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Under scrutiny: Police officers checking on a bicycle along a street in the Shibuya district of central Tokyo, Japan. | Photo Credit: AFP Cyclists using a mobile phone while riding in Japan could face up to six months in jail under strict new rules that entered into force on Friday (November 1, 2024). Those who…
Tokyo: Japan voted on Sunday in its tightest election in years, with new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his juggernaut Liberal Democratic Party facing potentially their worst result since 2009. Opinion surveys suggest the conservative LDP and its junior coalition partner risk falling short of a majority, a result that could deal a knockout blow…
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Delhi: Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo has been conferred with the Nobel Peace Prize 2024 for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons. The organisation is a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, which strives to “achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for…
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Tokyo: Japan’s government admitted Monday manipulating an official photo of the new cabinet to make its members look less unkempt, after online mockery of their sagging trousers. Images taken by local media showed what appeared to be an untidy patch of white shirt under the morning suits of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Defence Minister…
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The military is expected to be another focus for Shigeru Ishiba, Tokyo, Japan: Japan got a new prime minister on Tuesday, with Shigeru Ishiba setting out to jumpstart a lacklustre economy, defuse a demographic crisis and build an Asian NATO to face down China. Ishiba, 67, says he intends to call a general election for…
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Shigeru Ishiba, the head of Japan’s governing party, the Liberal Democratic Party speaks during a press conference at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, to announce that he plans to call a parliamentary election on October 27 | Photo Credit: AP Shigeru Ishiba, the head of Japan’s governing party, said Monday (September…
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A Japanese court on Thursday acquitted Iwao Hakamada, the world’s longest-serving death row prisoner, closing a nearly six decades-long chapter. After spending nearly half a century in solitary confinement, Hakamada was finally declared innocent of the 1968 murders that led to his conviction. At 88, the former professional boxer was not present in the courtroom…
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It would be the first ‘zetta-class’ supercomputer in the world. Japan is building a super-fast computer, the first of its kind, that will be 1,000 times faster than any computer we have now. It will be ready to use in 2030 and could cost over $780 million to make. This new computer will help Japan…
Indian Coast Guard and Japan Coast Guard ships line up during a joint exercise. The U.S. Coast Guard will welcome Indian, Australian and Japanese coast guards on board its vessel in the Indo Pacific, with other countries then taking turns to host, a Biden administration official said | Photo Credit: The Hindu A Coast Guard…
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Nine candidates are vying to lead the world’s fourth-largest economy, Japan (representational) Tokyo: A photogenic political scion, a military model-maker and a hardliner hoping to become Japan’s first woman prime minister are among nine candidates vying to lead the world’s fourth-largest economy. AFP gives a rundown of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers competing to…