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Japan's Defence Minister undecided on running for position of ruling party
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Japanese Defence Minister Taro Kono said on Saturday that he is yet to make a decision on whether to run for the position of the head of ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which also envisages premiership, after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe decided to step
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Chinese authorities arrest 12 people, including pro-democracy activist, se
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Aug 29 (ANI): Chinese authorities have arrested 12 people, including a pro-democracy activist, who were secretly heading to Taiwan by sea.
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigns
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Aug 28 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday officially announced his plan to step down, citing health issues.
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Japan PM Shinzo Abe intends to step down amid health issues
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Aug 28 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to step down, the NHK World reported on Thursday.
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Vande Bharat Mission: Air India flight takes off from Japan with 232 India
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 27 (ANI): A special Air India flight, under the Vande Bharat Mission, carrying 232 stranded Indians including two Japanese nationals and three infants has taken off from Tokyo and will soon be reaching India.
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25 die, 12,800 face health problems due to extreme heat in Japan
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Aug 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Close to 12,800 people suffered health complications and 25 others died as a result of persisting extreme temperatures in Japan over the past week, the Japanese Fire and Disaster Management Agency said on Tuesday.
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Japan's GDP expected to recover to pre-pandemic level by end of FY 2021
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan's economic growth is expected to return to the pre-pandemic levels by the end of fiscal year 2021, which starts on April 1 of the next year and ends on March 31, 2022, Yasutoshi Nishimura, the Japanese economic revitalisation minister, said on Tu
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Arjuna Award will motivate me for next year's Tokyo Olympics: Dutee Chand
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Aug 22 (ANI): Ace Indian sprinter Dutee Chand on Saturday said the Arjuna Award will motivate her for next year's Tokyo Olympics and it will also inspire young athletes to pick up a sport.
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Players used quarantine time to learn about India's extraordinary Olympic
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 22 (ANI): After returning to the Sports Authority of India's Bengaluru campus earlier this month, players used the two-week-long mandatory quarantine period "to learn about India's extraordinary Olympic history", said Graham Reid, Indian men's hockey tea
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Edogawa NICHE prize 2020 awarded to Dr. John Craig Venter
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Aug 17 (ANI/Mediawire): The Edogawa NICHE Prize for the year 2020 has been awarded to Dr John Craig Venter, an American biotechnologist for his contribution to research and development pertaining to the human genome.
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Japanese PM admitted to hospital for health checkup
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Aug 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe checked into a hospital in Tokyo on Monday after one of his aides described as a "health checkup", although rumours have been swirling about the leader's ill health.
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Japan sees worst Q2 GDP contraction in 40 years amid COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Aug 17 (ANI): Japan's economy in April to June period shrank an annualised 27.8 per cent in real terms from the previous quarter, the sharpest contraction in 40 years as COVID-19 pandemic upended the economy, reports said on Monday.
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