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Developers of the new agricultural drone say it offers high-tech relief for rural communities.

Drones provide high-tech assistance to Japan's ageing farmers

Developers and farmers have been testing a new drone that can hover above paddy fields and perform backbreaking tasks.

24 Aug 2018 8:08 AM IST

The other countries to mark a significant jump in numbers over 2016 was Iceland and Serbia, which registered a hike of 89.6 per cent and 70.8 per cent respectively. (Photo: AP)

India fastest growing tourism market for London: International...

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 IST

If this method is implemented on iPhones within the core operating system itself, we could look at Apple trying hard to eradicate the physical Lightning port for data transfer.

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 IST

The magnitude 6.7 quake on Hokkaidos southern coast knocked out power to nearly all 3 million households on the island. (Representational image)

Japan's power supply system weak link in times of disaster

The blackout across entire northern island of Hokkaido after a powerful earthquake showed the weak link in all the...

8 Sept 2018 2:04 PM IST

The supply ship is a 9-meter- (30-foot-) long cylinder that will be retrieved by the space stations robotic arm. (Photo: AP)

Japanese supply ship heads to space station after delays

The craft was launched Sunday at 2:52 a.m. from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan.

26 Sept 2018 10:09 AM IST

In a recent session, children got a triangle image on their iPads and were asked to draw on it with digital colours, store that image, and draw another one to create a two-screen story. (Photo: AP)

Japan preschools using tablets to prep tots for digital age

Coby Preschool in Japan are using smartphone software applications designed especially for preschoolers called KitS.

26 Sept 2018 9:09 AM IST

JAXA, in a statement, claimed that a kilometer-wide diamond-shaped space rock is rich in water and organic materials. (Photo: ANI)

Japan successfully lands robot rovers on asteroid's surface

Known as MINERVA-II1, the rovers are collectively world's first mobile exploration robot to land on the surface of an...

24 Sept 2018 8:10 AM IST

Fears of battery drain make Apple ban cryptocurrency mining.

Japan's hacked crypto exchange says $62 million worth of coins stolen

The company initially put the amount stolen at about 6.7 billion yen ($59.48 million) when it announced the hacking...

21 Sept 2018 6:57 PM IST

Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (AFP)

Japan passes $240 billion virus package including cash handouts

Prime minister Shinzo Abe was forced into a U-turn on cash handouts, reversing an initial plan to offer means-tested...

30 April 2020 4:37 PM IST

Gwyneth is part-time actress, full-time mom

Gwyneth is part-time actress, full-time mom

Gwyneth Paltrow has decided to concentrate more on her domestic life, saying that she is now a part-time actress and a...

7 Dec 2012 4:32 PM IST

Local court rejects closure report again

Local court rejects closure report again

A court on Thursday rejected the closure report filed by Maharashtra CID in the case related to the death of...

22 Feb 2013 12:34 PM IST

China has been increasingly asserting itself in territorial disputes in the South and East China Seas. (Photo: PLA Daily)

China unnerves Taiwan, Japan, says nothing will stop its long-range...

The air force carried out further long-range exercises on Thursday, the ministry said late that same day.

25 Aug 2017 11:20 AM IST