Meanwhile, 53% considered there is a need to amend Paragraph 2 of Article9, which prohibits Japan from maintaining armed forces, up two percentage points from last year and the…

  • Published: May 3, 20248:35 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Young, engaged and valued: Singapore youth take top spot in global index

Singapore is the only Asian country in the top 10 rankings; all the others are European nations.

  • Published: May 3, 20248:28 am
  • Author Jonathan Eyal
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Survey: Cambodian journalists support press freedom, call for legal and digital reform

The poll, conducted across all 25 capital-provinces of Cambodia, involved 341 journalists.

  • Published: May 3, 20248:27 am
  • Author Hong Raksmey
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WHO alarmed by high use of antibiotics in COVID-19 cases

According to the WHO study, “overall, antibiotic use did not improve clinical outcomes for patients with COVID-19. But rather, it might create harm for people without bacterial…

  • Published: May 3, 20248:15 am
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Indonesia reaffirms commitment to active role in world order with OECD accession road map

There are currently seven countries with accession-candidate status, namely Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Indonesia, Croatia, Peru and Romania.

  • Published: May 3, 20248:13 am
  • Author Josa Lukman
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Laos hospitals note increase in number of children with diarrhoea

Doctors say hot weather can affect the health of children, making them ill more often than usual. Experts have said diarrhoea is one of the most common problems affecting young…

  • Published: May 3, 20248:12 am
  • Author Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
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Singapore foreign affairs officer suspended after secretly filming boy in Tokyo bathhouse

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is set to make a request for the man to appear in a Japanese court, with the police considering charges against him for violating laws…

  • Published: May 3, 20248:10 am
  • Author Lok Jian Wen
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Samui maid claims French woman found shot dead left her US$1.3 million

So far, police have not yet wrapped up the case but they see suicide as a possibility.

  • Published: May 3, 20248:09 am
  • Author The Nation
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7,734 schools used alternative learning modes due to heat in the Philippines

Alternative Delivery Modes (ADMs) include asynchronous and synchronous online modes, modular activities, and the like, which students can do without having to go to their schools.

  • Published: May 3, 20248:00 am
  • Author Adrian Parungao
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South Korea’s medical schools to increase up to 1,509 seats for 2025

For 2026, the medical schools are expected to fully use their allotted quotas, resulting in the addition of 2,000 more admission seats compared to the 2024 level, the ministry…

  • Published: May 3, 20247:59 am
  • Author Choi Jeong-yoon

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