Tag: Japan

Bengaluru: Asserting that the relationship between the space agencies of India and Japan has had a “visible change”, the Indian Space Research Organisation chief on Friday said the countries are working towards a joint lunar mission soon. “We are looking at a possible joint lunar mission which is still in a very preliminary stage. We […]

New Delhi: First edition of the Hot Air Balloon Festival is all set to kick off at Araku valley near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Scheduled to start from Tuesday, the three daylong event will experience participation of 13 countries that include the US, Switzerland, Japan, Malaysia and Taiwan. The Hot Air Balloon festival is being […]

Paris: Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth defeated Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto in straight games to win men’s singles title at the French Open Superseries here on Sunday. Srikanth dominated from the start to carve out a 21-14, 21-13 win in 34 minutes. Sunday’s win helped the eighth seeded Indian to improve his head-to-head statistics against the unseeded […]

Tokyo: At least five people were killed as typhoon Lan lashed Japan’s Pacific coast after a landfall on Monday. The typhoon, with an atmospheric pressure of 950 hectopascals at its centre and powerful winds of up to 198 kph, hit the Shizuoka prefecture on Honshu island at around 3 am, reports Xinhua news agency. According […]

New Delhi: Ten Indians are still missing after a cargo ship sank off the coast of Japan, the External Affairs Ministry said on Sunday. According to a tweet by External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar, those missing are Captain Nair Rajesh Ramachandran, Second Officer Rahul Kumar, Third Officer Subramaniam Giridhar Kumar, Chief Engineer Rajput Shyam […]

New Delhi: Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will leave on Monday for a three-day visit to Japan where he will also sign an agreement with the island nation to cooperate in jointly developing a “liquid and flexible global LNG market” sharing technical knowhow in the area, an official said on Sunday. “The visit is important to […]

Dhaka: After a dominant performance against Japan in their campaign at the Hero Asia Cup, the India hockey team, led by Manpreet Singh, will take on hosts Bangladesh in their next Pool A encounter here on Friday. Apart from an initial set back when Japan equalised in the fourth minute, India sailed through the match […]

Kolkata: Switzerland’s Esther Staubli will become the first female referee to officiate a match at the FIFA U-17 World Cup when Japan clash with New Caledonia in the final round group E match here on Saturday, a statement said. This is in line with FIFA’s objective to further develop women’s football. Staubli is one of seven […]

Tokyo: A volcano in Japan erupted early on Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. No one was injured. Mt. Shinmoe, one of the 50 active volcanos constantly under watch of the agency, erupted around 5.34 a.m. (local time) and the plume rose some 300 meters above the crater, said the agency, Xinhua reported. It was […]

Tokyo: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck off Japan’s Fukushima prefecture at 11:56 p.m. local time, Japan Meteorological Agency said on Friday. The temblor was centred off the shore of Fukushima prefecture in eastern Japan, with the epicentre at a latitude of 37.1 degrees north and a longitude of 141.2 degrees east […]

Tokyo: Six people, including five children, died in a blaze in an apartment building in Japan on Friday, a media report said. The fire engulfed a three-story building in Hitachi. It started at around 4.50 a.m. and took almost an hour to be extinguished. The blaze was started by a 32-year-old man who surrendered himself […]

Pyongyang: North Korea on Tuesday threatened Japan with nuclear destructions in response to Tokyo’s attempts to convince the international community to reject dialogue in favour of applying more pressure on Pyongyang. In an article released by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Pyongyang responded to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s speech at the UN General Assembly […]

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday called an early election as he seeks to secure a stronger mandate to overcome “a national crisis” amid rising threats from North Korea. Abe’s decision comes amid rebounding approval ratings after a record low over the summer and with the opposition largely in disarray. In a national […]

Tokyo: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 has been detected off the coast of Japan on Thursday. The US Geological Survey said that the earthquake struck about 281 km southeast of Kamaishi, and around 321 miles east of Fukushima, the Independent reported. The depth of the earthquake, which struck at 2.37 a.m., was measured […]

Kolkata: Acknowledging the role played by yoga legend Bishnu Charan Ghosh and his family members in spreading Indian postural yoga in Japan, the Japanese postal department has released postage stamps on four of Bengal’s famous exponents of the ancient Indian practice. The stamps on Bishnu Charan Ghosh, his son Biswanath Ghosh, daughter Karuna Ghosh and […]