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Will Japan’s minority government be able to push ahead with domestic reforms, manage regional security?

November 14, 2024 7:34 pm

PM Ishiba will need to work closely with opposition parties to maintain stability. Instability in Japan, coupled with the rise of competing regional powers, could leave the country in a vulnerable position.

“The government seeks to create an inclusive society, and we want to make Japan a country that foreign workers will choose,” Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said at the Cabinet meeting

Japan's govt OKs new foreign trainee programme to attract more workers as its population shrinks

February 09, 2024 4:42 pm

Japan's population of 126 million is rapidly aging and shrinking, and many short-staffed industries, including services, manufacturing and construction, rely heavily on foreign trainees and language students.

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Japan PM set to outline ‘open, free’ Indo-Pacific plan in visit next week

March 17, 2023 5:00 am

Kishida, who will be in India on March 20-21, is set to make the announcement in a speech organised by the Indian Council of World Affairs, an Indian government-funded think-tank.

Netaji's daughter says she'll soon approach India, Japan for DNA test of ashes at Renkoj

August 18, 2022 5:43 pm

In an interview to PTI, Pfaff said resolving the mystery shrouding Bose's life and bringing back the ashes to India would be a true tribute to the revolutionary as the country celebrates its 75th anniversary of Independence.

Japan donates 1.24M vaccine to Taiwan amid China influence

June 04, 2021 4:00 pm

Japan, which considers the vaccine donation to be a reflection of Japan's important partnership and friendship with Taiwan reportedly considered going through COVAX, the UN programme to distribute vaccines to low and middle-income countries, but decided it would take too long to go through the whole process.

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Tokyo to request new emergency declaration as COVID-19 cases climb: Report

January 02, 2021 2:53 pm

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike will make the request in a meeting with Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who coordinates government measures to fight the pandemic.

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Japan adopts green growth plan to go carbon free by 2050

December 27, 2020 10:57 am

The "green growth strategy" urges utilities to bolster renewables and hydrogen while calling for auto industries to go carbon free by the mid-2030s.

Delhi-Amritsar bullet train plan back on track

February 03, 2014 1:22 am

International bidders invited for carrying out pre-feasibility study.

In historic step,Japan PM hikes tax

October 02, 2013 3:21 am

Abe said the government will raise the national sales tax to 8 per cent in April from 5 per cent.

Japan fiscal cliff: Govt to compromise?

November 01, 2012 7:31 pm

Japan's government is ready to compromise with the opposition to pass a crucial bill.

Chief Justice of India B R Gavai shoe attack: Parties unite to slam ‘attack on democracy’

Shoe thrown at Chief Justice Gavai: Parties unite to slam ‘attack on democracy’

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PM Modi and other leaders condemned the shoe-throwing incident at the Supreme Court, calling it an attack on democracy. The lawyer responsible, Rakesh Kishore, claimed the CJI's remarks insulted "sanatan dharma." The incident was condemned by leaders across party lines, with many highlighting the Dalit background of the CJI and calling it an assault on the judiciary and the Constitution.

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