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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 6, 2017
India angles for bigger share of space sector, sends satellite into orbit atop most powerful rocket
India launched a communication satellite using its most powerful rocket on Monday, improving its prospects of winning a bigger share of the more than $300 billion global space industry and its hopes of a manned mission.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 21, 2017
Indian climber goes missing after reaching Everest summit
An Indian climber went missing while descending the "death zone" after scaling Mount Everest, officials said Sunday, following the death of two climbers over the past month.
EDITORIALS
May 19, 2017
Japan-India civil nuclear pact
The civil nuclear cooperation pact between Japan and India does not carry a provision to limit the use of Japanese nuclear plant technology to nonmilitary areas.
BUSINESS
May 18, 2017
Indian Cabinet approves plans to build 10 reactors in bid to fast-track nuclear power quest
India's Cabinet approved plans on Wednesday to build 10 nuclear reactors with a combined capacity of 7,000 megawatts, more than the country's entire current capacity, to fast-track its domestic nuclear power program.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 16, 2017
SoftBank and Foxconn bring India some of world's cheapest solar
Companies led by SoftBank Group Corp. and Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd. are bringing India some of the cheapest solar power in the world, helping Prime Minister Narendra Modi reach his ambitious clean-energy goals.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 10, 2017
Japan's no-brand retailer Muji predicts big expansion in India after China success
A Japanese retailer famous for minimalist products and no-logo branding is betting big on India, the world's most colorful retail market, as it pushes forward with an aggressive overseas expansion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 6, 2017
State Bank of India targets small, medium-size Japanese firms to invest in country
The State Bank of India sees great opportunity in Japan and hopes to lure small and medium-size Japanese companies to invest in India, SBI Chairwoman Arundhati Bhattacharya said in Yokohama on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
May 6, 2017
Modi calls new satellite a 'gift to South Asia' but Pakistan stays away
India on Friday launched a communications satellite for its smaller neighbors to share, part of its efforts to build goodwill in the region and counter Chinese influence, but archrival Pakistan said it will stay away from the project.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 30, 2017
Why Beijing's more muscular naval force should worry India
India's scarce naval resources have not been used wisely to counter the growing threat from China.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 5, 2017
YouTube unveils India mobile app for spotty internet signals
Alphabet Inc.'s Google said Tuesday it would roll out a mobile YouTube application designed for India, boosting the search company's presence in a burgeoning market with spotty internet access.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 27, 2017
Toyota to bring premium brand Lexus to India
Toyota Motor Corp. is bringing its premium Lexus brand to India more than two decades after introducing the marque in China, an acknowledgment of the second-most populous country's growing potential as a source of luxury demand.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 20, 2017
Hard-line priest's elevation a sign Modi is putting India on path toward becoming a Hindu nation
A saffron-robed Hindu holy man was sworn in Sunday to lead India's most populous state, sealing what appears to be a shift in course by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that could redefine the world's largest democracy as a Hindu nation.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 16, 2017
Troubled waters? India fast-tracks hydro projects in disputed Kashmir
India has fast-tracked hydropower projects worth $15 billion in Kashmir in recent months, three federal and state officials said, ignoring warnings from Islamabad that power stations on rivers flowing into Pakistan will disrupt water supplies.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2017
India's democracy is strained by illiberalism
India continues to be robustly, even chaotically, democratic. But its freedom is under growing threat.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
Japan doubles down on stimulus to counter effects of Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks about U.S. tariffs in Tokyo last week.
Tokyo court fines Amazon Japan ¥35 million over counterfeit products
Takahiro Fujii (center), the president of Try and E, and his lawyers speak during a news conference on Friday in Tokyo after a ruling was handed down in a case against Amazon Japan.
Francis laid to rest as 400,000 mourn pope 'with open heart'
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Pope Francis at the end of the funeral ceremony in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on Saturday.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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