Topic: Asia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-29 07:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-29 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: TOKYO -- On June 1, the day Toyota Motor lost its stock market position as Japan's most valuable company to SoftBank Group for the first time in more than two decades, the automaker announced a personnel move that made few global headlines. Daisuke Toyoda, son of its chairman Akio Toyoda, would come back to the main group from a tech subsidiary on Aug.
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[2026-07-29 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Four out of 10 individuals in South Korea were registered land owners as of last year, but the total size of land they owned shrank from a year earlier, government data showed Wednesday.
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[2026-07-29 06:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SAO PAULO, July 28 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday that South Korea and Brazil have significant potential to expand economic cooperation, citing aircraft, critical minerals and cosmetics as areas where the countries could achieve greater collaboration.
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[2026-07-29 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 29 Jul 2026 at 6:36am
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[2026-07-29 06:31 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-07-29 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: China's firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile fueled concerns about Japan's defenses in the Pacific Ocean. (Xinhua via AP)
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[2026-07-29 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Wind turbines are seen along a beach in Japan's Akita prefecture. The nation's government wants to spur the development of offshore wind farms, but its plans have stalled. © Reuters
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[2026-07-29 05:40 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Published 29 July 2026 5:40am
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[2026-07-29 05:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan is asking the Senate to investigate the so-called “Ayungin Deal” or “Provisional Understanding” that the Philippines entered with China for the former’s rotation and resupply mission operations to the grounded BRP Sierra Madre.
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[2026-07-29 05:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Smaller pension funds outperformed the GPIF by as much as 2 percentage points for fiscal 2025. (Source photos by Nikkei)
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[2026-07-29 05:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: An Aeon mall in Japan's Kumamoto prefecture was damaged in an earthquake on July 28, with authorities saying many people could be trapped inside. © Kyodo
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[2026-07-29 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Following the global success of the movie "Godzilla Minus One" in 2023, Toho will release the next film in the series in the U.S. within days of its Japan release. © 2023 TOHO CO., LTD.
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[2026-07-29 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Taiwanese prosecutors have detained an Nvidia employee and searched the chipmaker's Taipei office, the first time the island's criminal investigation into the diversion of restricted AI hardware to China has reached inside the company whose processors sit at the center of it.
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[2026-07-29 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with reports of the leaders' joint statement in paras 10-15)By Park Boram
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[2026-07-29 02:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SAO PAULO, July 28 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday that South Korea will work with Brazil to pursue joint prosperity by combining its technology and innovation with the South American country's abundant resources.
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[2026-07-29 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Retailers in Japan are joining the trend of offering financial services from banks to get more customer data. (Source photos by Nikkei)
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[2026-07-29 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The PostMag Quick CrosswordWednesday, 29 Julyloading
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[2026-07-29 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mini SudokuWednesday, 29 Julyloading
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[2026-07-29 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The SCMP Cryptic CrosswordWednesday, 29 Julyloading
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[2026-07-29 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Word SearchWednesday, 29 Julyloading
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[2026-07-29 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The victory marks the first time a mainland Chinese bar has placed at No 1, ending the two-year reign of Hong Kong’s Bar Leone
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[2026-07-29 02:11 UTC+10:00] [Best Bar in Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The victory marks the first time a mainland Chinese bar has placed at No 1, ending the two-year reign of Hong Kong’s Bar Leone
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[2026-07-29 01:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: South Korea's Naver looks to build 200 megawatts worth of data center capacity by 2028 through a partnership with Nvidia. © Reuters
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[2026-07-29 01:43 UTC+10:00] [Japan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Deaths expected as Kumamoto shaken by 6.8-magnitude quake, knocking out power and damaging buildings
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[2026-07-29 01:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A powerful earthquake struck Japan’s Kyushu island on 28 July, forcing more than 150,000 people to evacuate. The quake caused power outages, damaged roads, brought down part of a castle wall, and destroyed a footbridge. More than 40,000 households are without power and several people are missing after a chimney collapsed at a paper factory in the Kumamoto prefecture, according to the police who are being cited by Japan's public broadcaster NHK.
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[2026-07-29 01:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A powerful earthquake struck Japan’s Kyushu island 28 July, forcing more than 150,000 people to evacuate. The quake caused power outages, damaged roads, brought down part of a castle wall, and destroyed a footbridge. More than 40,000 households are without power and several people are missing after a chimney collapsed at a paper factory in the Kumamoto prefecture, according to the police who are being cited by Japan's public broadcaster NHK.
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[2026-07-29 01:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rescuers recover a trapped victim from the rubble at the scene of a landslide in Pengshui County in southwestern China’s Chongqing area on Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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[2026-07-29 01:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong’s travel authority also confirms that about 200 members of tour groups visiting region are safe following 7.1-magnitude earthquake
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[2026-07-29 01:24 UTC+10:00] [Yuen Chun-ning] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong’s travel authority also confirms that about 200 members of tour groups visiting region are safe following 7.1-magnitude earthquake
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[2026-07-29 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Surging cross-border deals out of China are running headlong into intensifying US national security fears
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[2026-07-29 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Surging cross-border deals out of China are running headlong into intensifying US national security fears
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[2026-07-29 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: TOKYO -- A powerful earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.1 struck southwestern Japan's Kumamoto prefecture around 4:27 p.m. Tuesday.
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[2026-07-29 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Washington has reimposed its naval blockade of Iranian ports after the collapse of a planned peace deal to end the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-07-29 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-29 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake has struck Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan’s southern Kyushu region, causing extensive damage and killing “a considerable number of people,” according to local media.
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[2026-07-29 00:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said South Korea and the United States remain "united" in a steadfast alliance, calling their bond a "pillar of peace and stability" across the Indo-Pacific, as he released a message marking the 73rd anniversary of the signing of the Korean War armistice.
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[2026-07-28 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: An Aeon mall in Japan's Kumamoto prefecture was damaged in an earthquake on July 28, with authorities saying many people could be trapped inside. © Kyodo
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[2026-07-28 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, July 28 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump has said South Korea and the United States remain "united" in a steadfast alliance, calling their bond a "pillar of peace and stability" across the Indo-Pacific, as he released a message marking the 73rd anniversary of the signing of the Korean War armistice.
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[2026-07-28 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: After an outpouring of support from across the country, 18-year-old Zeng Zixuan asked officials to redirect donations to other students in need.
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[2026-07-28 23:30 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The company’s strategic shift to AI and chip investments is not only yielding significant returns, but also boosting its tech portfolio
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[2026-07-28 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The company has a market capitalisation of 3.28 trillion yuan (US$484.7 billion) as of July 27, making it mainland China’s most valuable onshore listing.
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[2026-07-28 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The rare sight of an Emirates Airbus at Hangzhou became chaotic as 373 passengers were left stranded on board amid a logistical nightmare
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[2026-07-28 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The rare sight of an Emirates Airbus at Hangzhou became chaotic as 373 passengers were left stranded on board amid a logistical nightmare
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[2026-07-28 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Centre’s establishment represents Beijing’s first research and application platform dedicated to drones operating at high altitudes
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[2026-07-28 22:55 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Centre’s establishment represents Beijing’s first research and application platform dedicated to drones operating at high altitudes
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[2026-07-28 22:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Japan9:50 p.m. July 28
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[2026-07-28 22:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Government notice covering everything from uniform to equipment bans sales and promotions without official authorisation
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[2026-07-28 22:42 UTC+10:00] [military uniforms] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Government notice covering everything from uniform to equipment bans sales and promotions without official authorisation
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[2026-07-28 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While the US is seeking to dismantle the International Criminal Court, it has signed a statement upholding the Hague tribunal’s South China Sea ruling
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