Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the government will quickly draw up legislation to prepare for a worst-case scenario involving the new coronavirus outbreak.
The Nigerian government on Sunday flagged off a nationwide campaign to eradicate Lassa fever as the death toll from the disease has risen to more than 100 this year.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has said Japan should work with his country to deal with the coronavirus outbreak. Moon delivered a speech on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the March 1 independence movement against Japanese colonial rule.
After nearly two decades of conflict that has ravaged Afghanistan's impoverished population, the United States and the Taliban signed an accord Saturday that Washington hopes will mark the beginning of the end of its longest war.
