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Japan's Toshiba to split into 3 firms due to foreign shareholders pressure
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan's Toshiba Corp. on Friday said that it would split into three listed companies, focusing on infrastructure, devices, and semiconductors respectively, as the firm was facing intense pressure from foreign activist shareholders.
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Japan's new Foreign Minister confirms intention to sign peace treaty with
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan intends to resolve the issue of the ownership of the four disputed islands, Kunashir, Iturup, Shikotan and Habomai, and eventually sign a peace treaty with Russia, recently appointed Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Friday.
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Japan asks China to show restraint with military activities near Diaoyutai
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 12 (ANI): Japan has asked China to self-restraint its "increasing military activities" in the East China Sea, Taiwan News reported.
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US, Japan agree on stronger ties to seek free Indo-Pacific
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 11 (ANI): Amid China's military rise, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday met with the commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command and agreed to strengthen their alliance for a free and open Indo-Pacific.
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New Japanese FM vows to protect universal values amid China's rise
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 11 (ANI): Japan's newly-appointed Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Thursday vowed to protect universal values and the country's peace and prosperity amid security challenges arising out of China's military aggression.
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Chinese leaders 'don't understand variety of cultures', prefer to remain i
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 11 (ANI): Tibetian spiritual leader Dalai Lama has slammed the Chinese leadership, saying they "don't understand the variety of different cultures", while at the same time lauding India as a centre of religious harmony.
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Japan evacuates over 50 people from Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 11 (ANI): A total of 51 people, who worked for Japanese organizations from Afghanistan, have been evacuated by Japan, local media reported on Thursday.
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Japan raises concerns with Beijing over Chinese ships repeated entry into
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 11 (ANI): Japan has voiced concerns over the increasing military capabilities of Beijing in a virtual meeting with a Chinese official, reported local media.
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6.6-magnitude quake hits 163 km SE of Hirara, Japan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 10 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 jolted 163 km southeast of Hirara, Japan at 15:45:13 GMT on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
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Pfizer asks Japan to approve COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech have filed an application with the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for approval of their COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11, according to a statement released on Wednesday.
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Fumio Kishida re-elected as Japan's Prime Minister in parliamentary vote
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 10 (ANI): Party President of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party(LPD), Fumio Kishida has been re-elected as Japan's Prime Minister on Wednesday in a parliamentary vote.
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Japan confirms season's 1st Avian flu outbreak, 143,000 birds to be culled
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Akita [Japan], November 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Avian flu has been confirmed at a chicken farm in Akita prefecture, northeastern Japan, with around 143,000 birds of the farm to be culled, the prefectural government said Wednesday.
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