https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210129_01/ South Korea states that it is trying to achieve herd mentality by at least november of 2021. They want to give 70 percent of their population the vaccine by this time. they have purchased enough vaccines from Pfizer and other pharmacies to give the vaccine to 56 million people. They plan on giving it to the elderly first from… Read more »
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210128_34/ China has stepped up its military presence near the Taiwan strait in response to external interference by pro-independence forces in Taiwan. the chinese defence minister issued a warning to Taiwan that if it continues to strive for its independence, “taiwan independence means war.” Taiwan military says that they see multiple chinese airplanes fly by the border every day and… Read more »
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-01/29/c_139705310.htm Xinjiang has been slowly been being developed into a more prosperous region. Xinjiang has been being developed in hopes of starting a trade deal with pakistan. China will gain massive advantage if it starts to get close to Pakistan because they will get access to the Arabian Sea. there is a port that is being developed in Pakistan by… Read more »
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/federal-health-minister-greg-hunt-says-no-covid19-hot-spots-left-in-australia/news-story/35e101a55a2d489a24d7c357a6ce7c3b After the Pfizer vaccine had killed 29 people in Norway. Greg Hunt the federal health administrator from australia called of an immediate removal of all Pfizer hotspots in Australia until he can figure out why the vaccine is killing people. The people that have died in Norway have all been of elderly age, 75 and older. and if not… Read more »
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/1484/ Japan has recently discovered that they have contracted small amounts of the new strand of covid going around in the UK. The scariest part of this is that all of the people who have contracted the new strand have not left the country or to their knowledge been in contact with anyone who has the new strand or left… Read more »
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210128_05/ Joe Biden and Suga the prime minister of Japan had a 30 minute phone call on thursday. In the phone call they talked about a few different things, but the main thing Biden wanted to get across was that he wanted to strengthen the ties with Japan even more and continue their close bond. They also discussed that they… Read more »
Link:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-defiant-as-he-is-jailed-over-13-months-for-protest-idUSKBN28C0SP Joshua Wong, who is a 24 year old man, was arrested on wednesday for being the leader and helping create the protests of June of last year in Hong Kong. He has been sentenced to 13 months in prison for being apart of a protests and for being one of the leaders of the protests. These people were protesting… Read more »
Link:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-china-tweet/chinas-wechat-blocks-australian-pm-in-doctored-image-dispute-idUSKBN28C01T China blocked the Australian Prime ministers message and response on there ap WeChat. They stated that what he said was misleading to the public so they took his post down. WeChat is like twitter but run by the Chinese government so they get to dictate what they think the terms and services are. The situation the prime minister was… Read more »
Link: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20201202_17/ The Japanese Diet just unanimously passed a bill on wednesday that states that people are obligated to make efforts in trying to obtain a covid-19 vaccination. The Japanese government will fully pay for all costs of the vaccination and will supply locations for people to go and receive the vaccination as smoothly as possible. If people develop any… Read more »