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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 22, 2020
U.S.-India relations shape Japan's strategic environment
Japan's strategic environment is shaped by the intersection of three major geopolitical storylines.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 18, 2020
An Indian take on making a Japanese film
Indian filmmaker Anshul Chauhan opted to make his first feature film in Japan, but discovered just how difficult working with the local industry can be.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 28, 2020
Over 500 arrested over Delhi sectarian violence
Indian police have arrested 514 people for deadly Hindu-Muslim violence that broke out in the capital, the government said, as it faced mounting international criticism for failing to protect minority Muslims.
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2020
India says it has discovered gold fields in north which could yield over 3,000 tons of ore
India, the world's second-biggest gold consumer, has discovered gold fields with reserves of over 3,000 tons in its most populous northern state, a government official said on Saturday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 18, 2020
Masayoshi Son's big real estate venture with Oyo runs into real problems in Japan
Last March, months before the meltdown at WeWork, Masayoshi Son worked through the prospects for another one of his favorite portfolio companies — a startup from India called Oyo.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 17, 2020
India's use of facial recognition tech during protests stirs criticism
When artist Rachita Taneja heads out to protest in New Delhi, she covers her face with a pollution mask, a hoodie or a scarf to reduce the risk of being identified by police facial recognition software.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 15, 2020
App successfully reunites thousands of missing kids with families in India
Indian police have reunited thousands of missing and trafficked children with their families using a new facial recognition app that campaigners said is a "game changer" in tackling the problem.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Feb 6, 2020
Yogendra 'Yogi' Puranik: The first Indian voice in Tokyo politics
After seeing miscommunication and bullying firsthand, Yogendra 'Yogi' Puranik decided to stand up and do something about it. Now, as a politician, he hopes to be a bridge between two communities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2020
India draws fire for hiking taxes on imported electronics, toys and furniture
India on Saturday raised taxes on imports of goods including electronics, toys and furniture, aiming to give impetus to domestic manufacturing in a move that will hit Sweden's IKEA and other foreign firms.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 30, 2020
Indian Cabinet approves extending abortion deadline from 20 to 24 weeks
In a boost to female reproductive rights, India's Cabinet on Wednesday backed giving women more time to seek an abortion in a bill aimed at helping the young, disadvantaged and the raped.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Jan 24, 2020
Indian entrepreneurs create water-saving solution for farmers out of Okinawa fruit scraps
Two Indian entrepreneurs in Okinawa Prefecture are developing an organic polymer made from fruit scraps that can retain water 50 times its weight, in a potential breakthrough for farming in water-scarce regions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 21, 2020
Where India fits in Japan's Indo-Pacific strategy
The South Asia giant has grown increasingly prominent in Japan's regional strategy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Jan 17, 2020
India relief team chief brings home lessons from 3/11 Tohoku tsunami
The former head of an Indian government rescue team dispatched for relief operations in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, following the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami in 2011 is sharing the lessons learned from the disaster-stricken town in his home country.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 17, 2020
Japan and India hold joint coast guard drill
The Japanese and Indian coast guards on Thursday conducted a joint drill in waters off Chennai, southern India.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 14, 2020
Toward an Indo-Pacific concert of democracies
If democratic powers leverage their bilateral and trilateral partnerships to generate progress toward such a concert of democracies, the vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific may be achievable in the years ahead.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2020
Modi's project to make a Hindu India
India represents the most successful example in history of managing the challenge of unity in diversity, but the ruling party's Hindutva agenda threatens this achievement.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 10, 2020
One woman reported a rape every 15 minutes in India in 2018
One woman reported a rape every 15 minutes on average in India in 2018, according to government data released on Thursday, underlining its dismal reputation as one of the worst places in the world to be female.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 8, 2020
India court orders Jan. 22 hanging of four men guilty in deadly 2012 gang rape aboard moving bus
Four men sentenced to death for the gang rape and murder of a woman on a New Delhi bus in an attack that sent shock waves across the world will be hanged on Jan. 22, an Indian court ruled on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 6, 2020
Children's death toll at government hospital in north India rises amid nationwide outcry
Some 109 children have so far died at a government hospital in northern India since the beginning of December, said a hospital official on Sunday, even as local authorities scrambled to bring in additional staff and equipment amid a rising outcry over poor health care facilities in the country.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 4, 2020
India's Irfan Pathan announces retirement from cricket
Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan announced his retirement from all forms of the game on Saturday, bringing the curtain down on an illustrious career that included a World Twenty20 triumph.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
Tokyo and Kyoto feature among top ‘noctourism’ destinations
Tokyo ranked second after New York and ahead of Dubai and Singapore in a ranking of the top global cities for nighttime tourism.
Elon Musk says he has created a new U.S. political party
Elon Musk looks on during a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 30.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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