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Japan joins G-7 effort to quit Russian oil
World | May 09, 2022, 04:42 PM ISTLeaders from the G-7 countries met online Sunday and announced their commitment to ban or phase out Russian oil imports in their latest effort to pressure Moscow into ending its aggression on Ukraine.
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North Korea test-fired ballistic missile from submarine: South Korea military
World | May 07, 2022, 03:31 PM ISTSouth Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launch occurred from waters near the eastern port city of Sinpo, where North Korea has a major shipyard building submarines.
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Will Quad be expanded to include South Korea?
World | May 01, 2022, 10:43 PM ISTUS President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit South Korea ahead of the Quad summit in Japan later this month. He will be holding bilateral meetings with President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese PM Kishida Fumio.
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10 of 26 people from sunken Japan tour boat confirmed dead
World | Apr 25, 2022, 02:45 AM ISTThe search for the others is still ongoing after the boat sent a distress call on Saturday afternoon saying it was sinking. The location, near the Kashuni Waterfall, is known as a difficult place to maneuver boats because of its rocky coastline and strong tide.
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Tour boat with 26 aboard goes missing after sinking in Japan, no survivors found after 7 hrs
World | Apr 23, 2022, 08:35 PM ISTHigh waves and strong winds were observed in the area around noon, according to a local fisheries cooperative. Japanese media reports said fishing boats had returned to port before noon because of the bad weather.
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'You're just doing that to affect us': Biden says Xi Jinping told him Quad was against China
World | Apr 23, 2022, 07:06 AM ISTYou're just doing that to affect us, said Biden recalling when Xi Jinping told him that Quad was against China.
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Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train: Construction of Modi's dream project in full swing | Exclusive
India | Apr 18, 2022, 07:21 PM ISTAccording to the officials of NHSRCL, the trial of bullet train between Mumbai-Ahmedabad will start in 2026 and in 2027 the country's first bullet train will be put to service for the commutters.
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Japan denies getting unofficial invite to join AUKUS military alliance, says 'there is no fact'
World | Apr 13, 2022, 10:32 PM ISTJapan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, however, denied the report on Wednesday, saying that "there is no fact" in the Sankei Shimbun article. Tokyo was "not asked to participate in AUKUS", he said.
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Japan to invest Rs 3.2 lakh crore in India over next 5 years, says PM Modi
India | Mar 19, 2022, 09:23 PM ISTIndia and Japan inked six agreements providing for the expansion of bilateral cooperation in a range of areas, besides firming a separate clean energy partnership.
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Japan to offer India USD 42bn in investments during Fumio Kishida's visit: Report
India | Mar 19, 2022, 04:24 PM ISTThe 5 trillion yen goal exceeds the 3.5 trillion yen in investment and financing over the five years that the then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced during his 2014 visit to India
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PM Modi holds bilateral talks with Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida at Hyderabad House in Delhi
World | Mar 19, 2022, 05:49 PM ISTThe India-Japan Annual Summit had last taken place in Tokyo in October 2018. India and Japan have multi-faceted cooperation as partners within the ambit of their "Special Strategic and Global Partnership".
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4 killed as 7.4 quake shakes north Japan, cleanup begins
World | Mar 17, 2022, 12:26 PM ISTThe region is part of an area devastated by a deadly 9.0 quake and tsunami 11 years ago that caused nuclear reactor meltdowns, spewing massive radiation that still makes some parts uninhabitable.
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Killing stone that 'trapped demon for 1000 years' splits open in Japan, fear grips locals
Trending | Mar 09, 2022, 02:05 PM ISTAs per Japanese mythology, the 'killing stone' believed to have trapped a demon was exorcised by a Buddhist monk. The site has been very popular among the visitors but since the stone has split up, superstitions are swirling.
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PM Modi to participate in Quad leaders' virtual meeting today, Indo-Pacific developments on agenda
India | Mar 03, 2022, 11:05 AM ISTToday's meeting of Quad leaders assumes significance as it takes place in the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine which now appears to become the largest European conflict in decades.
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Quad meet: Beijing says US playing up 'China threat' theory to stoke confrontation
World | Feb 11, 2022, 11:19 PM ISTIn November 2017, the US, Australia, India and Japan gave shape to the long-pending proposal of setting up the Quad to develop a new strategy to keep the critical sea routes in the Indo-Pacific free of any influence, amid China's growing military presence in the strategic region.
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Bullet train: SC sets aside Delhi HC order, calls it 'very important national project'
India | Feb 01, 2022, 09:08 PM ISTSupreme court set aside the Delhi High Court’s verdict in favour of a firm called Montecarlo Limited whose technical bid was rejected by an expert committee appointed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for several works about the Bullet train project.
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Japanese fighter jet disappears over Sea of Japan
World | Feb 01, 2022, 07:57 AM ISTThe rescue team has found what appears to be missing people aboard the fighter on the Sea of Japan but the number of people found and their conditions cannot be confirmed.
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PM Modi to deliver 'State of the World' special address at WEF's Davos Agenda
India | Jan 16, 2022, 09:39 PM ISTThe virtual event will be held from 17th to 21st January 2022. It will also be addressed by several Heads of State including Kishida Fumio, Japan PM.
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Japan to maintain strict border controls, ban on entry of foreigners to continue amid Omicron scare
World | Dec 22, 2021, 08:38 AM ISTThe government has banned new entries by foreigners from abroad while requiring returning Japanese nationals and foreign residents to quarantine in government-designated facilities.
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Japan: 27 people feared dead in building fire in Osaka
World | Dec 17, 2021, 09:22 AM ISTThe fire broke out on the 4th or 5th floor of an 8-story building in a shopping and entertainment area on Friday, NHK said.