The Liberal Democratic Party( LDP) has kicked off campaigning for an election on Sept 29 to choose a leader to replace Yoshihide Suga as party chief and hence Japan's Prime Minister.... Asian Insider looks at the contenders and what's at stake.... Japan's old guard, mavericks battle for supremacy in LDP poll The starting gun was fired on Fridayin the race to succeed Mr Yoshihide Suga as Japan's 100th Prime Minister, which is shaping up to be an ideological battle between the traditional orthod

The World Health Organisation on Aug 14 declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the viral infection in Democratic Republic of Congo that has spread to neighbouring countries.An emergency committee met earlier on Aug 14 to advise WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on whether the disease outbreak constitutes a “ public health emergency of international concern, ” or PHEIC. PHEIC status is WHO’s highest level of alert an