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Tokyo: Rajnath Singh pays tribute to Japan’s self defence forces personnel
Tokyo: Ahead of the 2+2 Ministerial meeting between India and Japan, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday paid tribute to Japan’s Self Defence Forces (SDF) personnel who laid down their lives in…
- Hyderabad
Japan-based Next Ventures India joins hands with IIT Hyderabad to boost entrepreneurship
Hyderabad: Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) and Beyond Next Ventures India Pvt Ltd (BNVI), Bangalore, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday announced a collaboration extending academia and industry cooperation. Beyond Next…
- Kolkata
Netaji’s daughter says she’ll soon approach India, Japan for DNA test of ashes
Kolkata: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s daughter Anita Bose Pfaff said she will soon approach the Indian and the Japanese governments for a DNA test of the ashes at Tokyo’s Renkoji Temple. In an…
- Technology
SoftBank posts massive $23.4 bn net loss, 2nd straight quarter in red
Tokyo: Japanese investment major SoftBank Group on Monday posted a huge $23.4 billion loss in the April-June quarter, as tech stocks continued to get hammered in the economic downturn. The Masayoshi Son-led…
- World
Japan’s longest-serving PM Shinzo Abe shows no life signs after being shot
Tokyo: Shinzo Abe, who was Japan’s longest-serving Prime Minister, collapsed and showed no life signs after he was shot at while addressing a crowd in Nara prefecture on Friday, state media said…
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COVID-19 cases surpass 45,000 in Japan, doubling from last week
Tokyo: Newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan nearly doubled compared to a week earlier to more than 45,000 on Wednesday, surpassing the 40,000 mark for the first time since May 18 amid…
- World
Quad moving ahead with constructive agenda for Indo-Pacific: Modi
Tokyo: The mutual trust and determination among the Quad member countries is giving new energy to democratic forces and the work of the grouping is encouraging a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific, Prime…
- India
PM Modi to visit Tokyo to attend Quad Summit
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Tokyo to attend the 4th Quad Summit on May 24, it was announced on Thursday. During this visit, Modi will also hold bilateral meetings…
- World
Over 100 Japanese lawmakers visit war-linked Yasukuni Shrine
Tokyo: More than 100 Japanese lawmakers visited the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Friday on the occasion of the shrine’s spring festival despite concerns from its neighbouring countries. The group comprised…
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Japan approves new restrictions for areas hard hit by COVID-19
Tokyo: Japan approved new restrictions on Friday to curb a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in the three most affected southwestern regions of Okinawa, Yamaguchi and Hiroshima. Given the sudden surge in…
