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A man and woman visit Nonomiya shrine in Kyoto, Japan in this February 21, 2008 file photo.

Travel postcard: 48 hours in Kyoto, Japan's old capital

Reuters - Friday, May 9 12:09 pm

KYOTO (Reuters Life!) - Kyoto, Japan's ancient capital, is a laid-back counterpart to Tokyo, first established more than 1,000 years ago. More »

Taiwan zoos in fierce competition for China pandas
Reuters - Friday, May 9 11:11 am
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan zoos are caught up in a ferocious competition to win a pair of pandas from China, now that their country has a new Beijing-friendly president. More »
China overseas food push not realistic
Reuters - Friday, May 9 10:52 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's private firms are pushing to invest in farms overseas, but policy debates over whether this is in China's strategic interest have so far stopped the trend becoming an explicit government policy, a senior official said on Friday. More »
Olympics: Beijing tightens security as Games approach: reports
AFP - Friday, May 9 09:19 am
BEIJING (AFP) - Beijing is implementing a range of new security measures, state media said Friday, as the Chinese capital cranks up efforts to prevent any disruptions affecting the August Olympics. More »
FACTBOX-Q&A on Asia's hand, foot and mouth epidemic
Reuters - Friday, May 9 07:01 am
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Multiple epidemics of hand, foot and mouth disease have occurred in several countries in Asia in recent weeks, most notably in China where the disease has killed 34 children and Vietnam where is has killed 11. More »
Hong Kong jewellery tycoon jailed for kickbacks, fraud
Reuters - Friday, May 9 06:19 am
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong jewellery tycoon was jailed on Friday for paying millions in illegal kickbacks to local travel agents to bring tourists to his showrooms, tax fraud and other offences. More »
New health woes as China moves from famine to feast
Reuters - Friday, May 9 01:29 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - Evening exercise classes at the Nirvana fitness centre in Beijing are in high demand these days as young professionals whose mothers once counted ration cards seek to stay svelte despite lavish lunches. More »
China and Indonesia reject France's Myanmar push
Reuters - Thursday, May 8 05:36 pm
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - China and Indonesia on Thursday rejected France's idea of having the Security Council ratchet up the pressure on cyclone-devastated Myanmar to grant full access to foreign aid workers. More »
China's Hu tells Japan not to fear
AFP - Thursday, May 8 05:12 pm
TOKYO (AFP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao said Thursday that Japan had nothing to fear from his country's rise and engaged in a round of ping-pong diplomacy, but he faced protests over Beijing's rule in Tibet. More »
Nintendo Wii makes Yamauchi Japan's richest: Forbes
Reuters - Thursday, May 8 01:20 pm
TOKYO (Reuters) - Soaring sales of Nintendo's Wii game machine have made former Nintendo chairman Hiroshi Yamauchi Japan's richest man, worth $7.8 billion, Forbes magazine said in its annual rankings. More »