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November 18, 2024 8:27 AM

Egyptian adventurer reaches Japan after 274 days of overland travel

Japan is seeing a record boom in tourism, but one recent visitor travelled more than the circumference of the earth to get there, using boats, trains, camels, and even hitchhiking. Modern-day adventurer Omar Nok became a social media celebrity, attr...

November 17, 2024 1:41 PM

Australia, Japan, US reaffirm commitment to support India’s maritime surveillance in Indo-Pacific

Australia, Japan, and the United States on Sunday reaffirmed their commitment to support India’s maritime surveillance efforts in the Indo-Pacific region while recognising the importance of closer collaboration in the field. Australian Deputy Prim...

November 11, 2024 4:11 PM

Japan PM Ishiba survives parliament vote as Trump looms large

Japanese lawmakers voted on Monday for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to stay on as leader, after his scandal-tarnished coalition lost its parliamentary majority in a lower house election last month. Ishiba, who called the snap poll after taking offi...

October 23, 2024 1:46 PM

A man’s world: Japan makes tepid push on gender gap in politics as election nears

Karen Makishima is the only female running for Japan's ruling party in her 20-seat prefecture for the Oct. 27 general election, reflecting the tough battle women face in breaking into the country's male dominated politics. Her Liberal Democratic Par...

October 17, 2024 12:51 PM

Japan’s ruling LDP at risk of losing majority in election, polls show

Japan's ruling party may lose its majority in the lower house, according to media polling ahead of the Oct. 27 election, meaning it would likely have to rely on coalition partner Komeito to stay in power. The Liberal Democratic Party may not reach t...

October 11, 2024 11:50 AM

Turkey imposes anti-dumping duties on steel imports from China, Russia, India, Japan

Turkey has imposed anti-dumping duties on some steel imports from China, Russia, India and Japan, according to a decision published in the Official Gazette on Friday, with the highest tariffs on Chinese imports. The duties imposed will range between...

September 27, 2024 11:12 AM

LDP leadership election candidates: Who’s vying to be Japan’s next PM?

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party votes on Friday in leadership election to replace Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Here are the leading contenders based on public opinion polls. SHIGERU ISHIBA, 67 The former defence minister is making his fif...

September 26, 2024 9:45 AM

G4 nations ‘Brazil, Germany, India & Japan’ stress comprehensive UNSC reform as essential

The G4 Ministers representing Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan stressed that a comprehensive reform of the Security Council is an "essential part" of any endeavor to make the United Nations better reflect contemporary geopolitical realities and thus...

September 24, 2024 8:43 AM

US has long endorsed permanent UNSC seats for India, Germany, Japan: Antony Blinken

Affirming support for the reformation of United Nations Security Council to better represent the developing world, US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken said that the United States has long endorsed permanent seats in the council for India, Japan and...

August 31, 2024 12:55 PM

At least 6 dead in Japan as Typhoon Shanshan grinds on

At least six people were dead as Typhoon Shanshan crept eastward through Japan on Saturday, drenching large areas with torrential rain, triggering landslide and flood warnings hundreds of kilometres from the storm's centre. Footage on national broad...