Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff writer and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the
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Najib no-show in court, judge maintains verdict will be delivered tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR: A no-show by Datuk Seri Najib Razak, his lawyers and also the former prime minister’s bailors at the Court of Appeal today enraged the judge presiding over the case, prompting him to warn
Read moreCurrent Covid-19 screening tests able to detect Omicron
SHAH ALAM: All types of screening, including the use of antigen rapid test kits (RTK) are capable of detecting positive cases following the emergence of a new Covid-19 variant, Omicron. Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said
Read moreBursa Malaysia ends lower as markets spooked by new variant
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 26): Bursa Malaysia ended broadly lower on Friday in line with regional markets amid weak sentiment following the emergence of a new Covid-19 variant in South Africa as well as a recent
Read more3 top execs at Mizuho Bank group to resign next spring over system failures
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. chairman and president as well as the head of its banking unit will resign next spring following a series of system failures that have hurt public confidence in one of Japan’s
Read more$200 Million Electric Vehicle Factory Investment Coming To Quebec
Major investments by Canada and Quebec in electric vehicle battery assembly TDS News – Today Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, and the Premier of Quebec, François Legault, announced on Monday an equal investment totalling nearly
Read more182 Unmarked Graves Found At Former Residential School Near Cranbrook, British Colombia
In recent weeks, there have been hundreds of unmarked graves discovered at former Residential Schools across Canada. On June 30, the Lower Kootenay Band informed the public that they had found an additional 182 unmarked
Read moreGet The Vaccine Or Get Suspended Without Pay
Mandatory vaccination for Toronto City Workers The City of Toronto recently reported as of October 5, 26,138 members of the Toronto Public Service are fully vaccinated, which is 89 per cent of City staff who
Read more31,500 Malaysians to benefit through PENJANA SIM grant
ome 31,500 Malaysians will stand to benefit from the efforts of 63 social enterprises (SEs) who received funding totalling US$2.39 million (RM10 million) through the Malaysian Government’s PENJANA’s Social Impact Matching (SIM) Grant in the
Read moreHow Asia, Once a Vaccination Laggard, Is Revving Up Inoculations
Several countries are now on track to surpass the United States in fully vaccinating their populations, lifting hopes of a more permanent return to normality. SINGAPORE — As the United States and Europe ramped up their Covid-19 vaccination programs,
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