TOKYO (Reuters) – A volcano has erupted on the remote island of Suwanosejima in southwestern Japan, the government said early Sunday. No damage has been confirmed due to the eruption, public broadcaster NHK reported, citing a local police station in Kagoshima prefecture. The government later issued a level 3 volcanic alert – out of 5 …
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By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s new president-elect, Lai Ching-te, is likely to face his toughest task yet when he takes office in May and has to deal with the ire of China which has repeatedly denounced him as a dangerous separatist. Lai, who won Saturday’s election, repeatedly said during the campaign that he …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – A domestic flight of Japan’s All Nippon Airways returned to its departure airport on Saturday after a crack was found on the cockpit window of the Boeing 737-800 aircraft midair, a spokesperson for the airline said. Flight 1182 was en route to Toyama airport but headed back to the Sapporo-New Chitose airport …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Lai Ching-te, the presidential candidate for Taiwan’s ruling party, took a commanding lead in vote counting on Saturday becoming to first to reach five million votes, setting him on course to win the election. (Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Toby Chopra)
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese investigators will give up prosecuting a former trade minister and other ruling party heavyweights over alleged fundraising violations due to the difficulty of proving the case, newspaper Mainichi reported on Saturday. The alleged irregularities have already led to a decision by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to force four ministers out of …
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(Corrects spelling of ‘losing’ in paragraph 7, ‘loser’ in paragraph 17) (Reuters) -Taiwan holds presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday, which will be watched closely by neighbour China as it views the island as a Chinese province. Taiwan’s government rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims. Taiwan was under martial law until 1987 and did not hold its …
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – At least 10 people have died and six are missing after a coal mine accident in the city of Pingdingshan, in central China, the local emergency management agency said on Saturday, vowing to continue rescue operations and launch city-wide safety checks. A safety inspection campaign in coal-rich Pingdingshan, in Henan province, could …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Polls closed on Saturday for Taiwan’s presidential and parliamentary elections. The outcome should be clear by later on Saturday evening. Opinion polls have not been allowed to be published from Jan. 3 on until the polls close in line with Taiwanese election law. Here are some of the scenarios for who could …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday raised concerns over China’s human rights issues in a meeting with senior Chinese official Liu Jianchao in Washington, the State Department said, adding they also discussed “maintaining peace and stability” in the Taiwan Strait. WHY IT IS IMPORTANT Senior U.S. and Chinese …
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By Julie Zhu and Anirban Sen HONG KONG/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shein is seeking Beijing’s nod to go public in the U.S., two sources with knowledge of the matter said, highlighting the limits of the fashion company’s efforts to present itself as global rather than a Chinese company. The move could further complicate Shein’s listing …
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