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The missiles fired by the North last week were described as a new type of tactical guided short-range weapon. (Photo: AFP)

North Korea fires 2 'unidentified projectiles' into sea of Japan:...

South Korea's presidential Blue House said it will hold a National Security Council meeting following the North's latest...

24 Aug 2019 10:16 AM IST

Representational picture of bullet train

Mind the doors: Japan bullet train runs with door open at 280 km/hr

'The conductor checked the carriage and found that the door was completely open,' a company spokesman told news agency...

22 Aug 2019 11:00 AM IST

Mysterios deep-sea creatures dont signal arrival of earthquakes. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Oarfish sightings in Japan not a sign of earthquakes

Experts have debunked a theory that correlates the two.

16 Aug 2019 7:28 PM IST

Driverless cars would indeed pose a threat to the Indian traffic. It would appear then that leapfrogging technology and going straight to flying cars might be the best for India.

Watch: Flying car floats in air for a minute during test flight

The flying car is designed to make deliveries on unmanned flights.

7 Aug 2019 12:13 PM IST

The modular vertebrae can be adjusted to the wearers height and weight.

Watch: Japanese researchers develop robotic tail for humans

Researchers at Keio University in Japan have built a prototype robotic tail, called Arque.

6 Aug 2019 7:32 AM IST

Lee said that this move could jeopardize bilateral relations between South Korea and Japan. (Photo: ANI)

Japan 'crossed line' by removing S Korea from 'white list': PM Lee

The decision is the second retaliation after the country imposed export restrictions on key chip materials,' PM Lee...

3 Aug 2019 3:37 PM IST

Google is celebrating the 80th birth anniversary of Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei, the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest with an adorable doodle. (Photo: screenshot)

Google celebrates Junko Tabei's 80th birth anniversary, who advised...

She was also the first and only woman to climb all the highest peaks on each continent including Mount Everest.

22 Sept 2019 2:27 PM IST

The utility says it will run out of room to store the water by 2022. Harada did not say how much water would need to be dumped into the ocean. (Photo: AP)

Japan to dump radioactive Fukushima water into Pacific, says minister

The only option will be to drain it into the sea and dilute it,' the minister, Yoshiaki Harada, told a news briefing in...

10 Sept 2019 4:01 PM IST

Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gestures as he arrives at his office in Tokyo on March 18, 2020. Abe said the country will expand quarantine measures and a ban on entry from parts of countries including Italy and Spain affected by the coronavirus outbreak. (AFP)

Inadequacies in corona combat threaten Tokyo Olympics

Inadequacies in fighting coronavirus raise questions over Tokyo Olympics

19 March 2020 10:13 AM IST

Japans exports plunged nearly 22 per cent in Apri. (AFP)

Recession-hit Japan's exports, imports fall due to pandemic

The drop in exports is the worst since the 2008 financial crisis, as export-dependent Japan struggles to juggle the...

21 May 2020 10:22 AM IST

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Japan to light up night skies with fireworks at secret time to cheer...

Japan freed 39 of its 47 prefectures from a blanket state of emergency that had lasted most of April, several more could...

20 May 2020 3:57 PM IST

Japan slips into recession, worst yet to come as pandemic wreaks havoc. (AFP Photo)

Japan slips into recession, slump set to worsen as pandemic wreaks...

The world's third-largest economy shrank for second consecutive quarter in three months to March, intensifying challenge...

18 May 2020 8:42 AM IST