Japan or Environment: What is US priority?

Bibhu Prasad Routray explains why the US is supporting Japan's resolve to release 'treated' radioactive waste water into the Pacific Ocean. And what role China plays in the US decision. IMAGE: The......

How Abe enabled the India-Japan nuclear deal

Prime Ministers Modi and Abe enjoyed a close and empathetic relationship and this certainly gave a sustained momentum to the India-Japan strategic partnership.It is necessary for India to reach out......

Abe Shinzo: A giant departs Japanese politics

'There shall be no change in India-Japan ties,' predicts Rajaram Panda. IMAGE: Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo at the news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, August......

A tide in the affairs of nations

India and Japan are natural partners at sea, and Narendra Modi's recent visit underlined the need to keep the association going One of the important constituents of the joint statement issued at......

Pound tumbles to 30-year low as Brexit result agonisingly close

At it worse, the fall was even larger than during the global financial crisis S upporters of leaving the European Union seized the lead on Friday in the vote count from Britain's bitterly......

How G20 can make a real difference

Image: Delegates of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, including World Bank President Jim Yong Kim (front 2nd L), China's central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan (front 3rd......

India to soon boast of 400 swanky rail stations

Japan has agreed to modernise 400 railway stations across the country while participating in Indian Railways' $140 billion investment over the next five years. A Japanese delegation will soon visit......

India, Japan to treble bilateral currency swap arrangement

India and Japan on Friday decided to more than treble their currency swap arrangement from $15 billion to 50 billion in a move seen as sending an important signal for the rupee. The decision to......

Tokyo quietly planning for potential Olympics delay?

Finally, we have been asked to make a simulation in case of a postponement. IMAGE: Former Japanese swimmer Imoto Naoko holds the Olympic torch during the Olympic flame handover ceremony for the......

Japan says not preparing for postponement of Olympics

But the IOC is facing growing voices of dissent from top athletes worried about their health. The new coronavirus has so far killed more than 8,200 people and infected over 200,000 worldwide.......

Istanbul, Japan, Spain pitch bids for 2020 Olympics

Istanbul were spared a grilling on Wednesday over protests which have rocked Turkey when the three candidates to host the 2020 Olympics presented their cases to the International Olympic Committee......