Tokyo, Mar 24 (UNI) A Joint Operations Command was created in Japan’s Ministry of Defense on Monday to improve defense efficiency and flexibility and enhance cooperation with allies, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a press conference. “The creation of the Joint Operations Command will make it possible to exercise unified command and control…
Tokyo, Mar 20 (UNI) Japan have become the first nation to book their place in the 2026 World Cup through qualifiers by beating Bahrain 2-0 in Saitama stadium here. Crystal Palace’s Daichi Kamada and Real Sociedad’s Takefusa Kubo scored in the second half as the Japanese progressed with three games to spare in the third…
Florida, Mar 19 (UNI) Former world number one Naomi Osaka wants to “play with the big dogs” again after battling to a three-set win against Yuliia Starodubtseva in the first round of the Miami Open. Osaka came from a set down to beat Ukraine’s Starodubtseva 3-6 6-4 6-3 and claim her first victory since the…
Washington, Mar 17 (UNI) More than half of the 261 immigrants deported to El Salvador on Saturday were removed from the United States under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a wartime powers statute, the Washington Post has reported citing a White House official. US President Donald Trump secretly signed a proclamation on Friday invoking…
Tokyo, Mar 17 (UNI) The average prices of rice at supermarkets across Japan reached 4,077 yen per 5 kg (about 27.5 U.S. dollars) in the week ending March 9, nearly doubling from the same period last year amid the government’s move to release reserve rice, official data showed Monday. The latest average price marked a…
Washington/New Delhi, Mar 15 (UNI) US President Donald Trump said that he ordered the clean up of the capital city as he didn’t want Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other visiting world leaders to see tents, graffiti, broken barriers and pot holes. In an address to the Department of Justice on Friday, the US President…
Santiago (Chile), Feb 27 (UNI) United States took on Japan a day after their FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup match was originally scheduled to be played, following a general power outage in Chile which led to a government imposed a lockdown last evening. USA, who looked impressive in their first outing against Canada, winning the…
Tokyo, Feb 27 (UNI) The birth rate in Japan fell to nearly 721,000 people in 2024, the lowest rate since 1899, when such statistics began to be kept, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported on Thursday, citing preliminary data from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. The data includes foreigners living in Japan as…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (UNI) India’s engagement with Africa has been through capacity-building, skill development, and technology transfer, “unlike extractive models of engagement”, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said today, in an apparent reference to China’s significant presence in extractive industries in Africa. Addressing the Japan-India-Africa Business Forum, the EAM said that India’s approach to…
Tokyo, Feb 18 (UNI) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi will travel to Japan with a working visit from February 18-20 as a guest of the Japanese Foreign Ministry. Grossi will visit several nuclear facilities in Japan, including Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and Interim Storage Facility…
