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Monday’s talks aim to strengthen financial markets and improve coordination on finding vaccineCoronavirus – latest newsAll our coronavirus coverageWorld leaders are to hold a G7 video summit on Monday devoted to strengthening the financial markets duri…
Satoshi Uematsu fatally stabbed 19 people with disabilities at care facility where he once worked in 2016A man who stabbed to death 19 residents at a care home in Japan for people with disabilities has been sentenced to death.Satoshi Uematsu, a former …
UK citizens in China, South Korea, Japan and Italy detail their experiences as outbreak continuesWhile the spread of coronavirus in the UK is in its early stages, Britons around the world have been living with the impact of the virus for some time.In H…
A summary of the biggest developments in the global coronavirus outbreakFollow our latest coronavirus blog for live news and updatesThe US has now confirmed more than 1,000 cases of the virus across 38 states. Some states, including most recently Michi…
Outbreak forces Biden and Sanders to cancel rallies as cases spike in Japan and Australia announces health spending packageLatest updatesThe coronavirus outbreak has begun to wreak widespread disruption in the United States as the country recorded its …
Stringent testing continues in prefecture to counter reputational damage from triple disaster Knives are wielded in silence as chunks of meat are sliced up and placed in containers, the reputation of an entire region resting on every step of the proces…
WHO calls on countries to make containing spread their highest priority, as Trump signs emergency spending billFollow the latest on Covid-19Share your experiencesThe total number of coronavirus cases confirmed around the world passed 100,000 on Friday …
Saitama assembly hopes move will reflect changing attitudes towards women in workplacesA local government assembly is attempting to shake up Japan’s conservative workplace culture by ending the custom of employing women to serve tea at meetings.Few off…
A summary of the biggest developments in the global coronavirus outbreak Key developments in the global coronavirus outbreak on Friday include: Continue reading…
Seoul lashes neighbour’s ‘passive’ approach to containing the virus and implies Tokyo is more concerned with ensuring Olympics go ahead ‘Fake, fake’: Chinese leader heckled on visit to WuhanLatest updatesThe coronavirus outbreak has ignited a diplomati…
California declares state of emergency and German health minister labels outbreak a pandemicLatest updatesModelling in Australia has predicted a worst-case scenario where millions inside the country could become infected with Covid-19, as China’s death…
Efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19 set to put paid to tribute marking March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and meltdown disaster, says NHKJapan is to cancel a ceremony to mark the anniversary next week of the March 2011 triple disaster on its north-e…
In a bid to stem spread of the virus, schools in Hong Kong, China and Japan have been shut for weeksCoronavirus outbreak – live updates“It’s been a long holiday,” laughs Hong Kong insurance worker and mother, Sarah Wong.Wong and her two daughters, Chlo…
South Korea reports almost 500 new cases and a second person dies in the US as UK ministers hold emergency meetingFour more people in England test positiveEU raises infection risk from moderate to highEpidemics expert Jonathan Quick: ‘Worst-case scenar…
USA, Australia and Thailand report first deaths from coronavirus as two frontline doctors in China die and bans are put in place on large gatherings. Follow live newsUS, Australia and Thailand report first deathsEpidemics expert Jonathan Quick: ‘Worst-…