At least eight people have been confirmed dead after a ship, carrying crew from China and Myanmar, sank between Japan and South Korea.
Country's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says peak of new infections was reached on January 4 as prominent scientist reports that 80 percent of country's 1.4 billion population has already been infected.
The crew were from China and Myanmar, but the precise identities of the dead, rescued and missing remained unclear.
Kishida said he would submit plans to double the budget on child-related policies by June, and that a new government agency to tackle the issue would be set up in April.
At least four people are killed and four are critically injured after the incident, Japanese media reports say.
The official death toll update comes amid doubts over Beijing's data transparency and remains extremely low by global standards.
Rescue work at scene of avalanche in Nyingchi city ends, with 53 survivors found, five of whom seriously injured, local media report.
Tokyo says it seeks cooperation on part of Tel Aviv for a two-state solution.
China's Vice Premier Sun Chunlan says Covid-19 outbreak is at a "relatively" level as millions of city-dwellers travel to home towns for the Lunar New Year holiday that officially begins on Saturday.
About 500 residents flee Guryong village as fire overwhelms at least 60 homes, South Korean authorities say.
China's national birth rate dropped to 6.77 births for every 1,000 people last year – a record low and down from 7.52 per 1,000 in 2021. We explore the possible reasons behind the decline.
China said that nearly 60,000 people with Covid had died in hospitals between December 8 and January 12 - a roughly ten-fold increase from previous disclosures.
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