2015/08/17 |
Indonesian Aircraft Crashes with 54 On Board
An Indonesian Trigana Air aircraft carrying 54 people has crashed in the east of the Papua province. The cause of the accident is said to be bad weather.
2015/08/14 |
McDonald's Japan Facing Largest Deficit in Its History
McDonald’s Japan presented their financial statement of the first half of the year on August 12. It states the fast food chain has broke the record for largest deficit since 2001 with a net loss of JPY$ 26.2 billion (approximately US$ 210 million).
2015/08/13 |
17 Dead and 400 Injured So Far in Tianjin Explosion
A warehouse located in the Binhai New Area development area in Tianjin exploded on the evening of August 12 evening. The inflammable and explosive goods stored in the warehouse triggered an explosion magnitude of 21 tons of TNT.
2015/08/11 |
China and Japan Compete for High-Speed Railway Contract in Indonesia
China says it is offering more “competitive” benefits for the construction of Indonesia’s first high-speed railway — compared to a rival Japanese offer — as the country completes a feasibility study on the project.
2015/08/11 |
Pakistan's Largest Child Abuse Scandal
Since 2006, over 400 child pornography movies were made. The money that was handed over reached up to 80 million rupees (approximately $ NT 24.84 million). If the money was not paid, criminals would sell the movies for merely 40 rupees (approximately $NT 12).
2015/08/09 |
Singapore Teen Blogger Strikes Again
While Singapore was preparing for its nine-day national day celebration, 16-year-old Amos Yee was again publishing new videos on YouTube criticizing the late prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.
2015/08/07 |
South Korea President Responds to High Youth Unemployment Rate
The South Korea government’s prior mission will be to rebuild the labor market and promote economic growth.
2015/08/04 |
Is India’s Internet Censorship Another Example of Limiting Freedom of Speech?
It is feared that many other bans are yet to come in India before the next election in 2019.
2015/08/04 |
Japanese Government Will Cut Subsidy if Universities Don’t Consider Abolishing Liberal Arts
Subsidy for universities will be allocated according to the school’s support level of the Japanese Prime Minister's new visions.
2015/08/03 |
Russia to Close Another Confucius Institute
The Blagoveshchensk City Prosecutor’s Office believes that the Confucius Institute at the Blagoveshchensk State National Normal University violates Russian laws by being registered as a foreign cultural center.
2015/07/28 |
Japan Announces Its First Successful Third Party Reproduction Case
The first egg bank in Japan has successfully fertilized eggs from two donors. This will be the first anonymous third party reproduction case in Japan.
2015/07/24 |
Mitsubishi Offers More than Six Million US Dollars to Chinese Slaves of WWII
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation has decided to reconcile with Chinese workers that were forced into slave labor during WWII. The total amount of compensation expenses might reach up to JPY$ 8 billion (approximately US$ 6,400,000).
2015/07/21 |
Asia-Pacific Region in Urgent Need of Pilots
Taiwanese airlines, including China Airlines, Eva Airways, TransAsia Airways and V Air, have resorted to generous salaries and benefits to tackle the aviation crisis.