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TOI Correspondent from Washington: China’s leader Xi JinPing and US President Donald Trump solidified their “G-2” compact on Monday with mutual invitations of high-level visits even as Beijing, embroiled in a fresh spats with Japan and India, pressed its claims on Taiwan with little pushback from Washington.In a 45-minute phone call, China’s President Xi ratcheted…
TAIPEI: Japan “crossed a red line” with comments by its new leader suggesting a potential military intervention over Taiwan, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said Sunday. “It is shocking that Japan’s current leaders have publicly sent the wrong signal of attempting military intervention in the Taiwan issue, said things they shouldn’t have said, and crossed…
On a humid monsoon afternoon in the early 1980s, in a village most Indians had never heard of, a Delhi artist stood silently before a mud wall. The village was Patangarh, deep inside the Mandla forests of Madhya Pradesh. The wall belonged to a modest Gond home. And on that wall, painted in earth pigments…
File photo: Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (Picture credit: ANI) Japan has moved ahead with a sweeping ¥21.3 trillion ($135 billion) stimulus push, the first major policy step under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Her cabinet signed off on the plan on Friday, with the measures aimed at easing the pressure of rising prices on families…
Japan’s economy suffered its first setback in six quarters as exports faltered under US tariffs, while Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s new administration moves to assemble a large stimulus plan to steady growth.Government figures released on Monday showed that gross domestic product fell 0.4% between July and September, with the annualised decline coming to 1.8%. ‘If…
Indian travellers are powering a sharp rise in tourist numbers across several overseas destinations this year, with Moscow, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea and Georgia reporting strong double-digit growth. The upswing comes even as Azerbaijan and Turkey have fallen out of favour following their support for Pakistan during Operation Sindoor.Moscow has emerged as one of the…
A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of northern Japan on Sunday evening, shaking buildings across Iwate Prefecture. The Japan Meteorological Agency reported that the magnitude 6.7 quake hit at 5:03pm (local time), with the epicentre located in the Pacific off Sanriku at a depth of around 10km.The Japan Meteorological Agency to issued an advisory…
The nominations for the Japan Music Awards 2026 have been announced, and several K-pop idols have scored multiple nods. From Jin, J-hope, Jimin, and Jungkook, all these artists will be competing in different categories. Read on to know more about the nominations. Japan Music Awards 2026: Full list of nominations for BTS BEST K-pop song…
Bear attack in Japan (agencies) Japan has mobilised its military in the country’s mountainous north as communities grapple with a surge in bear attacks, with local authorities pointing to shifting food patterns driven by climate change as a possible factor. The self-defense forces (SDF) were deployed Wednesday to Kazuno, a small town in Akita Prefecture,…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his new Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi spoke for the first time Wednesday, looking to advance the strategic partnership and agreeing that stronger India-Japan ties are vital for global peace, stability and prosperity. Significantly, Takaichi underlined the significance of working together in the Indo-Pacific, including through Quad, amid uncertainty…
