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Japanese craftsman skillfully restores old books
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 24 (ANI): The damaged book that looks like it could be thrown away is going to get a second life. Nobuo Okano has been working for over 30 years in a rare profession of repairing worn-out books.
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L&T Construction bags contract for Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 24 (ANI): Infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) said on Friday its railway strategic business unit of construction business in consortium with Kyosan Electric Manufacturing Company of Japan has won a significant order in the form of three pack
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USGS releases first-ever comprehensive geologic map of the Moon
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 23 (ANI): Have you ever wondered what kind of rocks make up those bright and dark splotches on the moon? Well, the USGS has just released a new authoritative map to help explain the 4.5-billion-year-old history of our nearest neighbour in space.
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6.1 magnitude earthquake hits Japan's Miyagi Prefecture
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Miyagi [Japan], April 20 (ANI): An earthquake with a magnitude 6.1 on the richter scale struck off Japan's Miyagi Prefecture on Monday, NHK reported citing Japanese authorities.
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Japan's 1000-year-old waterfall cherry tree attracts nature lovers
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Fukushima [Japan], April 17 (ANI): A tree named Miharu Takizakura, meaning waterfall cherry tree, in Fukushima metropolis of Japan is almost 1,000-year-old and has been documented in the ancient letters and drawings.
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India's coronavirus cases over 12,700; ICMR says testing average for posi
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): The number of coronavirus positive cases rose to 12,759 in the country as the government rejected suggestions that testing rate was not enough and laid thrust on people strictly following guidelines issued for the extended lockdown.
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Bonsai, traditional Japanese dwarf tree art attracts visitors
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Edogawa [Japan], April 16 (ANI): This is a very unique museum in Tokyo's Edogawa district. It has hundreds of dwarf trees or known as bonsai, which is mastered by Japanese bonsai artists for 800 years.
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North Korea fires barrage of cruise missiles on eve of founder's birthday
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], April 14 (ANI): North Korea on Tuesday morning fired a salvo of suspected cruise missiles towards the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JSC).
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Six Japanese nationals to fly home via Bengaluru amid COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 14 (ANI): Amid 21-day COVID-19 lockdown in the country, the Indian government on Tuesday allowed six Japanese nationals to fly back home from Bengaluru airport via Japan airlines, said Raj Kishore, Visakhapatnam Airport Director while speaking to
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Japanese machines used for sanitisation in Delhi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Rajinder Nagar (Delhi) [India], April 13 (ANI): Sanitisation of Rajinder Nagar area in Delhi is being done with the help of Japanese machines as a precautionary measure to limit the spread of coronavirus.
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Veteran Japanese director Nobuhiko Obayashi passes away
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 11 (ANI): Nobuhiko Obayashi, one of Japan's prolific filmmaker died on Friday due to lung cancer at the age of 82, reported Variety.
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PM Modi discusses health, economic challenges of COVID-19 with Japan's Abe
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a telephonic conversation with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe to discuss global health and economic challenges emerging out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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