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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 28, 2020
Crisis tests China's system of governance
The system's obsession with controlling information means it isn't flexible enough to prevent a crisis from developing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 28, 2020
U.S. Navy sails warship near disputed islands in South China Sea for first time in 2020
The U.S. Navy said Tuesday that it had sailed a warship near the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea — home to fortified islands built by China — on Saturday, in what was believed to be its first freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) of 2020.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 28, 2020
China virus could take larger-than-expected bite out of Japan's economy
Economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura warned Tuesday that corporate profits and factory production could take a hit from the coronavirus outbreak in China that has rattled global markets and chilled confidence.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 28, 2020
Global efforts to curb coronavirus intensify as deaths top 100
Governments, global companies and international health organizations rushed to contain the spread of a SARS-like coronavirus that has claimed more than 100 lives in China, with the number of cases soaring.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 28, 2020
Confusion and lost time: How testing woes slowed China's coronavirus response
Yang Zhongyi was still waiting on Monday for a coronavirus test in the Chinese city of Wuhan two weeks after she started to show signs of a fever, even though doctors privately told her family that she almost certainly has been infected, her son, Zhang Changchun, told Reuters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 28, 2020
Germany plans to evacuate citizens from coronavirus-hit Wuhan, Der Spiegel reports
Germany will become the latest country to evacuate its citizens from China's coronavirus-struck Wuhan region, with the German air force repatriating 90 Germans living in the area, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 28, 2020
Wife of Canada's first coronavirus patient confirmed as country's second case
The wife of Canada's first novel coronavirus patient has tested positive for the virus at a public health laboratory, the province of Ontario's health ministry said in a release on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 28, 2020
Chinese woman Sri Lanka's first confirmed case of coronavirus
Sri Lanka has confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the country, a senior Sri Lankan health official said on Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2020
What goes up must come down
How long will the Chinese continue to repeat the same old mistakes that they have made for centuries?
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 27, 2020
Seoul draws wrong THAAD lessons
China's growing economic influence in South Korea has provided a wedge that Beijing has tried to use to separate Seoul from Tokyo and Washington.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 27, 2020
Small suspected homemade bomb explodes at Hong Kong hospital
A suspected small-scale homemade bomb exploded at a general hospital in Hong Kong on Monday, causing the temporary evacuation of some patients but no injuries, police said.
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2020
How Japan's designated infectious disease system works
The government is set to ramp up preventive measures against cases of pneumonia caused by the deadly new coronavirus, which originated in China, by classifying it as a legally designated infectious disease.
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2020
Tracking the Wuhan virus outbreak's impact on business and travel
A rapidly spreading viral outbreak is disrupting travel and business in China, which has taken unprecedented steps to lock down cities with a combined 40 million people around the epicenter in Wuhan to try to slow its progress.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 26, 2020
Hong Kong protesters torch planned virus quarantine building
A group of protesters set alight on Sunday the lobby of a newly built residential building in Hong Kong that authorities planned to use as a quarantine facility, as public fears in the financial hub about the coronavirus outbreak intensified.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 26, 2020
China names HIV drugs as part of treatment plan for Wuhan virus
China is using AbbVie Inc.'s HIV drugs as an ad-hoc treatment for pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus while the global search for a cure continues.

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