Chinese parcels make up two-thirds of de minimis imports exempt from customs taxes. But cost of processing would outweigh the tax collected. China central bank issues US$8.2 billion in bills in ...

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A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. Keith Kellogg and President Volodymyr ...

The government’s new curriculum guidelines for English-language lessons at junior high schools have been criticized as so difficult that students are growing to detest the subject. At public ...

To meet growing demand for reserved seats, the Nozomi Shinkansen’s operators have decided to reduce the number of free-seating train cars from three to two next spring. Beginning in March, 85 ...

WASHINGTON — Taiwan has learned important lessons from Ukraine’s war that would help it deter ... HIMARS and other small, mobile weapons systems, Hsiao said. The Taiwanese and Americans ...

The economy ministry has lifted its restrictive bathroom policy for a transgender employee in her 50s, telling her on Nov. 8 that she can now use all the women’s restrooms in the ministry’s ...

The company’s main offering is “English Toast,” a sandwich spread with margarine and sprinkled with granulated sugar. Bread slices with their crusted rounded tops intact are called ...

Zelenskiy, on US minerals deal, says: I can't sell Ukraine Europecategory· February 19, 2025 As Moscow and Washington discuss how to end the war in Ukraine, one of the many questions on investors ...

UTO, Kumamoto Prefecture--Kids caught napping in the classroom at prefecture-run Uto Junior and Senior High School here are not punished. Quite the reverse. They are encouraged. During the week, a ...

Approximately 10 percent of online postings asking for assistance in a recent natural disaster have been determined to be false, according to a government research institute. The reason for those ...

Canada said it granted refugee status to two Japanese women last September due to widespread discrimination they faced in Japan as lesbians and members of the weaker sex. Ottawa also cited the ...