East Asia

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that he will declare a state of emergency for Tokyo and six other prefectures, but that there will be no hard lockdowns.

U.S. Forces Japan takes precautions as COVID-19 spreads in Japan.

Kim Jong Un gets back to missile testing.

The masks will go to the U.S. and EU countries, along with Taiwan’s 15 diplomatic allies. Future mask donations will target South and Southeast Asian nations.

With the world focused on COVID-19, Trump signed the TAIPEI Act into law.

As stay-at-home advisories gain traction and customer numbers dwindle, music venues, bars, and clubs say they face bankruptcy without subsidies.

Can the EU convince China not to lean on coal for its economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis?

Chinese nationalists are mobilizing hate against fellow citizens returning from abroad. The government seems content to sit back and watch.

Hong Kong’s most marginalized – including refugees – are at particular risk. Time for the government and society to take action.

Nearly 3,000 sailors aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier where the coronavirus has spread will be taken off the ship by Friday, according to U.S. Navy officials.

Environmental chapters in South Korea’s FTAs represent a way of demonstrating environmental leadership at low costs – a strategy that could be replicated in other emerging economies.

Though the credo is mainly a PR exercise to massage China’s image, it leaves plenty of cause for global concern.