Although Japan had played a significant role in India’s freedom movement, the two countries pursued different geopolitical goals during the Cold War period. In Pic: PM Modi & Japanese PM Shinzo Abe at Ahmedabad airport NEW DELHI: India and Japan have ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 domestic sponsor revenue at record $2.8 billion
LIMA (Reuters) - Domestic sponsorship for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has so far reached a record $2.8 billion (£2.11 billion) -- almost three times as much as in any previous summer Games -- the International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday. John Coates ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo futures rise for a third day on weak yen
TOKYO, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Benchmark TOCOM rubber futures headed ... For the top stories in the rubber market and other news, click or MARKET NEWS * Oil prices rose on Tuesday after OPEC forecast higher demand in 2018 and Russia and Venezuela confirmed ... ( read original story ...)
The World War Two heroes reduced to skin and bone inside Japan’s brutal POW camps: Startling photographs reveal trauma suffered by British troops… and the torture devices …
These shocking photographs show the skeletal state of British prisoners in Japan at the end of the Second World War. Hundreds of emaciated servicemen who had been starved and brutally beaten by their captors were found by Allied troops following the fall ... ( read original story ...)
India likely to finalise first defence purchase from Japan
Japan is now possibly India's closest strategic partner in the ... one of the aims being to connect the major metropolises in India via HSR in the coming years. Get latest news & live updates on the go on your pc with News App. Download The Times of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan courted for East-West Economic Corridor
Thailand is counting on Japan to play a bigger role not only in the country but also in Asean, asking the Japanese to join the development of a high-speed train network in the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC). Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak ... ( read original story ...)
Thai trip stokes interest of investors, says Japan minister
Thailand will remain a key player for Japanese investors with more investment likely to flow into the country in the near future, Hiroshige Seko, Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry says. "Thailand has emerged as the most important supply chain ... ( read original story ...)
Ricketts touts Nebraska beef, tourism on Japan trip
LINCOLN, Neb. — Gov. Pete Ricketts is promoting Nebraska's beef and tourism industries with business leaders in Japan. Ricketts and his trade delegation pitched the state's offerings Tuesday in a meeting with representatives of Japan's tourism industry. ( read original story ...)
Live Blog: Japan PM Shinzo Abe’s India visit
It will be in the field of defence and nuclear technologies that India and Japan hope to get to the next level. India is likely to finalise the first defence purchases from Japan, the US-2 amphibious plane that has been tossed around between the two ... ( read original story ...)
Japan seen adopting extra budget despite solid economy: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government is widely expected to compile an extra budget for this fiscal year, despite the improving economy, economists polled by Reuters say. Compiling extra budgets has become a habit for Japan as it struggles to shore up ... ( read original story ...)
Countering OBOR: India, Japan to Launch Asia-Africa Growth Corridor this Week
India and Japan are expected to commit about $40 billion initially to the proposed growth corridor with their strategic partnership and maritime cooperation playing a key role in the development of the corridor. New Delhi (Sputnik) — Japanese Prime ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Rubber : TO ROCK BAJA AS TITLE SPONSOR OF THE 2018 NORRA MEXICAN 1000
Release date- 12092017 - SANTA ANA, CA-Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC) is Baja bound. Yokohama announced it has fortified its off-road racing ties as the title sponsor of the 2018 Yokohama National Off-Road Racing Association's (NORRA) Mexican 1000. ( read original story ...)
Just over 2 years left, intense work at Tokyo stadium site
TOKYO (AP) — The Olympic stadium in Tokyo is taking shape with 22 cranes on site and the spectator stands being installed after 10 months of underground foundation work. With its completion deadline just over two years away, work is intense. Olympic ... ( read original story ...)
‘We’re scared, obviously’: Japanese worry over growing North Korean nuclear threats
Pyongyang is threatening to keep firing missiles in Japan's direction or beyond ... Kondo says many atomic bomb survivors are frustrated by the recent news from the Korean Peninsula. She is shaken to her core when she hears reports of the estimated ... ( read original story ...)
Nissan decries incremental change, seeks dramatic jumps
In an example at Nissan's Yokohama plant, shown to The Associated Press, a coating technology made the metal liner of a cylinder block of an engine about the tenth of its previous thickness, from 2 millimeters (0.08 inches) to 0.2 millimeters (0.01 inches). ( read original story ...)
Olympics: NGOs complain to IOC over Tokyo Games environmental record
LIMA (Reuters) - Dozens of environmental group sharply criticized organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Monday for alleged exploitation of tropical rain forests, claiming this was also potentially fuelling human rights violations. In an open letter to ... ( read original story ...)