Japan keen to partner in infra and other sectors in Kerala
September 13th, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Sep 13 (IANS) Japan is keen to participate in infrastructure, information technology and healthcare projects in Kerala, top Japanese officials said Thursday."We are keen on partnering in the infrastructure ... Read more...
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Russia to release Japanese POW records
August 29th, 2012 - 6:17 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia will release its records of nearly 580,000 Japanese prisoners who were in Siberian and Mongolian labour camps after World War II.According to the ... Read more...
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Japan asks US to remove memorial to Korean sex slaves
May 21st, 2012 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 21 (IANS) A team of Japanese officials recently visited New York to ask the US to remove a plaque outside a public library that serves as a memorial ... Read more...
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Japanese tsunami ship drifting to Canada
March 25th, 2012 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 25 (IANS) A Japanese fishing vessel, swept away by the 2011 tsunami, has been found adrift off the west coast of Canada, the BBC has reported.An aircraft patrolling ... Read more...
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US, Japan discuss purchase of F-35 fighters
February 24th, 2012 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 24 (IANS) US and Japanese officials have discussed Japan's plan to upgrade its air force with the purchase of 42 F-35 fighter jets, US State Department said Thursday.The ... Read more...
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Russell Brand refused entry into Canada
October 3rd, 2011 - 8:53 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Ontario, Oct 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Canadian authorities refused comedian Russell Brand entry into the country. Brand was going to perform in the country but the incident forced him to postpone the show ... Read more...
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Justin Bieber visits Japan
May 20th, 2011 - 1:21 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Tokyo, May 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Canadian teenage singer Justin Bieber is in Japan for series of concerts in the country. When he met with some children in the country, Bieber told them ... Read more...
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Dangerous radiation level at Fukushima No.1 reactor detected
May 10th, 2011 - 5:27 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), detected a potentially dangerous radiation level at the damaged No.1 reactor of crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, Kyodo news agency ... Read more...
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Workers enter Fukushima’s no.1 reactor for the first time since the earthquake and tsunami
May 5th, 2011 - 11:48 pm ICT by BNO News
FUKUSHIMA, JAPAN (BNO NEWS) -- Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) on Thursday informed that workers entered the no. 1 nuclear reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant for the first time ... Read more...
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Japan expands nuclear evacuation zone
April 22nd, 2011 - 8:41 pm ICT by BNO News
TOKYO (BNO NEWS) -- The Japanese government on Friday expanded the evacuation zone beyond the 20-kilometer (12.4-mile) radius surrounding the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which was established on Thursday.Japanese Chief Cabinet ... Read more...
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Japan declares 20 km no-go zone around Fukushima n-plant
April 21st, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan visited the Fukushima prefecture as the government Thursday declared the 20-km evacuation area around the crippled nuclear power plant as ... Read more...
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Japan, U.S. reaffirms cooperation to tackle Fukushima nuke crisis
April 18th, 2011 - 12:50 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Apr 18 (ANI): Japan and the United States have reaffirmed their cooperation in efforts to contain the ongoing nuclear crisis at crippled Fukushima Daiichi power station, as the plant operator unveiled ... Read more...
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Japan mourns one month after massive earthquake
April 11th, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by BNO News
TOKYO (BNO NEWS) -- The people of Japan on Monday remembered and mourned the fatal victims of the March 11 earthquake and ensuing tsunami that has devastated the country and caused an ... Read more...
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ASEAN, Japan agree to boost cooperation on nuke plant safety
April 10th, 2011 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
Jakarta, Apr 10 (ANI): The Japanese Foreign ministers and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) conducted a meeting in Indonesia, aiming to boost the safety of nuclear power plants in the ... Read more...
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Jackie Chan in internet death hoax
March 30th, 2011 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
New York, March 30 (IANS) Chinese actor Jackie Chan is the latest celebrity to fall victim to internet death hoax.Online reports suggested that Chan had died of heart attack. ... Read more...
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Japan nuclear crisis far from over: IAEA chief
March 27th, 2011 - 12:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar. 27 (ANI): The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano, has said that Japan was "still far from the end of the accident" at its Fukushima nuclear ... Read more...
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Crippled Japanese nuke plant shows positive development: IAEA
March 24th, 2011 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar.24 (ANI): The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said there are some positive developments related to the availability of electrical power supply to Japan' s stricken nuclear power plant.The agency ... Read more...
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Nearly 5 in 10 Americans think nuke power is safe energy source
March 18th, 2011 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Mar. 18 (ANI): Nearly five in ten Americans think nuclear power is a safe source of energy, according to a Fox News poll released Thursday.Though, most of the respondents expressed ... Read more...
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Japan toll may cross tens of thousands, fears of nuclear disaster remain (Intro Roundup)
March 15th, 2011 - 2:02 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 15 (IANS) Fears of a possible nuclear disaster loomed large over Japan Monday in the aftermath of last week's magnitude-9 earthquake and ensuing tsunami as the toll is ... Read more...
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Earthquake, tsunami death toll estimates rise in Japan
March 14th, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar.14 (ANI): Japan is facing mounting humanitarian and nuclear emergencies as the death toll from the earthquake and subsequent tsunami on Friday is rising rapidly as relief efforts intensify.The disaster ... Read more...
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Nuclear plants in India are safe, assures Nuclear Power Corporation
March 14th, 2011 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Mar 14 (ANI): The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has said that nuclear plants in India are safe but a safety review would be carried following the massive earthquake ... Read more...
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Radioactive releases following Japan tsunami can last for months: Experts
March 14th, 2011 - 12:32 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar 14 (ANI): US and Japanese experts have suggested that radioactive releases of steam from the crippled nuclear plants in the aftermath of an earthquake-cum-tsunami in Japan could go on for ... Read more...
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Blast rocks Japanese nuclear power plant, reactor container not damaged
March 12th, 2011 - 9:25 pm ICT by BNO News
TOKYO (BNO NEWS) -- An explosion rocked the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan on Saturday afternoon, officials said, but the critical reactor container was not seriously damaged.Japanese government ... Read more...
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Oz spy agencies intensify secret operations with US, Japan to counter China: WikiLeaks
January 22nd, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 22 (ANI): To get sensitive information out of China, North Korea and Iran, Australian spy agencies have intensified secret operations with the US and Japan, according to WikiLeaks cables.The cables ... Read more...
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Indian evening has global audience dancing
October 29th, 2010 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Nagoya (Japan), Oct 29 (IANS) India took over the final evening of the UN biodiversity summit here with a show of Bollywood and Bharatnatyam, plus a whiff of samosa, while ... Read more...
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230,000 Japanese aged over 100 ‘missing’
September 11th, 2010 - 11:17 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Sep 11 (IANS) Over 230,000 elderly people in Japan, listed in the country's records as being aged over 100, are missing or "unaccounted for", a nationwide inquiry has revealed.
An audit of ... Read more...
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Japan Hit By Minor Tsunami
February 28th, 2010 - 9:04 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Minamitori, Feb 28, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 10-cm tsunami has hit Minamitori, one of the Japanese islands on Sunday, about 1,950 south of the Japanese capital of Tokyo. However, this has ... Read more...
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US stocks continue rise amidst worldwide rally
October 7th, 2009 - 8:30 am ICT by IANS
New York, Oct 7 (DPA) US stocks continued to rally Tuesday, buoyed by anticipation that third-quarter earnings starting later this week will exceed estimates even as the dollar continued to fall.
The ... Read more...
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Brosnan urges officials in Japan to end slaughter of dolphins, porpoises
August 12th, 2009 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 12 (ANI): Former 007 star Pierce Brosnan has appealed to the Japanese officials to ban the slaughter of dolphins and porpoises in the country for meat.The Irish actor, a longtime ... Read more...
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UN Security Council condemns North Korea’s missile launch
April 14th, 2009 - 3:16 am ICT by IANS
New York, April 14 (DPA) The UN Security Council Monday spoke with one voice to condemn North Korea for launching a missile, and found the April 5 firing of the rocket violated ... Read more...
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Security Council to act on North Korea missile launch
April 14th, 2009 - 1:29 am ICT by IANS
New York, April 13 (DPA) Held back from stronger steps by China and Russia, the UN Security Council was preparing later Monday to consider chastising North Korea for its rocket launch earlier ... Read more...
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UN fails to reach consensus on North Korea sanctions
April 10th, 2009 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
New York, April 10 (DPA) The United Nations Security Council failed to agree on a resolution against North Korea's claimed satellite launch over the weekend, even as Japan demanded a swift and ... Read more...
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Clinton focuses on North Korea during Japan trip
February 18th, 2009 - 6:27 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Feb 18 (DPA) The world's two largest economies presented a united front toward North Korea Tuesday during a visit to Tokyo by US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, agreeing to ... Read more...
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NSG may hold second meet to clear India waiver
August 12th, 2008 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Aug 12 (IANS) It could take "another" meeting to get a waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) for the India-US civil nuclear deal if an "easy agreement" does ... Read more...
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G-8 head for Japan to deal with series of crises
July 6th, 2008 - 10:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 6 (ANI): When the Group of Eight leaders and their counterparts from India, China, South Africa and Brazil gather in the Japanese resort towns of Sapporo and Hokkaido from ... Read more...
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