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…
Tokyo, Feb 16 (UNI) Japan is again asking the United States for a waiver from the tariffs Washington is imposing, including the so-called “mutual tariffs,” Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said after his conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. “I conveyed our position that Japan…
New Delhi, Feb 13 (UNI) Reiterating that sectoral allocation and effective capital expenditure have gone up in the Budget 2025-26, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that government will continue to take steps to reduce the burden of price rise, while also dismissing the concerns around depreciation of Indian Rupee (INR) against US…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (UNI) Stating that Indian rupee has remained stable while dollar has been strengthening, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that social sector spending for the next fiscal is projected to rise and inflation management remains the government’s key priority. Replying to the general discussion on Union Budget 2025-26 in Lok…
Chennai, Feb 8 (UNI) The Indian duo of defending champions Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni finished as runners-up in the doubles event of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger Tennis championship here on Saturday evening. In the final, the third seeded Indian pair went down to Japan’s Shintaro Mochizuki and Kaito Uesugi 6-4, 6-4 in straight…
Moscow, Feb. 7 (UNI) Russia currently sees no opportunity of resuming peace treaty negotiations with Japan due to Tokyo’s confrontational stance, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko was quoted as saying by TASS news agency on Friday. “Joint provocative military activity with the United States and other NATO member states is demonstratively increasing off our…
Tokyo, Jan 23 (UNI) A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Fukushima Prefecture’s Aizu region early Thursday and the Japan Meteorological Agency has warned of potential aftershocks of similar magnitude over the coming week, urging residents to stay vigilant against landslides, avalanches, and falling snow. The earthquake occurred at 2:49 a.m. local time, with its epicenter at…
Washington/New Delhi, Jan 22 (UNI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar attended a productive Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Washington, a day after the inauguration of the Trump administration, with the talks focusing on deepening the agenda and intensifying the collaboration. The Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held on Tuesday with new US Secretary of State…
