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INDIA

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ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Oct 29, 2018
Villagers lose their homes, farmland to feed India's booming power sector
Siyaram Saket refuses to give up his 1½ acres of farmland in central India — no matter how much the coal mining company offers him.
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ENVIRONMENT
Oct 27, 2018
Air quality in Delhi area plummets as peak pollution season arrives
India's capital was covered in a blanket of choking gray air and pollution Saturday, with government data showing air quality slumping to "severe" or "very poor" levels in almost all parts of Delhi.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2018
Amnesty India says raid and frozen accounts aimed at silencing government critics
Indian authorities have frozen the bank accounts of Amnesty International after a raid on its country office, the human rights watchdog said on Friday, accusing the government of treating rights groups "like criminal enterprises."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 25, 2018
The linchpins for a rules-based Indo-Pacific
the Abe-Modi summit offers an opportunity to discuss how the Tokyo-New Delhi duet can contribute to the larger U.S.-initiated effort to build strategic equilibrium, power stability and maritime security in the Indo-Pacific.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2018
Ground Self-Defense Force to conduct first joint drills with Indian Army in late October
The Ground Self-Defense Force will conduct joint anti-terrorism drills with the Indian Army starting later this month, the Japanese Defense Ministry's Ground Staff Office has said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Oct 19, 2018
After slew of complaints from sexually harassed women, India looks to tighten abuse laws
India is considering tightening sexual harassment laws, government officials said Thursday, after an avalanche of allegations of abuse lodged by women in recent weeks thrust the issue to the forefront of politics.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 19, 2018
Firecrackers and reluctant authorities: New Delhi's smog set to worsen during Diwali
With a toxic smog beginning to envelop New Delhi as winter approaches, residents of the Indian capital are set to make matters a lot worse by burning hundreds of thousands of firecrackers to celebrate the Hindu festival of Diwali early next month.
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BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2018
India's aluminum producers increase sales to Japan amid industry shake-up
Indian aluminum producers including Hindalco Industries and Vedanta Ltd. are boosting sales to Japan as U.S. sanctions against Russia's Rusal and import tariffs shake up traditional supply routes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 6, 2018
Five Indian states to go to polls at year-end in test for Narendra Modi
Five Indian states will go to the polls later this year, the country's election commissioner said Saturday, in a test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity ahead of his re-election bid in May.
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WORLD
Oct 6, 2018
Russia signs pact for six nuclear reactors on new site in India
India and Russia on Friday signed a pact to build six more nuclear reactors at a new site in India following summit talks between their leaders in New Delhi.
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WORLD
Sep 25, 2018
400-year-old spice-laden shipwreck 'discovery of decade' for Portugal
Archaeologists searching Portugal's coast have found a 400-year-old shipwreck believed to have sunk near Lisbon after returning from India laden with spices, specialists said on Monday.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2018
Trump is playing a dangerous Asian game
By clearly tilting toward India, the U.S. risks pushing Pakistan closer to neighboring China and Russia.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 5, 2018
India's flood-hit Kerala state faces shortages of 'rat fever' drug
India's flood-ravaged Kerala state is facing shortages of a drug that fights an infectious bacterial disease after the worst flooding in a century, forcing authorities to turn to other states to help ramp up supplies.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2018
Cash ban may have driven Indians away from banks
The chaos of demonetization probably made millions leery of formal finance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 3, 2018
A strategic framework that works for Japan and India
India, as the geographic anchor, and Japan, as the development anchor, are key actors and their partnership will be central to the success of the FOIP.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / ASIAN GAMES
Sep 1, 2018
Japan takes gold in field hockey
Sakura Japan set a lofty goal of winning gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and Friday's victory will certainly help give the team momentum and confidence to do so.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 20, 2018
Is the specter of ethnic cleansing coming to India?
Some 4 million people, mainly Muslims, are at risk of disenfranchisement in India.
EDITORIALS
Aug 19, 2018
India loses an icon
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a genuine statesmen, whose character and wisdom served India and the world well. He will be missed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 16, 2018
Bucking superstition, Japanese woman tunnels way to top of civil-engineering world
For civil engineer Reiko Abe, 55, being competent at her job was never enough. Her sex and the superstitions surrounding it caused her to be turned away from job interviews and construction sites in Japan.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 9, 2018
How Ikea caters to local tastes around the world
Ikea's blue-and-yellow stores are instantly recognizable: iconic, monolithic and now, as India's first store throws open its doors to the masses, operating in more than 400 stores in some 50 countries.

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