Aerial footage showed houses reduced to rubble & thick plumes of smoke rising from the hilly Saganoseki district, the flames had also spread to an uninhabited island 1km off the coast.
Hu Xijin, former editor-in-chief of the ‘Global Times’, described Takaichi’s behaviour as political sleepwalking and said that Japanese leaders must become more self-aware.
Takaichi's support for Taiwan and plans to revise Japan's pacifist constitution signal a tougher line against Beijing. India hopes the Abe protégé will strengthen bilateral ties, but her tenuous domestic political position could test these ambitions.
The LDP has reached out to the right-leaning Japan Innovation Party to secure a majority and expand its coalition, aiming to make Takaichi Japan’s first female prime minister.
At the India-Japan Economic Forum with PM Modi, Ishiba said Japan has boosted ‘Make in India’, adding that Japan’s technology and India’s talent can drive economic cooperation.
The PM is facing heavy opposition from within his party for his vow to stay in power despite the ruling coalition’s defeat in Sunday’s upper house election.
With rising prices & immigration concerns threatening to weaken PM Shigeru Ishiba's grip on power, Japan's upper house election will be a tight contest.
His Liberal Democratic Party & coalition partner Komeito won maximum seats in the election but lost the majority held since 2012, leaving him dependent on small opposition parties.
Migration in North India isn’t just due to lack of development today. It was shaped by the evolution of labour markets under Sher Shah, Mughals, and the East India Company.
December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.
New Delhi is interested in firming up bilateral agreements for increased trade, mobility, upgrade of Su-30 MKI fighters and the increased range of BrahMos supersonic missiles.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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