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Japanese companies to vaccinate millions of workers against COVID
The employer-led drive is expected to reach more than 13 million people, including suppliers and workers’ families, boosting the country’s slow vaccine rollout.
- by Yuri Kageyama
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Duterte threatens to jail people who reject COVID vaccination
The Philippines is currently battling the Delta variant and the President says another wave of infections would be disastrous for the country.
- by Andreo Calonzo
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China relations
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily to shut down within days, adviser says
Authorities froze access to the firm’s core operating capital on national security grounds, an adviser said.
- by Anne Marie Roantree
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China relations
The Chinese community group, the consulate and the Labor Premier
WA appointed two pro-Beijing community leaders to a new paid advisory council before Premier Mark McGowan escalated his criticism of the Morrison government.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola, Eryk Bagshaw and Hamish Hastie
Opinion
Political leadership
The contradiction at the heart of China’s rise
We need to understand what Isaiah Berlin called “the most important, most inhuman and still the most imperfectly understood phenomenon of our times”.
- by Peter Hartcher
Tokyo to halve domestic spectator capacity
Health experts were warning that big crowds risk fuelling a resurgence in COVID-19 infections.
‘Anytime’: Biden’s North Korea point man ready to talk with Kim regime
“We took note of Chairman Kim’s recent statement, referring to both dialogue and confrontation. We will be prepared for either,” the US envoy said in Seoul.
- by Jon Herskovitz and Jeong-Ho Lee
Tourism boom pressures Tibet’s historic sites
Tourism is booming in Tibet as more Chinese travel in-country because of the coronavirus pandemic, posing risks to the region’s fragile environment and historic sites.
- by Mark Schiefelbein and Sam McNeil
Taiwanese staff leave Hong Kong over ‘one China’ demand
Officials said the Hong Kong government has demanded staff sign a letter supporting Beijing’s claim to Taiwan.
- by Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee
UN General Assembly condemns Myanmar coup, calls for arms embargo
In a rare move, the United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly for an arms embargo against Myanmar’s junta, although China and India abstained.
- by Edith Lederer
‘We’ve missed Australians so much’: Bali vaccinates its tourist ‘green zones’
Indonesia is experiencing its biggest surge of the virus since February but Bali’s deputy governor says the province is ready to welcome foreign tourists in July.
- by Chris Barrett and Amilia Rosa