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Blantyre based Nagoya Car Dealers Group has donated security equipment to Blantyre police aimed at enhancing community policing operations in the city. ( read original story ...)

More than 50 hours have passed since an operator of earth-moving machinery apparently fell with his equipment into a massive disused underground tank in Yokohama City. Remaining water in the tank is ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka's courage following the Jacob Blake shooting, likely lost on most while wildcat player strikes spread across team sports, shouldn’t be overlooked. ( read original story ...)

Expectations US interest rates will stay ultra low for as long as needed helped lift Asian equities on Friday, though Tokyo tumbled on reports Japan's prime minister was set to resign for health ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe intends to resign due to health issues, according to Japan's public broadcaster NHK, citing sources close to Abe. ( read original story ...)

The Prime Minister’s Office said the report could not be immediately confirmed, but that Abe was believed to be meeting top ruling officials at the party headquarters. The Liberal Democratic Party ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei fell as much as 2% before recouping some losses and the yen rose on Friday on news that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was set to resign.[MKTS/GLOB] ... ( read original story ...)

A senior member of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party confirms Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is stepping down because of his declining health. Hiroshige Seko, a ... ( read original story ...)

Surprise development comes after Japanese officials were unable to quash speculation following two recent hospital visits by the prime minister ... ( read original story ...)

Shares in Japan led losses among the region's major markets in Friday afternoon trade following local media reports claiming that the country's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, is set to resign due to ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to resign over health problems, local media reported Friday, in a bombshell development that will end a record-setting tenure with no clear successor yet in place. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Shinzo Abe swept back for a rare second stint as prime minister in 2012 pledging to revive a stagnant economy, loosen the limits of a post-World War Two pacifist constitution and restore ... ( read original story ...)

According to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, the past few months of Covid-19 coronavirus have been a ‘special summer’. It’s true that summer 2020 isn’t filled with the usual joys like traditional ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks rose Friday morning on global economic rebound hopes boosted by expectations for longer-term easing from the U.S. Federa ... ( read original story ...)