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TOKYO (NYTIMES) - Last summer, Mr Halmat Rozi, a Uighur Muslim living in Japan, received a video call from his brother in China's western Xinjiang region. His brother said he had someone he wanted Mr Halmat to meet: a Chinese security officer. Chinese President Xi Jinping had been invited to Japan, and the officer had some questions. Were Mr Halmat and his fellow Uighur activists planning protests

SINGAPORE - A four-legged robot will be patrolling Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park to remind people of safe distancing measures starting from Friday (May 8). Called Spot, the robot will assist with safe distancing efforts at parks, gardens and nature reserves managed by National Parks Board (NParks) and at parks managed by town councils. The pilot trial is jointly conducted by NParks, and the Smart Nation

WUHAN (CAIXIN GLOBAL) - In the coronavirus epidemic, doctors on the front lines take on the greatest risk and best understand the situation. Dr Peng Zhiyong, director of acute medicine at the Wuhan University South Central Hospital, is one of those doctors. In an interview on Tuesday with Caixin, Dr Peng described his personal experiences in first encountering the disease in early January and quic

TOKYO - Hot and sour cuttlefish roe soup, veal in brown sauce, and goose meat fried with Chinese water chestnut. These were some of the lip-smacking dishes in an eight-course meal prepared for visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono in Beijing on Sunday (Jan 28). His meeting with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi included a working lunch at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, which is often used to hos

On July 12, the Arbitral Tribunal under Annex VII to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) rendered its award on the South China Sea Arbitration. The award expressly ruled that China's claims in the South China Sea, based on its so-called nine-dash line, are contrary to Unclos. The tribunal also decided on the legal status of certain maritime features in the South China Sea

Tokyo, June 29, 2016 (AFP) - A Japanese judge who posted photos of himself half-naked and bound with ropes on Twitter has apologised for being "inappropriate". Tokyo High Court judge Kiichi Okaguchi, 50, was ticked off by bosses after uploading the bondage snaps of himself wearing only perfectly legal briefs. "An S&M queen comes to a bar after closing hers," he explained in a tweet accompanying th

SINGAPORE - Out of 150 firms the Manpower Ministry (MOM) called in for talks over the past year, 38 have been identified for closer scrutiny as they are not doing enough to hire and groom Singaporeans. These firms will have their Employment Pass (EP) applications looked at more closely by the ministry, and could even be banned from hiring foreign professionals if they do not cooperate, said Manpow

SINGAPORE - Driverless drones and vehicles could soon be trialled in Sentosa, the Government's new testbed for cutting-edge smart nation applications. The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) and Sentosa Development Corp said yesterday that they will work with the private sector to create prototypes to solve the manpower crunch and improve services in the tourism and hospitality sectors. "Drones c

PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Two American sisters have been arrested in Cambodia for taking naked photos of each other inside the country's famed Angkor temple complex, officials said on Saturday - the latest nude stunt by tourists to spark anger. Lindsey Adams, 22, and her 20-year-old sister Leslie were discovered taking "nude pictures" inside the Preah Khan temple at the world heritage site on Friday, the

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's biggest newspaper apologised on Friday for the repeated use in its English language edition of the term "sex slave" to describe women who worked in brothels serving Imperial soldiers during World War II. The step by The Yomiuri Shimbun comes as Japanese conservatives grow increasingly bold in their demands that the country's wartime record be re-evaluated more sympathetically