World gathers to mark Emperor’s enthronement
Naruhito’s enthronement ceremony to take place on Tuesday. The main enthronement proclamation ceremony, one of the rituals to mark the Emperor’s accession to the throne,…
More changes friendly to foreign investors on way in China
China is courting more FDI as their cash reserves run lower. China will roll out more measures friendly to foreign investors, including further removing business restrictions and…
Prince William pays tribute to Pakistanis who lost their lives to terror
The future King has met the current Pakistan Prime Minister when he was a boy. Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, on Tuesday paid tribute to all those who “endured…
Personal exchanges cement Sino-US ties, envoy says
Nicholas Platt accompanied US President Richard Nixon on his historic Beijing trip. Over the past four decades the China-US relationship has become too complicated to decouple,…
S. Korea to lift regulations to boost exporters: Deputy PM
Government to relax loan rules for brokerages, simplify screening for chemical plants. The government plans to eliminate various regulations that hinder the development of new…
Welcome peace gesture by Pakistan, says President Rouhani alongside PM Imran
Khan will be making visits to both Saudi Arabia and Iran. Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday met Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran during his one-day official trip, with…
Xi, Modi head to second informal summit
Analysts in both countries said they anticipate a range of topics — from hot-button issues to routine ones — to be discussed at this year’s summit. President Xi Jinping…
Japan’s Yoshino, two others win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for development of lithium-ion batteries
Akira Yoshino, 71, is the eighth Japanese scientist to have been awarded the chemistry Nobel. Chemist Akira Yoshino shared this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry with scientists…
Japan to expand export controls to prevent leak of cutting-edge AI, biotech
The government is looking at making artificial intelligence, biotechnology and other technologies subject to export controls as early as fiscal 2020. Japan plans to strengthen…
Abe sends two positive signals that Sino-Japanese ties improving
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s recent speech on pushing bilateral ties to a new stage shows that the relationship between China and Japan is stepping into a new era. Abe…