TOKYO—Toyota Motor Corp.’s global sales rose by nearly 5 percent in April from a year earlier, boosted by stronger demand for hybrids and gasoline-powered cars in Japan and China. The Japanese automaker also reported better overseas sales of battery electric vehicles (EVs), bringing the total number of battery-powered units it sold in the first four…
Toyota’s April Global Sales Rise on Stronger Demand in Japan, China
Beijing Exports Religious Suppression by Printing Propaganda in US Textbooks: Report
The Chinese regime has exported its ultra-leftist suppression of religions to U.S. soil through defamatory materials in college textbooks, a new report has found. Titled “Surveillance, Slander, and Censorship,” the report released on May 25 by the New York-based Falun Dafa Information Center surveyed dozens of university campuses across the United States with a presence of Falun…
Japan Remerges From 30 Years of Economic Malaise
Global chip makers are expanding their operations in Japan as the East Asian nation’s economy recovers from a 30-year low. According to the Nikkei Chinese website, Japan’s stock market has been on a winning streak, closing at 31,086.82 on May 22—the first time it exceeded 31,000 points since July 26, 1990 (31,369.75). It was the…
Japan Emerges From 30 Years of Economic Malaise
Global chip makers are expanding their operations in Japan as the East Asian nation’s economy recovers from a 30-year low. According to the Nikkei Chinese website, Japan’s stock market has been on a winning streak, closing at 31,086.82 on May 22—the first time it exceeded 31,000 points since July 26, 1990 (31,369.75). It was the…
Thousands Evacuated as Philippines Warns of Flooding, Landslides From Approaching Typhoon Mawar
MANILA, Philippines—Philippine officials began evacuating thousands of villagers, shut down schools and offices and imposed a no-sail ban Monday as Typhoon Mawar approached the country’s northern provinces a week after battering the U.S. territory of Guam. The typhoon is packing maximum sustained winds of 155 kpm (96 mph) and gusts of up to 190 kph…
Offshore Typhoon Mawar Lashes Eastern Taiwan, Northern Philippines as It Heads for Southern Japan
YILAN, Taiwan—Typhoon Mawar lashed Taiwan’s eastern coast with wind, rain and large waves Tuesday but largely skirted the island after giving a glancing blow to the northern Philippines. The storm was moving slowly toward southern Japan. With waves crashing on the shoreline, residents of the Taiwanese fishing town of Yilan secured boats and homes against…
South Korea Cuts Tariffs on Food Imports to Ease Living Costs
South Korea will cut tariffs from June on higher priced edible products, including pork and sugar, to help ease people’s living costs, the finance ministry said on Tuesday. The tariffs on seven food items will be lowered to 0 percent from as high as 10 percent currently, in response to short-term supply shortages, the ministry said…
Solomon Islands Ex-Premier Who Stood Up to Beijing Warns of Perils of Dealing With Communist Regime
Daniel Suidani, a former provincial premier of Solomon Islands who was ousted from office for standing up against Beijing’s foreign interference, says countries need to be very careful when dealing with communist regimes as they don’t share the same values as other parts of the world. “The [ideology] of communism, … these people are atheist….
Air France Flight Turns Back to Osaka After Malfunction: Kyodo
TOKYO—An Air France KLM SA passenger plane flying from Osaka in western Japan to French capital Paris turned back on Sunday after weather radar and speed meters malfunctioned while flying over the Pacific Ocean, Kyodo news agency reported. None of the 324 passengers and crew were injured, but the aircraft’s leading edge was damaged and…
Malaysia Arrests Chinese Ship Suspected of Plundering British Warship Wrecks
Malaysia’s maritime agency has detained a Chinese barge carrier for illegal anchoring and found it was carrying a cannon shell believed to be from British warship wrecks in the South China Sea. The agency said the ship was registered in Fuzhou, China, and it was detained at around 12:45 p.m. local time on Sunday for…
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