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Japan halts govt use of Line app after Chinese access personal data
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 19 (ANI): The Japanese government and all its affiliated agencies and departments have put on hold the use of the popular messaging app Line following the revelation that app users' personal data had been accessed by technicians in China, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunob
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Indo-Pacific countries gear up for Chinese threats
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 19 (ANI): China has become the main threat across a wide arc of the Indo-Pacific. This has stirred its neighbouring countries - stretching from India in the southwest to Japan in the northeast, to form an effective bulwark against Chinese expansionism.
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Stronger brain activity after writing on paper than smartphone, finds stud
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 19 (ANI): Writing on a physical paper can lead to more brain activity when remembering the information an hour later, suggest the findings of a recent study led by Japanese university students and recent graduates.
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Connectivity forms an important pillar of India's Act East Policy, says Se
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): Connectivity forms an important pillar of India's Act East Policy and its doctrine of Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR), which form the building blocks for India's Indo-Pacific Vision, said Riva Ganguly Das, Secretary (East), Ministry of Ext
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Tokyo Olympic ceremonies chief Sasaki resigns over 'Olympig' remark
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 18 (ANI): The organising committee of the summer's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics said on Thursday it has accepted its creative director's offer to resign after he suggested a plus-size female celebrity dress as a pig for the opening ceremony.
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US, Japan should stop interfering in our internal affairs: China
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 17 (ANI): China on Wednesday firmly opposed the recent US-Japan joint statement and asked the two nations to immediately stop interfering in its internal affairs, Chinese state media Xinhua reported.
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Philippines to reimpose entry restrictions as COVID-19 cases rise
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 15 (ANI/Xinhua): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during his first official trip to Seoul that his country would work with South Korea, Japan and other allies to denuclearize the North, media reported on Wednesday.
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North Korea may test improved ICBM in near furture, warns US General
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], March 17 (ANI): A senior US military official on Wednesday revealed that North Korea is contemplating to begin flight testing an improved design of its inter-continental ballistic missiles.
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Japan court rules govt not recognising same-sex marriage as 'unconstitutio
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Tokyo [Japan], March 17 (ANI): A Japanese court on Wednesday ruled for the first time that the government's failure to recognise same-sex marriage is unconstitutional as it violates the right to equality.
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Japan mulls lifting coronavirus state of emergency as strain on healthcare
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Tokyo [Japan], March 17 (ANI): Japanese officials are thinking about lifting the coronavirus state of emergency currently in place for Tokyo and three neighbouring prefectures, as the strain on the healthcare system is easing, reported NHK World on Tuesday.
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Japanese PM Suga to 'soon' visit US to reaffirm bond between both countrie
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 16 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday said that he would soon visit Washington to meet US President Joe Biden, and hoped to make it a significant opportunity to reaffirm the bond between both the countries.
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Blinken, Austin meet Japanese PM Suga in Tokyo
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 16 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J Austin III on Tuesday met with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in Tokyo wherein they discussed the importance of "US-Japan-ROK trilateral cooperation to tackle COVID-19" among other
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