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Japanese convenience stores ban porn
7-Eleven Japan Co, Lawson Inc and FamilyMart Co, the top three convenience store chain operators, have all decided to end the sale of adult publications and manga comics by the...
Read moreJapan declares nationwide state of emergency amid continued virus spread
"Areas where a state of emergency should be carried out will be expanded from the seven prefectures to all prefectures," Abe told a special meeting of medical experts called to...
Read morePlane catches fire on takeoff at Philippine airport, eight dead
The Westwind aircraft was headed for Haneda airport on a medical evacuation mission carrying six Filipino crew members and two passengers, an American and a Canadian, authorities said without naming...
Read moreJack Ma helps establish new platform to combat COVID-19
Ma is a Chinese billionaire who has been at the forefront to fight the coronavirus pandemic since it first broke out in China. The Global MediXchange for Combating COVID-19 (GMCC) programme, will...
Read moreEmirates to suspend all passenger flights from March 25
“By Wednesday 25 March, although we will still operate cargo flights, which remain busy, Emirates will have temporarily suspended all its passenger operations,” the airline’s chairman and CEO Sheikh Ahmed...
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