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India fastest growing tourism market for London: International Passenger Survey

China ranked 19th with 219,400 visitors coming in 2017 and Japan came in at 23rd with 174,800 tourists last year.

22 Aug 2018 12:24 PM

Japan aiming to end smartphone bundling, cut wireless fees

Japan’s top wireless carriers typically provide phones without upfront charges.

22 Aug 2018 8:51 AM

Department store helps solve problems of Japan's aging society

Providing a wide variety of senior's products is also a remarkable point in this mall.

09 Aug 2018 1:24 PM

Armpits new advertising space in Japan, young women become walking billboards

According to reports, prices for one hour's worth of exposure, a colour armpit ad measuring just a few inches starts around Rs 6000.

31 Jul 2018 4:11 PM

SoftBank partners Paytm to launch payments service in Japan

Paytm offers seamless mobile payments to over 300 million customers and 8 million merchants in India.

27 Jul 2018 12:40 PM

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Interplay between sleep and wakefulness

Researchers revealed some neuronal pathways, which regulate sleep/wakefulness states.

23 Jul 2018 9:50 AM

Ultrasound applied to brain may help patients with dementia

Ultrasound waves, applied to the whole brain, improve cognitive dysfunction in mice with conditions simulating vascular dementia.

23 Jul 2018 9:43 AM

EU, Japan sign landmark trade deal to eliminate nearly all tariffs

The ambitious pact signed in Tokyo runs counter to President Donald Trump’s moves to hike tariffs on imports from many US trading partners.

17 Jul 2018 6:27 PM

‘Psychic’ octopus who correctly predicted FIFA World Cup results chopped up for food

Rabio had become latest animal to be heralded with football fortune-telling powers after it was caught by fisherman in the town of Obira

03 Jul 2018 1:09 PM

Rocket developed by Japan startup in flames after liftoff

The MOMO-2 rocket, developed by Interstellar Technologies, was supposed to reach as high as 100 kilometres into space.

01 Jul 2018 8:18 AM

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Japanese island man lives as naked hermit

Naked, he braves lashing typhoons and biting insects as a hermit in the buff.

26 Jun 2018 12:05 PM

FIFA World Cup 2018: Fans trigger plumbing disaster in bid to use loo

Japan fans following their team's 2-1 World Cup win over Colombia risked triggering a plumbing disaster of biblical proportions.

23 Jun 2018 8:36 AM

Walking ability before heart surgery tied to brain function afterward

Results from heart surgery patients might not apply to other people because cardiac procedures often involve cardiopulmonary bypass.

21 Jun 2018 6:08 PM

FIFA World Cup 2018: Japan jolt Colombia to record historic victory

However, pressure paid off as Quintero’s low free-kick flew under Japan’s wall and crept inside the post shortly before half-time.

20 Jun 2018 2:58 AM

Albert Einstein's travel diaries reveal racially offensive views

The editor of the book said Einstein had made comments that were "pretty unpleasant" and at odds with his humanitarian image.

18 Jun 2018 11:07 AM

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New father takes company to court for paternity harassment in Japan

Wood returned to work five months after birth and recovery of his son and that's when the harassment started, he says.

06 Jun 2018 10:51 AM

Bathing naked with strangers? Welcome to the Japanese onsen

You can reassure yourself that you're experiencing authentic culture at the same time.

04 Jun 2018 6:35 PM

Teejan Bai to receive Fukuoka Prize 2018

Fukuoka Prize is conferred on outstanding individuals or groups that preserve and create unique and diverse cultures of Asia.

02 Jun 2018 8:31 AM

Rice becomes less nutritious as CO2 levels rise: Study

Local wildlife has sometimes added an additional challenge to the research.

26 May 2018 5:26 PM

Dinosaur killing asteroid wiped out first tree-dwelling birds: Study

The birds that did survive were ground-dwellers, birds whose fossilized remains show longer, sturdier legs like seen in modern ground birds.

26 May 2018 2:33 PM

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