TOKYO -- A car on Thursday plowed into a building housing a tutoring school near Tokyo, resulting in injuries to five individuals, including the driver in his 80s, local media reports showed.

The accident took place around 4:30 p.m. local time, when a passenger car, driven by an 86-year-old man, collided with a building that houses a private tutoring school in Aoba Ward, Yokohama City, according to local police. (Japan-Car Accident-Elderly Driver)

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VIENTIANE -- The second Belt and Road Laos-China Cooperation Forum was held here on Thursday, seeing the signing of a number of agreements promoting cooperation in the China-Laos Economic Corridor.

At the forum, China Economic Information Service, a subsidiary of Xinhua News Agency, released a bilingual report titled New Opportunities of China-Laos Economic and Trade Cooperation in New Era. (Laos-China-Forum)

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MANILA -- The pilot of a Piper plane that crashed in Isabela province in the northern Philippines a week ago was found dead on Thursday, said Constante Foronda, head of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office.

He said the rescuers found the "lifeless" body of the pilot around 11 a.m. local time Thursday at the crash site in San Mariano town. (Philippines-Aircraft-Accident)

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BANGKOK -- China's battery maker Gotion High-tech on Thursday launched its first battery product in Thailand, as the workers tightened the last screws and the battery pack rolled off the assembly line.

Located in Siam Eastern Industrial Park in Thailand's Rayong Province, NV Gotion was jointly established by Gotion High-tech and Nuovo Plus, a new energy company belonging to the Thai state-owned SET-listed oil and gas company Public Company Limited (PTT), mainly engaged in the business of battery and battery industry chain. (Thailand-China-Battery product) Enditem

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