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In Japan, births in 2023 fell for the eighth consecutive year. Tokyo: Japan’s plummeting birth rate has led a diaper manufacturer to stop making them for babies at home and instead ramp up production for adults, the company said Tuesday. Oji Holdings will wrap up domestic output of infant diapers in September, after production dropped…
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Team Japan in action© AFP Japan look poised to reach the final stage of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup without kicking a ball after FIFA said their match at North Korea will not be rescheduled. North Korea were supposed to stage the qualifier on Tuesday in the capital Pyongyang but five days before the…
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The park will have at least 30 rides and include a 70-metre dragon at the centre. A theme park based on Japan’s “Dragon Ball” manga franchise will be built in Saudi Arabia’s new high-end tourist attraction of Qiddiya, just outside Riyadh, authorities said Friday. The announcement comes two weeks after fans of the massively popular…
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A South Korean tanker is seen capsized off Mutsure Island, Yamaguchi prefecture, southwestern Japan Wednesday, March 20, 2024. The coast guard said it received a distress call from the Keoyoung Sun chemical tanker, saying that it was tilting and was taking refuge near the Island. | Photo Credit: AP A South Korean tanker capsized off…
Son Heung-min and South Korea must move on from their turbulent Asian Cup when they return to World Cup qualifying Thursday, while Japan face North Korea in a double-header that sees them travel to Pyongyang. Asian football is back on the road to the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, a…
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Indian Institute of Science building in Bengaluru | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Scientists at Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), in collaboration with scientists from Japan, Denmark and the United States, have developed a synthetic material design that enables them to control the temperature at which a material can overcome electronic ‘traffic jams’ , a transition…
A concept model of the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP)‘s fighter jet is displayed at the DSEI Japan defense show at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Japan on March 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan’s ruling coalition agreed on March 15 to allow the export of next-generation fighter jets being developed with…
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Yutaka Yoshie started his wrestling career 30 years ago. Yutaka Yoshie, a wrestling star in Japan, has died at the age of 50 after collapsing in his dressing room. According to Metro, he was rushed to the hospital immediately after a match for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) over the weekend. The wrestling body said…
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S Jaishankar said India is working on major corridors today, both to its east and west. Tokyo: Hailing India’s growth story, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday that it is important that Japan today appreciate the pace of change in India. Mr Jaishankar, who is in Japan on a three-day visit from March…
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This image provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/Takara Tomy/Sony Group Corporation/Doshisha University shows an image taken by a Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 (LEV-2) of a robotic moon rover called Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, on the moon. File. | Photo Credit: AP Japan’s Moon lander has been put back to sleep…
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