TOKYO, -- Four people were injured after an explosion occurred Monday within the U.S. military's Kadena Air Base in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, local media reported.
The blast went off at an ammunition depot that belongs to Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF), public broadcaster NHK reported, citing SDF sources. (Japan-US Base-Explosion)
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TOKYO -- Japan's economy contracted an annualized real 0.2 percent in the January-March period from the previous quarter, revised up from the initial reading of a 0.7 percent decline, government data showed on Monday.
The revised figure for gross domestic product (GDP), supported by stronger-than-expected consumer spending and private inventories, marked the first decline in four quarters, the Cabinet Office said. (Japan-GDP)
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NEW DELHI -- At least four passengers were killed and nine others were injured Monday after they fell off an overcrowded moving local train in India's western state of Maharashtra, officials said.
The accident took place near Mumbra railway station in Thane district, about 44 km northwest of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra. (India-Train-Overcrowding)
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BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH -- Thai Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nikorndej Balankura said on Monday that since Cambodia has shortened the permitted stay for Thai nationals to seven days, Thailand has also adjusted its policy accordingly, setting the limit of Cambodian nationals' stay in Thailand to seven days.
Touch Sokhak, deputy spokesperson for Cambodia's Ministry of Interior, said on the same day that in response to Thailand's cut of the visa-stay period for Cambodian citizens, Cambodia has shortened the permitted stay for Thai citizens from 60 days to seven days. (Thailand-Cambodia-Permitted Stay) ■
