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August 6, 2025 2:32 PM
Eighty years ago, on August 6, 1945, a blinding flash seared Hiroshima’s soul. "Little Boy," a uranium-fueled atomic bomb, unleashed a hellish 7,000°C inferno, reducing 70% of the city to ash and rubble. Steel frames buckled 1.7 kilometres from th...
August 5, 2025 12:44 PM
Japan recorded its highest-ever temperature of 41.8 degrees Celsius (107.2 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, prompting the government to advise residents to stay indoors and promise steps to ease weather-related damage to rice crops. The eastern city ...
July 21, 2025 10:04 AM
Japan's ruling coalition lost control of the upper house in an election on Sunday, further weakening Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's grip on power even as he vowed to remain party leader, citing a looming tariff deadline with the United States. Whil...
July 3, 2025 2:01 PM
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit a remote island in southwestern Japan on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The earthquake's epicentre was off the coast of the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima prefecture nearly 1,2...
July 3, 2025 12:35 PM
Viral rumours of impending disaster stemming from a comic book prediction have taken the sheen off Japan's tourism boom, with some airlines cancelling flights from Hong Kong where passengers numbers have plunged. Japan has seen record numbers of...
June 30, 2025 10:44 PM
In a landmark initiative to bolster maritime cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, the Coast Guards of India, Japan, the United States, and Australia have launched the first-ever 'QUAD at Sea Ship Observer Mission.' The cross-embarkation mission, conducte...
February 25, 2025 3:51 PM
The 6th edition of the India-Japan joint military exercise, Dharma Guardian, commenced on Monday, at the East Fuji Training Area in Japan. This year’s exercise marks a significant expansion, with troop participation reaching company strength for th...
January 22, 2025 9:30 AM
The United States, Australia, India and Japan recommitted to working together on Tuesday, after the first meeting of the "Quad" grouping's top diplomats since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. In a joint statement after the talks i...
January 20, 2025 8:53 PM
India’s External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, met with Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya on January 19, in Washington, DC. This meeting was their second in-person interaction, following their previous discussion during the G7 Foreign Mini...
January 13, 2025 7:19 PM
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck the Kyushu region of southern Japan on Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Tsunami advisories for waves of a maximum height of 1 metre were issued for the southern prefectures of Miy...
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