By Takaya Yamaguchi and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan is set to earmark 40 trillion to 43 trillion yen ($295 billion-$318 billion) for defence spending over five years starting in the next fiscal year, which begins in April, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Friday. That would be a jump from …
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By David Brunnstrom and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States, South Korea, and Japan have imposed sanctions on North Korean officials connected to the country’s weapons programs after Pyongyang’s latest and largest intercontinental ballistic missile test last month. The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday named the individuals as Jon Il Ho, Yu Jin, and …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s newly-appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will announce his cabinet line-up on Friday, state news agency Bernama reported. The report did not state what time the announcement would be made. Anwar’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the timing. Anwar was sworn in as premier by …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – More than a dozen parents are suing Indonesia’s drug regulator and health ministry for allowing into the country medications linked to acute kidney injury that killed their children or damaged their organs, their lawyer told Reuters on Friday. Nearly 200 children have died of acute kidney injury in Indonesia this year and …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia’s parliament is expected to pass a new criminal code this month that will penalise sex outside marriage with a punishment of up to one year in jail, officials have confirmed. The legislative overhaul will also ban insulting the president or state institutions and expressing any views counter to Indonesia’s state ideology. Cohabitation …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – A senior British lawmaker said on Friday her delegation had discussed defence cooperation with Taiwan during a visit this week to the Chinese-claimed island that Beijing has condemned as “gross interference”. Britain, like most countries, has no formal diplomatic ties with democratically governed Taiwan but has stepped up its support for the …
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By William Schomberg DOHA (Reuters) -Japan staged their second stunning turnaround of the World Cup to beat 2010 champions Spain 2-1 on Thursday with two quick-fire goals and advance to the last 16 along with their beaten opponents, dumping Germany out in the process. The prospect of an early World Cup exit for Japan was …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent condolences to China over the death of former President Jiang Zemin, who Kim said had supported North Korea’s socialist cause and helped develop relations between the two countries, state media reported. The comments were in a letter from Kim to current Chinese President Xi Jinping, …
By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will use its turn next year in leadership roles at the Group of Seven and the United Nations to pressure Russia to halt its war in Ukraine, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoshimasa Hayashi said at the Reuters NEXT conference. “Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine is a clear …
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(Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday accused NATO of whipping up tensions near China in a way that posed risks for Russia. “The South China Sea is now becoming one of those regions where NATO is not averse, as they once did in Ukraine, to escalating tensions,” Lavrov told a news conference. “We …
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