12-02-2020 09:53
An additional 39 people on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship off the Japan coast have tested positive for the new coronavirus, authorities said Wednesday (Feb 12), as thousands more steel themselves for a second week in quarantine.
10-02-2020 14:49
Testing aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan has found 60 more confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, domestic broadcaster TBS TV said via Twitter on Monday (Feb 10).
08-02-2020 15:30
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has presented the first batch of biological products worth about 2.3 million JPY (20,934 USD) to Vietnam, aiming to help the country promptly respond to the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV).
08-02-2020 09:44
As a countermeasure against the novel coronavirus (nCoV) in Vietnam, responding to an urgent request from the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE), JICA had decided to provide testing reagents (worth $127,492) which is used for the rapid detection of the new coronavirus.
04-02-2020 11:58
Japanese officials began screening more than 3,700 passengers and crew on a cruise ship quarantined off the port of Yokohama near Tokyo on Tuesday (Feb 4) after a Hong Kong man who sailed on the vessel last month tested positive for coronavirus.
03-02-2020 08:55
Vietjet continues to see positive growth in its core business of air transportation in 2019, maintaining its leading position in Vietnam’s domestic market and the fast growth of its international flight network. In 2019, the airline’s network increased by 24 per cent, with 22 international routes connecting Vietnam with Japan, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, and especially India – a market of 1.2 billion people. Vietjet also transported nearly 25 million passengers in 2019, an increase of 28 per cent compared to 2018.
02-02-2020 15:30
A Japanese single-use mask product is sold at the price of VND2.7 million ($117.39) on Shopee, while not long ago it went for only VND250,000-300,000 ($10.87-13.04).
30-01-2020 16:39
Pregnant, newlywed and now trapped at the Chinese epicentre of a global health crisis, Thai national Aphinya is among thousands of foreigners desperate to escape - and watching helplessly as the US and Japan fly their citizens home.
30-01-2020 08:36
Japanese citizens evacuated from Wuhan, the epicentre of a deadly virus outbreak, described an atmosphere of confusion and fear in the Chinese city and expressed relief as they arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday (Jan 29).
28-01-2020 21:42
Japanese authorities said Tuesday (Jan 28) a man with no recent travel to China has contracted the novel strain of coronavirus - apparently after driving tourists visiting from Wuhan, where a deadly outbreak began.
27-01-2020 21:23
Japan's health ministry said on Friday (Jan 24) it had confirmed the country's second case of a novel coronavirus strain, in a man who travelled from the Chinese city of Wuhan.
27-01-2020 20:54
A deadly virus that has prompted travel restrictions in China is sending shockwaves through Asia's tourism industry, which has become increasingly reliant on growing numbers of Chinese visitors.
23-01-2020 21:26
Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp. and Nomura Real Estate Development will join hands with Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup on a smart urban development project in Ho Chi Minh City, according to Nihon Keizai daily business newspaper.
22-01-2020 21:00
Japanese investment in Vietnam has strongly developed in both quality and quantity as investors are applying the most advanced technologies in production, experts have said.
18-01-2020 08:52
A Hong Kong airline forced a Japanese woman to take a pregnancy test before allowing her on a flight to a Pacific island popular with mothers seeking US citizenship for their babies.