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Asian shares mostly higher; lockdown feud drags Tokyo lower: Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday though Japan’s benchmark fell as local leaders sparred with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government over measures to contain the coronavirus…

Fujifilm to start phase II clinical trial of Avigan for COVID-19 patients in U.S.: Fujifilm Holdings Corp said it will start phase II clinical trials of its anti-flu drug Avigan for COVID-19 patients in the United States. The trial will enrol about…

Man arrested over death of 85-year-old mother: Police in Kitamoto, Saitama Prefecture, have arrested a 52-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of killing his 85-year-old mother. According to police, Hidetoshi Izumi punched his mother Tsunako in…

BOJ says Japan's economy faces extremely high uncertainty on pandemic hit: Uncertainty over Japan's economic outlook is "extremely high" as the coronavirus pandemic hits output and consumption, central bank Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said, stressing his…

Taiwan demands apology from WHO chief over virus 'slander': Taiwan demanded an apology from the World Health Organization chief on Thursday after he accused the island's government of leading personal attacks against him and his agency's response…

U.S. ambassador to S Korea is discussing plans to resign: sources: U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris has said privately that he does not plan to stay on beyond the November U.S. presidential election, regardless of whether President…

Australian police take 'black box' off cruise ship in coronavirus homicide probe: Australian police said on Thursday they have taken the "black box" of a cruise ship which disembarked hundreds of passengers infected with the coronavirus in Sydney, as…

Aichi Prefecture to declare its own state of emergency: The governor of Aichi Prefecture, which includes the city of Nagoya and also hosts Toyota Motor Corp, on Thursday said he would declare a state of emergency for…

Meals on wheels: An Uber Eats delivery person rides a bicycle in Tokyo's Shibuya shopping and amusement district on Wednesday.

Zoom hires ex-Facebook security chief as Google bans desktop app: Zoom Video Communications Inc has tapped former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos as an adviser as safety and privacy concerns about its fast-growing video-conferencing app drive a…

Linda Tripp, who exposed Clinton-Lewinsky sex scandal, dead from cancer at 70: Linda Tripp, the Pentagon publicist whose secret recordings of Monica Lewinsky talking about sex with president Bill Clinton led to the his impeachment, died Wednesday at 70.…

U.S. approves Google request to use segment of U.S.-Asia undersea cable: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday approved Alphabet Inc unit Google's request to use part of an U.S.-Asia undersea telecommunications cable after the company…

Saudi-led coalition announces ceasefire in five-year Yemen war: The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Wednesday it was halting military operations nationwide in support of U.N. efforts to end a five-year war that has…

Afghan gov't frees 100 Taliban prisoners as part of peace process: The Afghan government freed 100 Taliban prisoners on Wednesday as a first step in a peace process with the hardline Islamists, despite the group's suspension of talks on…

Linda Tripp, whose tapes exposed Clinton scandal, dies at 70: Linda Tripp, whose secretly recorded conversations with White House intern Monica Lewinsky led to the 1998 impeachment of President Bill Clinton, died Wednesday at age 70. Her death…

Democrats, Republicans at odds over next coronavirus aid: Efforts to push a further$250 billion of coronavirus aid for small businesses through the U.S. Congress were stalling on Wednesday as top Democrats said they would back the…

Streaming service Disney+ crosses 50 mil paid subscribers mark globally: Walt Disney Co said on Wednesday Disney+ has garnered over 50 million paid users globally, with 8 million of them coming from India where the streaming service was…

Virus-stricken Australian cruise ship to dock in Montevideo: The virus-stricken Australian cruise ship Greg Mortimer will be allowed to dock in Montevideo and the passengers will be flown home, Uruguay's foreign ministry said Wednesday. The ship,…

UK truck driver pleads guilty in deaths of 39 Vietnamese: A truck driver accused in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants whose bodies were found inside a refrigerated container that had been hauled to England pleaded guilty to…

Body of Kathleen Kennedy Townsend's grandson found: Authorities recovered the body of a grandson of former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend on Wednesday, two days after the body of the boy's mother was found…

A path forward: NBA, NHL and MLB tinker with restart options: While the world wrestles with the coronavirus pandemic, the three biggest U.S.-based sports leagues currently affected by the crisis are trying to figure out if, how and where…

Meals on wheels: An Uber Eats delivery person rides a bicycle in Tokyo's Shibuya shopping and amusement district on Wednesday.

Hotline service to begin for foreigners in Japan for virus inquiries: The Japan Medical Association said Wednesday that a medical support nonprofit organization will set up a multilingual hotline to help foreigners in Japan for inquiries regarding the…

New Zealand suspends rugby indefinitely due to COVID-19: The suspension of club and community rugby in New Zealand has been extended indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the sport's resumption now contingent on health ministry…

Internet overseers seek crackdown on coronavirus website scams: The agency that oversees online addresses has called for those issuing website address to vigilantly thwart cyber scams exploiting coronavirus fears. The Internet Corporation for Assigned…

Boeing making new 737 MAX software updates to address computer issue: Boeing Co says it will make two new software updates to the 737 MAX's flight control computer as it works to win regulatory approval to resume flights after…

Sports officials respond swiftly to Abe's virus emergency declaration: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's emergency declaration on Tuesday night prompted sports organizations to draft contingencies and undertake scenario planning as they prepare for…

Honda back to work in China's Wuhan with temperature checks and masks: Temperature checkpoints and posters telling workers to keep more than a meter apart at Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co's reopened plant in the Chinese city of Wuhan show…

BOJ to scale back some operations amid coronavirus pandemic: The Bank of Japan said on Wednesday it would scale back some operations following the government's decision to declare a state of emergency amid the coronavirus pandemic. The…

Cannes and Venice film festivals rule out going virtual: Fresh doubts were hanging over the coronavirus-hit Cannes film festival Wednesday after its director said holding it online would go against its "soul". The world's biggest film festival…

3 Japanese carmakers plan temporary leave for 20,000 workers: Three Japanese carmakers are planning to put around 20,000 domestic workers on temporary leave due to prolonged output suspensions caused by the coronavirus outbreak, company sources said…

Complaint calls over virus-related scams top 10,000 in Japan: Complaint calls over scams related to the novel coronavirus have topped 10,000 since the start of the domestic outbreak in January, the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan…

Man arrested for assaulting taxi driver and refusing to pay fare: Police in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, have arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of assault and robbery after he beat up a taxi driver and refused to pay the…

Japan to pledge contribution to IMF trust for low-income countries hit by pandemic: Japan will next week pledge to contribute to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) trust offering debt relief to low-income countries hit hard by the coronavirus, a…

Governors seek state compensation for business closures due to virus: Japanese governors urged the state on Wednesday to compensate businesses so they can comply with requests to halt operations and cancel events in order to curb the spread…

Japan records 503 coronavirus infections on Wednesday; biggest daily jump since start of pandemic: Japan recorded 503 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, its biggest daily increase since the start of the pandemic, as a state of emergency took effect…

Main points of Japan's ¥108 tril emergency package: Japan is unleashing economic stimulus measures worth around 108 trillion yen as it battles the coronavirus outbreak, which has prompted a state of emergency in several parts of…

GM, Philips to supply 73,000 U.S. ventilators in $1.1 billion effort: The U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) on Wednesday awarded two contracts worth more than $1 billion to make ventilators needed to treat severely sick coronavirus patients…

World's biggest oil producers at odds ahead of talks on major cuts: The world's top crude oil producers Saudi Arabia, Russia and the United States remained at odds on Wednesday over how to shore up global crude prices hammered by…

Meals on wheels: An Uber Eats delivery person rides a bicycle in Tokyo's Shibuya shopping and amusement district on Wednesday.

WHO head defends handling of coronavirus pandemic against Trump criticism: The head of the World Health Organization gave a strident defense of his agency's handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's…

Sanders quits U.S. presidential race: Bernie Sanders, a democratic socialist whose progressive agenda pushed the Democratic Party sharply to the left, ended his White House campaign on Wednesday, clearing the way for a…

UK's Johnson still in ICU with coronavirus; condition improving: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains in intensive care with the coronavirus but is improving and sitting up in bed, a senior government minister said Wednesday, as the…

Countries start thinking about easing restrictions, even as virus death toll rises in Europe, U.S.: Even as coronavirus deaths mount across Europe and New York, the U.S. and other countries are starting to contemplate an exit strategy and thinking about…

Japan's state of emergency is no lockdown. What is it?: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other hard-hit Japanese prefectures to fortify the fight against the coronavirus outbreak. But this…

Nikkei rises for 4th straight day as weaker yen lifts exporters: Tokyo stocks ended sharply higher in choppy Wednesday trading, with the Nikkei extending its winning streak to a fourth day on a rebound in U.S. stock futures and…

Pandemic set to tip Japan into deep recession this year: Japan is expected to slip into a deep recession this year with the economy set to contract for a third straight quarter in April-June, a Reuters poll showed…

Major Japanese cities quiet after state of emergency declared: Tokyo and some other major cities in Japan appeared unusually quiet Wednesday with many stores shut and fewer people in the streets, a day after a state of…

In Asia, bucking the global lockdown trend: As the coronavirus pandemic sparks global lockdowns, life has continued comparatively unhindered in places like Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong after their governments and citizens took decisive…

Rakuten launches full-scale mobile phone service: Rakuten Mobile Inc on Wednesday announced the full-scale commercial launch of its mobile carrier service. Alongside this announcement, the company also unveiled the Rakuten UN-LIMIT 2.0 plan, its…