The man was among 78 Britons quarantined on the cruise liner which became one of the world’s largest clusters of virus cases when 705 people tested positive during a failed two-week lockdown.

They nearly did.

(Bloomberg) — Stocks in Asia began the week on a mixed footing as further signs of policy support from China and other nations helped prop up sentiment amid efforts to counter the fallout from the deadly coronavirus.Japan’s equities underperformed after a much deeper economic contraction than expected in Japan. A Chinese equities gauge erased its […]

Japan Airlines says it is canceling some flights to and from China and reducing seats on other flights because of a virus outbreak that has led to a sharp decline in travel demand and growing global travel restrictions. JAL says in a statement that flights to China will be reduced from 98 to 43 flights […]

Japan has quarantined a cruise ship carrying 3,711 people and was testing those onboard for the new coronavirus Tuesday after a former passenger was diagnosed with the illness in Hong Kong. Eight people on the vessel, which arrived in Yokohama Bay on Monday, have symptoms such as fever, top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said. Television […]

Japan on Saturday moved to contain the economic impact of a coronavirus outbreak originating in China as strict new measures aimed at limiting the spread of the virus, including targeting foreign visitors, came into effect. Japan had 17 confirmed cases as of Friday, including some without symptoms. One of the most recent was a bus […]

(Bloomberg) — The U.S., Japan and South Korea are keen to invest in Indonesia’s Natuna Islands as President Joko Widodo steps up efforts to rebuff Chinese claims over the resource-rich waters in the South China Sea.The countries are interested in building fisheries processing and manufacturing industries in Natuna, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment […]

An Australian man was freed on Wednesday after spending a month and a half detained in Tokyo on charges of trespassing when he went to his estranged in-laws’ apartment building to look for his missing children. The case of Scott McIntyre, a freelance sports journalist based in Tokyo, has drawn wide attention to the difficulties […]

Former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn says he's a 'fugitive of injustice' and won't comment on whether any Americans helped him escape from Japan in a box.

A lawyer for former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who fled to Lebanon while awaiting trial in Japan, said his client was questioned an average of seven hours a day without a lawyer present. Takashi Takano said on his blog post Saturday the questioning continued through weekends, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Takano has said he told Ghosn […]