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INDIA

COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2014
Righteous sectarian hatred returns to India
With Indian state elections approaching, parts of Delhi are again awash with manufactured hate amid a resurgence of communal violence elsewhere in the country.
WORLD
Nov 6, 2014
Officials fear al-Qaida is grooming Indian militants for big attacks
Decrypted communications between Indian Mujahideen (IM) and al-Qaida and testimony from suspects have triggered alarm among intelligence officials in New Delhi: the groups appear to be working together to launch major attacks in the region.
WORLD
Nov 3, 2014
Chinese submarine docks in Sri Lanka despite Indian concerns
Sri Lanka has allowed a Chinese submarine and a warship to dock at its port in Colombo, officials said on Sunday, despite concerns raised by India about China's warming relations with the Indian Ocean island nation.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 28, 2014
SoftBank invests $627 million in Indian online retailer Snapdeal
SoftBank Corp. will invest $627 million in Indian e-retailer Snapdeal.com to tap the growing online market there.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 22, 2014
India working its magic on Narendra Modi
The difference between the BJP and all other major Indian political parties today can be boiled down to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's energy, charisma and political capital.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 22, 2014
India to step up travel surveillance to stop any Ebola outbreak
India stepped up its efforts on Tuesday to prevent an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, conducting mock drills at its airports and installing surveillance systems.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 21, 2014
In bid to keep control over messages, interviews, Modi retains state media
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has anointed India's state-backed broadcaster as his media brand of choice, helping to shield his government from tough questions and prompting private news outlets to complain that they are being kept out of the loop.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 20, 2014
Modi's BJP makes big gains in Indian state polls
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party has made big gains in two Indian state elections, results showed Sunday, in an endorsement likely to encourage him to step up the pace of economic reforms.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 17, 2014
Pakistan's internal dynamics keep a lasting peace with India at bay
Every time a Pakistani leader has moved to build better ties with India, Pakistan's politically strong military has masterminded a cross-border attack or terrorist strike. India is signaling that its response to Pakistan's military strategy will no longer be survival by a thousand bandages.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 12, 2014
Malala becomes lightning rod for anger over neglect of her hometown in Pakistan
In the hometown of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, the students at the government-run Girls' High School Mingora sit cross-legged on sacks and sheets on the floor because there is not enough furniture.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 9, 2014
Japanese tourist in India does not have Ebola: ministry
Indian health authorities have ruled out the possibility that a Japanese tourist suspected of contracting Ebola has the virus, the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo said Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 7, 2014
India's nuclear risks and costs
The inevitable conclusion that nuclear weapons cannot help India solve the problems of poverty, illiteracy and malnutrition, and are irrelevant as security against any other country, should at least encourage India to champion the phased and verifiable goal of global nuclear disarmament.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Sep 29, 2014
As Indian orbiter reaches Mars, at home, red tape binds space firms
As India celebrated becoming the first Asian nation to reach Mars, S.M. Vaidya, head of business at conglomerate Godrej's aerospace division that made the spacecraft's engine and thruster components, sounded surprisingly downbeat.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Sep 27, 2014
India and its incredible pollution problem
Incredible India! is the Indian government's marketing slogan to attract tourism. And I agree. India is truly incredible in countless ways, both captivating and heartbreaking.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 27, 2014
Human rights lawsuit makes for awkward start to Modi's big U.S. visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off his maiden visit to the United States as India's leader on Friday, facing an unwelcome reminder of his once-strained relations with his host nation: a lawsuit alleging he failed to stop anti-Muslim rioting in 2002.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 25, 2014
With canal and hut, India stands up to China on disputed frontier
Earlier this month, Indian troops on a remote Himalayan plateau built a small observation hut from where they could watch Chinese soldiers across the disputed border.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 24, 2014
Himself He Cooks
'If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change" is one of Mahatma Ghandi's most famous maxims and in Punjab, India, there's a temple that's a living example of those words. A documentary about that temple, titled "Himself He Cooks," is both empowering and humbling, a paradisal...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 17, 2014
Pakistani militants allege India is deliberately opening its upstream dams as a 'water bomb' creating floods
Hafiz Saeed, widely considered one of South Asia's most dangerous militants, has no doubt who is to blame for devastating floods that have submerged swaths of Pakistani countryside and claimed hundreds of lives.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 14, 2014
State's flood response angers Kashmiris
Residents of Indian Kashmir turned their wrath on state administrators, accusing them of failing to provide them with help after the worst flooding in over a century, and angrily dumped food parcels into gutters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Sep 12, 2014
Al-Qaida's shadowy new 'emir' in South Asia has a tough job ahead
Pakistani militant Asim Umar has been handed a very tough job.
Demystifying the manufacturing success of China
China’s massive scale, strong education system and competitive local governance have enabled it to reach the technological frontier and dominate high-tech manufacturing despite its low per capita gross domestic product.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
Japanese manufacturers moving headquarters out of central Tokyo
A building in Kawasaki housing Toshiba's new headquarters
Is sumo becoming a victim of its own popularity?
A training session at Shikoroyama stable in June 2016. Sumo training sessions are increasingly simulated or the preserve of group tours.
Japanese man suspected of ordering double murder in Manila
Two suspects arrested over the killing of two Japanese last week are held in restraints in Manila on Tuesday.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Atsushi Kitagawara’s exhibition finds poetry in architecture
The inverted cone, one of Atsushi Kitagawara’s six signature elements in architecture, is a key feature of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum building.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
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