Japan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Tokyo on a two-day visit at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to attend the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit. Modi described the visit as an opportunity to advance India’s…
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Mount Fuji, dormant since 1707, is at the center of new disaster-preparedness efforts in Japan. To mark Volcanic Disaster Preparedness Day, officials this week released AI-generated videos simulating the impact of a violent eruption of the…
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Japan has issued a strong warning over China’s accelerating military activities, calling Beijing the "greatest strategic challenge" to regional and global stability. In its annual defense white paper submitted to the…
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US President Donald Trump on Monday announced a 25% tariff on goods from Japan and South Korea, set to take effect from August 1, Reuters reported. The move comes as Trump also revealed plans to send letters to the leaders of a dozen…
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A wave of anxiety has swept across Japan and beyond, as a surge of over 1,000 earthquakes in the past two weeks and a viral manga prediction have triggered widespread doomsday speculation for July 5 — today. While none of the tremors have…
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Tokyo has lodged a protest against Beijing after a Chinese helicopter “violated” Japan’s airspace and four vessles entered its territorial waters around disputed islands. The islands in the East China Sea — known as the Diaoyu in China and…
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A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 hit the Kyushu region at 9:19 pm local time in southwestern Japan on Monday (January 13), according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. It said the quake was centred at a depth of 30…
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Japan is no stranger to the catastrophic power of natural disasters, with the Noto earthquake a little over a year ago being one of the latest in a long list of calamities to hit the country. The frequent nature of these disasters has led…
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Japanese foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya was due in Beijing on Wednesday for talks with counterpart Wang Yi and other top officials as Tokyo acknowledged “challenges and concerns” in ties. The visit is Iwaya’s first to China since becoming…
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Japanese authorities on Friday staged an inspection of a US military base in Tokyo, a government spokesman said, after being informed by the American side of a chemical leak. Japan’s probe at the Yokota Air Base followed a US notice two…
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