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Doctors fighting to save Abe: Japanese PM

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe collapsed after being shot while delivering a speech in the western Japanese city of Nara on Friday, July 8. He was rushed to hospital where he was......

Tsunami alert as 7.5 magnitude tremor rocks Japan; 32K homes face power cut

After the powerful earthquake and aftershocks on Monday, more than 32,500 homes in Japan's Ishikawa prefecture are without power, CNN reported citing Hokuriku Electric Power. IMAGE: Road cracks......

Cops guarding Abe couldn't recognise suspicious activity: Report

Police officers on duty at the venue where former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot didn't recognise a suspicious man in the crowd until hearing the first gunshot, Japan's public......

'Dissatisfied' attacker shot Shinzo Abe with self-made gun

The Japanese Police have identified the man arrested for assassinating former prime minister Shinzo Abe on Friday as Tetsuya Yamagami, a 41-year-old resident of Nara City, according to local......

Tsunami warning after 6.6 magnitude quake in Japan

A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan early on Monday, the United States Geological Survey reported. A tsunami as big as three feet was reportedly forecast to hit islands in......

Govt plans licence fee for radios, TV sets

The Information and Broadcasting ministry on Wednesday favoured reviving of the licence fee for radios and television sets, or at least a one time tax, to make Prasar Bharathi financially viable.......

Where is China's Alibaba group founder Jack Ma?

Chinese billionaire and Alibaba group founder Jack Ma is suspected to be missing following his mysterious disappearance from the public eye for over two months after Beijing's aggressive crackdown......

Japan offers India $15 bln loan for bullet train in edge over China

Japan's decision to give virtually free finance for Modi's pet programme is part of its broader push back against China's involvement in infrastructure development in South Asia over the past......

Sumo wrestler infected with coronavirus dies at 28

IMAGE: Picture for representational purpose only. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters A 28-year-old sumo wrestler infected with the novel coronavirus has died, becoming the first sumo wrestler to......

Record audience watched Japan stun Germany

IMAGE: Late goals by Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano gave Japan an incredible 2-1 comeback victory over Germany. Photograph: Claudio Villa/Getty Images The Germany-Japan World Cup match on......

Decision on Tokyo Games to be made in spring?

IMAGE: Also, on Friday, public broadcaster NHK reported that organisers had decided against holding a large scale event marking the one-year countdown to the Games because of the COVID-19......

'No Chinese vaccines to be taken by Team Japan'

IMAGE: Japanese Olympics Minister Tamayo Marukawa speaks during the five-party meeting at the Tokyo 2020 headquarters. Photograph: Du Xiaoyi/Reuters Japanese athletes at the Summer......

Prices shoot up! Tokyo Olympics facing six-fold cost blowout

IMAGE: A woman takes a photograph of a poster showing the Tokyo 2020 Olympic logo. Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty Images The Tokyo Olympics 2020 will cost the host organising committee six times......