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Other: Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
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US & Canada · IndonesiaASEAN foreign ministers vow to finalize negotiations with China over a proposed pact. The proposed pact is aimed at preventing conflicts in the disputed South China Sea. China and the ASEAN member states have been holding sporadic talks for years. China has come under intense criticism for its militarization of the strategic waterway.
ASEAN vows to conclude pact with China on disputed territory
64% Left coverage: 11 sources
Google · JapanJapan said it would limit flights from Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China to Tokyo's two airports, plus Osaka and Nagoya from Friday. The decision comes during a peak travel season and ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday which begins Jan. 22. Around 250 outbound flights of Hong Kong airlines will be affected between December 30, 2022 and the end of January 2023.
Hong Kong asks Japan to drop airport bans, 60,000 travellers affected
Coverage: 10 sources
Business · New YorkFutures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were 0.1% lower. China left its benchmark lending rate, the loan prime rate, unchanged as expected. Recent data have revived worries that inflation in the United States is not cooling as quickly as hoped. That has shaken hopes the Federal Reserve might take it easier on interest rate hikes.
Asian shares mostly higher as inflation worries dog Wall St
68% Center coverage: 19 sources
Business · TokyoThe foreign ministers of Japan and New Zealand agreed on Monday to speed up talks on an intelligence sharing pact as the two island nations vowed to strengthen security ties and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region amid shared concern over an increasingly assertive China.
Japan, NZ to speed up intel sharing pact amid China concerns
54% Left coverage: 13 sources
Asia · TokyoJapan's trade and industry minister said post-Cold War free trade had bolstered authoritarian regimes. Yasutoshi Nishimura spoke ahead of a visit to Washington next week by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. He urged that U.S.-Japan cooperation extend beyond semiconductors to biotechnology and artificial intelligence.
Japan minister calls for new world order to counter rise of authoritarian regimes
67% Left coverage: 6 sources
AsiaA report details how the nation has stepped up arms production since the army seized power on Feb. 1, 2021. The army’s takeover from elected civilian leaders reversed nearly a decade of progress toward democracy after 50 years of military rule. The growth of the homegrown arms industry comes as some nations have enforced arms embargoes or sanctions.
Report: Myanmar Arms Industry Growing After Army Takeover
50% Center coverage: 6 sources
Whales · OsakaA whale estimated at 8 meters long has strayed into Osaka Bay and was moving around near the mouth of the Yodogawa river in Osaka city. The Japan Coast Guard received a call about a whale that was around 8 a.m. on Jan. 9. The whale was spouting water in videos from the videos.
Does an 8-meter whale wander into Osaka Bay near the mouth of the Yodogawa River?
67% Right coverage: 3 sources
Asia · JapanKobe marked the 28th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that took 6,434 lives. First ceremony in three years held at a pre-pandemic scale. Ceremony saw participants light thousands of candles forming 1.17, 1995, the date of the disaster, and this year's message.
Kobe marks 28 years since deadly quake
75% Left coverage: 4 sources
