East Asia

FILE PHOTO: 5th and 8th Air Wing of Japan Air Self-Defense Force's F-15 and F-2 fighters hold a joint military drill with U.S. Marine Aircraft Group 12's F-35B fighters off Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu, Japan, in this handout picture taken by Japan Air Self-Defence Force and released by the Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan October 4, 2022. Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan/HANDOUT via REUTERS
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Analysis: Japan rushes to rearm with eye on 2027 - and China's Taiwan ambitions

A participant stands near a logo of World Bank at the International Monetary Fund - World Bank Annual Meeting 2018 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, October 12, 2018. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo/
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World Bank cuts 2022 East Asia growth outlook, cites China slowdown

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during his press conference, after the parliament re-elected him as prime minister following an election victory last month by his ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in Kantei, Japan November 10, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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Ukraine plight could be replicated in East Asia, Japan's Kishida warns

People cross a street during morning rush hour in front of the skyline of the central business district (CBD) in Beijing, China December 15, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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World Bank cuts East Asia's 2022 GDP forecast on Ukraine war

Labourers at a construction site in Shanghai, China. Picture taken July 12, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Global Economy

World Bank says Delta variant slowing economic growth in East Asia and Pacific

Residents on a rescue boat are evacuated from their flooded houses following Typhoon Vamco, in Rizal Province, Philippines, November 12, 2020. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David/File Photo
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More cyclones than usual forecast for east Asia by September

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi holds a joint news conference with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Berlin, Germany, February 13, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
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Senior Chinese diplomat visits Japan amid regional tensions

Governments called for intervention to protect vulnerable children
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Governments called for intervention to protect vulnerable children

The benchmarks for the key tactics undertaken by countries worldwide — the “3Ts” (“testing, tracing, treatment”) — are represented by the democratic East Asian nations. Photo: Reuters
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How East Asia beat the West in tackling Covid-19

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will host South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for the meeting in Chengdu on Tuesday.
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China, South Korea and Japan leaders to discuss North Korea tensions

US State Department approves possible $2.2 billion arms sale to Taiwan
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US State Department approves possible $2.2 billion arms sale to Taiwan