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  • World NewsMitsubishi testing their new regional jet
    ThaigerPublished: 10:26, 20 April 2019
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    Mitsubishi testing their new regional jet

    PHOTO: The Japan Times Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ new 88-passenger Mitsubishi Regional Jet is testing the skies just as rivals Embraer and Bombardier are moving to sell off their manufacturing operations for jets with up to 160 seats to Boeing and Airbus. At stake, particularly in the market for jets with fewer seats, is US$135 billion in sales in the two decades through…

  • Bangkok NewsFirst satellite made-in-Thailand enters orbit
    ThaigerPublished: 15:51, 20 December 2018
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    First satellite made-in-Thailand enters orbit

    PHOTO: ABC Action news, Bangkok Post A Thai university has announced that the first domestically produced satellite has now entered orbit. Weighing in at 1 kilogram and measuring only 10 centimetres on each side, the tiny educational satellite was one of 64 on board the recent SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from California on Tuesday. Pongsatorn Saisutjarit heads the research…

  • World News‘BTS’ K-pop group denounced by Jewish human rights organisation
    ThaigerPublished: 18:18, 14 November 2018
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    ‘BTS’ K-pop group denounced by Jewish human rights organisation

    by The Japan News – Asia News Network The Simon Wiesenthal Centre, a Jewish human rights organisation based in the US, issued a statement denouncing South Korean boy band BTS for wearing hats with a logo similar to a Nazi symbol and flying Nazi-like flags at a concert in the past. “The result is that young generations in Korea and around…

  • World NewsTrami storms through Japan, passes Tokyo last night
    ThaigerPublished: 09:21, 01 October 2018
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    Trami storms through Japan, passes Tokyo last night

    Some of the latest updates from reports coming out of Japan as Typhoon Trami continues its north-easterly trajectory through the Japanese archipelago. It’s currently early morning in Japan, and commuters are trying to get to work whilst contending with the aftermath of the Typhoon in the southern and central islands. The Typhoon unleashed its fury on some of Japan’s most populous…

  • World NewsTyphoon Trami predicted to regain strength and hit Japan this weekend
    ThaigerPublished: 08:30, 27 September 2018
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    Typhoon Trami predicted to regain strength and hit Japan this weekend

    Tropical Typhoon Trami has weakened and it is no longer considered a “super typhoon” but is still packing winds up to 195 kilometres per hour (121 mph). The islands in the storm’s projected path are bracing for its arrival. If the current projected path of the typhoon holds, Trami will hit the southern Japan Ryukyu islands, including Okinawa, some time…

  • World NewsWorld’s most liveable cities 2018 – Two Asian cities in the Top 10
    ThaigerPublished: 09:51, 14 August 2018
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    World’s most liveable cities 2018 – Two Asian cities in the Top 10

    PHOTO: Vienna pips Melbourne for the top spot this year The popular, and often-quoted ‘World’s Most Liveable Cities’ have been announced for 2018 and there’s only two Asian cities in the list, both in the same country. After seven years at the top of the list, Australia’s southern capital, Melbourne, has lost its crown as the world’s most liveable city. The…

  • Thailand NewsThailand to adopt some of Japan’s road safety measures
    ThaigerPublished: 08:54, 09 August 2018
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    Thailand to adopt some of Japan’s road safety measures

    PHOTO: The Nation “It was found that Japan had placed importance on measures related to public transports which focus on the standard of transports and equipment and the safety of drivers and passengers.” In an effort to reduce the country’s shameful road toll, the Ministry of Transport says it’s started to implement some of Japan’s road safety measures in Thailand.…