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Florida authorities propose relocating summer Olympics from Tokyo to US
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Florida [US], January 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Florida chief financial officer Jimmy Patronis has sent a letter to International Olympic Committee (OIC) president Thomas Bach proposing to relocate the 2021 Olympic and Paralympic Games from Japan to the United States.
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Shinzo Abe, SP Balasubramaniam among Padma Vibhushan awardees
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New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and music legend SP Balasubramaniam (posthumously) are among this year's recipients of Padma Vibhushan, the country's second-highest civilian award.
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Senkaku Islands protected by US-Japan Security Treaty, says Pentagon
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], January 24 (ANI): US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin held a telephone conversation with his Japanese counterpart Nobuo Kishi and discussed the security situation in the Indo-Pacific region, particularly the East China Sea territorial disputes, the US Department of Defen
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International Olympic Committee prepares for various scenarios ahead of To
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Moscow [Russia], January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is taking into account various scenarios for holding the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and has a wide array of measures for a proper response, IOC President Thomas Bach said.
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Japan records rise in suicide rate for first time since 2009
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Tokyo [Japan], January 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan recorded an increase in the number of suicides in 2020 for the first time since 2009, with the country's Health Ministry saying that the impact of the coronavirus pandemic affected this tendency, media reported on Friday, citing the National Pol
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Japanese government 'fully focused' on hosting Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 22 (ANI): The Japanese government is "fully focused" on hosting the Tokyo Olympics this summer, the organisers said on Friday.
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World leaders laud US President Joe Biden's decision to re-join Paris Acco
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], January 21 (ANI): US President Joe Biden's decision to re-join the Paris Agreement has been welcomed worldwide including by the United Kingdom, France and Japan.
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Dhir & Dhir Associates ropes in Sonal Verma to lead the ESG practice
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Dhir & Dhir Associates, a full-service law firm founded in 1993, has serviced clients globally as a single-window legal and regulatory advisor. The firm has offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Hyderabad and a representative office in
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India has mainstreamed 'Indo-Pacific', says Foreign Secretary Harsh Shring
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New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Tuesday said that India has not only mainstreamed "Indo-Pacific", but also encouraged others to perceive and define the region to its full extent.
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Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture to introduce alert mode over UK Covid variant
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Tokyo [Japan], January 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The Shizuoka prefecture in Japan is to declare a high alert mode over the spread of the UK strain of the coronavirus, which was recently found in people with no record of traveling to the United Kingdom, the NHK public broadcaster reported on Tuesday
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India, Japan sign Memorandum of Cooperation to help promote movement of sk
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New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): India and Japan signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on Monday on "Basic Framework for Partnership" to help promote the movement of skilled workers from New Delhi to Tokyo.
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Japan culled record 5.8 million chickens since November 2020
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan has culled record 5.8 million chickens since November due to bird flu, the NHK broadcaster reported Sunday.
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