Japan
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Half of unmarried people under 30 in Japan don’t want kids: Survey
Tokyo: Nearly half of unmarried people under 30 in Japan said they do not want children in a recent survey by a pharmaceutical firm, citing reasons including economic concerns and the burden…
- World
‘Don’t help a villain’, China urges Japan not to back US tech restriction
Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Sunday urged his Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi not to “help a villain do evil” by backing the US tech restrictions against Beijing as the two…
- World
Japan PM Kishida’s visit to Ukraine overshadows Xi’s talks with Putin, upsets China
Beijing: China on Tuesday hit out at Japan after its Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit to Ukraine and overshadowed Chinese President Xi Jinping’s meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir…
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Narendra Modi with Japan PM Fumio Kishida
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Japanese PM Fumio Kishida at Buddha Jayanti Park, in New Delhi, Monday, March 20, 2023. (PTI Photo) New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Japanese…
- Hyderabad
OpenSesame Technology signs MOU with Hyderabad tech firm to generate USD 100M by 2025
Hyderabad: City-based global enterprise software services firm, Plural Technology Pvt Ltd entered into a partnership with OpenSesame Technology Inc, a Japanese advanced technology services firm. Also ReadHyderabad: ORR up for lease, Rs…
- Hyderabad
IIT Hyderabad conducts first JICA chair lecture by Prof Taichi Ono
Hyderabad: Indian Institute of Technology- Hyderabad’s (IIT-H) department of Liberal Arts, in association with the Office of International Relations and with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), organized the first chair lecture…
- World
Bank of Japan to launch digital yen pilot program
Tokyo: The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will start a pilot program to test the use of a digital yen with commercial financial institutions in April, the central bank said. Under the program,…
- Technology
Instagram expands ‘Notes’ feature to Europe, Japan
San Francisco: Social media platform Instagram has expanded its ‘Notes’ feature, a way for users to share their thoughts, to Europe and Japan. The head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, made the announcement…
- World
Croatian Prez criticises NATO chief’s visit to S. Korea, Japan
Zagreb: Croatian President Zoran Milanovic has criticized the visit to South Korea and Japan by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and condemned the Western decision to send battle tanks to Ukraine. “I…
- Technology
iPhone 14 Crash Detection false alarms causing problems in Japan
Tokyo: False alarms by Apple’s iPhone 14 series’ Crash Detection feature are causing problems in Japan, with fire departments near skiing areas getting more emergency call-outs than usual because of the automated…
- World
Japan power company seeks to raise household electricity prices by 30%
Tokyo: The Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. (TEPCO) said that it has applied to the government to raise its regulated electricity rates for households by around 30 percent from June in…
- World
Japan braces for heavy snow, blizzard
Tokyo: Japanese weather officials warned on Monday that the coldest air mass of the season is likely to lead to heavy snow blanketing wide swathes of Japan from Tuesday. The Japan Meteorological…
- World
Japan’s plan to dump Fukushima radioactive water into sea to start this yr
Tokyo: The Japanese government on Friday said a controversial plan to release radioactive wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean will start in the spring or summer.…
- World
COVID-19: Japan reports all-time high 489 deaths in single day
Tokyo: As it appears that the current global Covid wave is somewhat weakening, Japan on Thursday reported 489 Covid-related deaths on a single day, another record high for a country that is…
- Telangana
Telangana: Govt announces training programme for nursing jobs in Japan
Hyderabad: Telangana Overseas Manpower Company Limited (TOMCOM), a registered recruitment agency under the Department of Labour, Employment Training and Factories, Government of Telangana, is organizing a special program to train and recruit…