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Japanese Emperor Akihito not considering abdication
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London, July 14 (ANI): Insisting that Japanese Emperor Akihito has no plans to step down, the imperial household has denied reports that the 82-year-old wants to abdicate, which would be an extraordinary move in 200 years.
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Japan's Defence Minister arrives in India on three-day visit
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 13 (ANI): Japan's Defence Minister General Nakatani is on three-day official visit to India from July 13 to July 15.
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Japan promotes its food, culture to attract foreign tourists
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo, July 12 (ANI): Japan organizes Washoku World Challenge, an annual contest of Japanese cooking for foreign chef.
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Is ScarJo's character in 'Ghost in the Shell' Japanese or n
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London, Jul 10 (ANI): Earlier, when the move of casting Scarlett Johansson as the lead in 'Ghost in the Shell' was branded as another example of "Hollywood whitewashing," producer Steven Paul defended the film, calling it an "international story."
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Indian challenge ends with shuttler Jayaram's defeat at US Open
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
El Monte, U.S.A, July 10 (ANI): Ace Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram knocked out of the US Open Grand Prix Gold tournament after suffering a straight-game loss at the hands of Japan's Kanta Tsuneyama in the men's singles semifinals here on Sunday.
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Voting begins in Upper House as PM Abe looks forward to majority
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo, July 10 (ANI): Polling began in Japan today for half the seats in the Upper House of the Parliament considered to be important for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as it could ease his way to pass judgment on new economic policies and his much cherished goal of Constitution review.
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AMTEX kick-starts with top industry leaders under one umbrella
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): Eleventh edition of the machine tools exhibition of international standards AMTEX 2016 kick started from July 08 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi showcasing a wide array of Machine Tools, Machineries and Allied Products. Experts from length and breadth of the Machine Too
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Japan PM condemns North Korean submarine-launched missile test
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington, July 9 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has condemned the North Korean submarine-launched ballistic missile after South Korean officials reported that a ballistic missile has been launched off its eastern coast but failed midway.
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From Uttarakhand to Japan: Tale of 7 students
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Jul 8 (ANI): In a first, Airestry India Pvt Ltd, a reputed Japanese company, recruited 7 students from Quantum Global Campus situated in Roorkee, Uttarakhand.
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When bunch of grapes fetched more than Rs 7 lakh at Japan auction
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London, Jul 8 (ANI): A bunch of about 30 ping pong ball-sized grapes of the Ruby Roman variety set a new world record when it sold for 1.1m yen or Rs 7,37,004 lakh.
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Tensions escalate between Japan, China following near dogfight
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo, July 7 (ANI): Tensions have reportedly escalated between Japan and China following the former's decision to scramble its air force jets a record 199 times between the months of April and June this year to defend against Chinese aircraft coming close to its airspace.
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Japan introduces new techniques to deal with disasters, farming and beauty
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo, July 6 (ANI): Japan is among the top most natural disaster prone countries. The capital, Tokyo faces Tokyo Bay makes efforts on natural disaster preventions and has set up a protection center. On a daily basis, other than monitoring the tide level, in order to create protection from t
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