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Japan offers huge business opportunities for Indian apparel exporters: AEPC

Japan offers huge business opportunities for Indian apparel exporters and the industry should explore that market, AEPC said on Saturday

IAEA says Fukushima water release into sea to follow safety standards

The head of a UN nuclear agency task force assessing the safety of Japan's plan to release treated radioactive water from the wreaked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea said on Friday that Japanese regulators have shown their commitment to comply with international safety standards. International concern over the plan has been widening. Last week, the head of the 18-nation Pacific Island Forum, which includes Australia, New Zealand and other island nations, expressed concern about any impact of radiation from the water on the livelihoods of people in the region which suffered in the past from atomic bomb tests, and urged Japan to suspend the plan. The region is steadfast in its position that there should be no discharge until all parties verify through scientific means that such a discharge is safe, forum Secretary General Henry Puna said at a public seminar on the Fukushima issue. The US National Association of Marine Laboratories, an organisation of more than 100 laboratories, .

Hockey World Cup Day 8 Highlights: Australia, Belgium move to quarterfinals

Men's Hockey World Cup 2023 Day 8 Highlights: Australia topped Group A courtesy of two wins and a draw while France stopped Argentina at a 5-5 draw. Belgium topped Group B and Germany finished second

Japan to lower Covid-19 to flu status, further easing rules: PM Kishida

Japanese PM Fumio Kishida announced plans to downgrade the legal status of COVID-19 to the equivalent of seasonal influenza in the spring

Japanese banks get home regulator's nod to settle all trades via CCIL

With this move, Japanese bank branches in India can now use CCIL and experience better operational flexibility and lower capital requirement

Japan saw record trade deficit in 2022 amid soaring energy prices, weak yen

According to the Finance Ministry, the country logged a 19.97 trillion yen ($155 billion) deficit for 2022

Japan pushes global counterparts to regulate cryptocurrencies like banks

The country has been making its voice heard through the Financial Stability Board

Hockey World Cup Day 5 Highlights: BEL, GER play 2-2 draw; KOR beat JPN 2-1

Hockey World Cup 2023 Day 5 Highlights: Belgium came from behind to draw level against Germany as the game finished 2-2. Earlier in the evening Korea beat Japan 2-1 to get to 3rd spot in Group B

Japan is offering young parents a million yen to leave Tokyo: Here's why

Tokyo is the world's largest urban city by population, with an estimated 38 million people

Household wealth optimism collapses, finds Edelman Trust Barometer

The Edelman Trust Barometer found that economic pessimism was at its highest in some of the world's top economies such as the United States, Britain, Germany and Japan

Japan, India hold their first joint air drill as China concerns grow

About four F-2 and four F-15 fighters are expected to take part in the drills that started Monday and will run through around Jan

Japan plans to raise employment rate of people with disabilities to 2.7%

This marked the largest increase since the current system was introduced, local media has reported

UK, Japan sign 'landmark' defence pact to bolster economic security: Sunak

Sunak's office said the agreement will be put before Japan's and Britain's parliaments "in the coming weeks"

Sri Lanka concludes debt restructuring talks with Japan: Wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka has concluded debt restructuring talks with Japan and will continue to hold such meetings with India this month, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced on Saturday, as the cash-strapped country looks to carve a path out of its worst financial crisis. The crisis-hit island nation, which is trying to secure a USD 2.9 billion bridge loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has been trying to get financial assurances from its major creditors China, Japan and India which is the requisite for Colombo to get the bailout package. The IMF bailout has been put on a halt as Sri Lanka pursues talks with creditors to meet the global lender's condition for the facility. Addressing trade unionists here, the president said that the debt restructuring talks with China's Exim bank were held this week and further dialogue is in progress. On January 19, the Indian foreign minister is expected to visit and we will continue to have debt restructuring talks with India, Wickremesingh

US, Japan sign pact at Nasa Headquarters for deep space exploration

The US space agency and Japan have signed an agreement that builds on a long history of collaboration in space exploration between the two nations.

Will ensure Quad remains a force for good: Joint statement by US, Japan

The United States and Japan on Friday said that in association with India and Australia, they will ensure that the Quad continues to be a force for good. The two countries said this in a joint statement after the meeting between US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan at the White House on Friday. "With an unbreakable bilateral relationship as our foundation, we will also collaborate with others, in the region and beyond, for the benefit of the Indo-Pacific and the world," the joint statement said. "Together with Australia and India, we will ensure the Quad continues to be a force for good, committed to bringing tangible benefits to the region, including by delivering results on global health, cybersecurity, climate, critical and emerging technologies, and maritime domain awareness," it read. Known as the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, the Quad comprises India, the United States, Japan and Australia. According to the joint statement, Japan and the US wil

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's killer indicted for murder

The formal charges came following Yamagami undergoing an extended six-month psychiatric trial to determine whether he was mentally fit to be held criminally responsible for his actions

Japan eyes delay of Fukushima nuclear power plant water release: Report

Japan has revised the timing of a planned release to the sea of treated but still radioactive wastewater at the Fukushima nuclear power plant to around spring or summer", indicating a delay from the initial target of this spring, after factoring in the progress of a release tunnel and the need to gain public support. The government and the plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, announced in April 2021 a plan to begin releasing the treated wastewater into the sea starting in spring 2023. They say more than 1 million tons of water stored in about 1,000 tanks at the plant are hampering its decommissioning and risk leaking in the event of a major earthquake or tsunami. Under the current plan, TEPCO will transport the treated water through a pipeline from the tanks to a coastal facility, where it will be diluted with seawater and sent through an undersea tunnel, currently under construction, to an offshore outlet. The company has acknowledged the possibility of rough win

Biden, Kishida meet: To announce steps to raise US-Japan ties to new level

'From our perspective, the message is absolutely clear. Japan is stepping up and doing so in lockstep with the United States'

Britain and Japan sign pact to allow two-way military deployments

'Most significant defence agreement between the 2 countries in a century'