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Toyota Motor cuts production target by 3% on parts and chips shortages

Toyota Motor Corp cut its annual production target by 300,000 vehicles on Friday as rising Covid slowed output at parts factories in Vietnam and Malaysia, compounding a global shortage of auto chips.

Japan extends Covid emergency in Tokyo and 18 other areas until Sept 30

Japan announced Thursday it is extending a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and 18 other areas until the end of September as health care systems remain under severe strain

Candidate in Japan race calls for new capitalism, recovery

Former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida is the only announced candidate so far in race to lead foverning Liberal Democratic Party and succeed outgoing PM Yoshihide Suga.

Japan court summons North Korea leader over repatriation programme

A Japanese court has summoned North Korea's leader to face demands for compensation by several ethnic Korean residents of Japan who say they suffered human rights abuses in North Korea

IAEA team in Japan to help prepare Fukushima water release

An IAEA mission arrived in Japan on Monday to help prepare for a decades-long release into the ocean of treated but still radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, officials said

UK aircraft carrier visits Japan for drill amid China worry

Japan's defence minister on Monday welcomed the British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth as it made its first Japanese port call

Japan's Taro Kono 'most popular pick' to lead govt after Suga: News Polls

After Yoshihide Suga announced his intention to resign, Japan's Administrative Reform Minister Taro Kono is the most popular pick to succeed the country's top rank

Japan PM candidate Kishida wants to delay economic stimulus debate

The former foreign minister's remark underscores the rising risk of a delay in compiling the budget for next fiscal year as economic policy is in limbo during the campaign for premier

Paralympics: Avani Lekhara leads Indian contingent at Closing Ceremony

A total of 54 para-athletes from India across nine sports disciplines were featured in the Paralympic Games

Tokyo Paralympics will motivate generations of athletes: PM Modi

Modi said on Sunday that their feat will always have a special place in the history of Indian sports and expressed hope to build on these successes to ensure greater participation in sports.

Japan's Suga quits as premier, throwing open succession race

Suga told reporters he couldn't campaign for re-election as leader of Liberal Democratic Party this month while battling the virus, ending his premiership almost exactly a year after it started

Paralympics bronze medallist archer Harvinder wants to crack UPSC: Coach

Harvinder Singh, who on Friday became the first Indian to win a Paralympics medal in archery, is a man of many parts. Pursuing Ph.D. in economics, the 31-year-old, whose legs stopped functioning properly due to adverse effect from an injection during his childhood, loves history, is a painter and dreams of cracking the UPSC examination some day, according to his coach Gaurav Sharma. Having taken up archery in the compound section after getting inspired from watching the 2012 London Paralympics, Singh almost quit the sport after he did not make it to the 2014 Incheon Asian Para Games Indian team. "He was completely demoralised and was telling archery was not his domain," his childhood coach Sharma told PTI. Sharma, however, did not want to let his effort go in vain and "wanted to take a risk". In the bronze playoff, Singh was leading 5-3 before Kim Min Su clinched the fifth set, shooting a perfect 10 to force a shoot-off where the Indian responded in style with a perfect 10 against

Tokyo Paralympics: Harvinder Singh wins bronze in recurve archery

The Indian defeated South Korea's Min Su Kim

Japanese shares gain on Suga's resignation as markets look to US jobs data

Japan's TOPIX stock index rose to a 30-year high and was last up 1.50%

Japan PM signals he is stepping down, won't contest for party leadership

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga won't run for governing party leadership election, indicating he will step down as Japanese leader at the end of this month, public broadcaster NHK said.

Japan sets up temporary office in Qatar's Doha for talks with Taliban

Japan has set up a temporary office in Doha for dialogue with the Taliban, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday

Apple to let media apps avoid 30% fee from next year after global scrutiny

Companies like Netflix and Spotify Technology have long complained that Apple doesn't allow them to link to their web portals for users to sign up for their services

Japan: Black particles found in Moderna vaccine, batch put on hold

Japan has put on hold a batch of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine after a pharmacist saw several black particles in one vial of the vaccine.

Japanese government considers moving embassy in Afghanistan to Qatar

The Japanese government is considering transferring the functions of its embassy in Kabul to Qatar due to the tense situation in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said

Peter Thiel's founders fund backs $130 million Japan technology fund

Billionaire Thiel's Founders Fund is backing a new $130 million vehicle by Coral Capital to invest in Japan's technology startups as the country shakes off its image as a tough place for entrepreneurs