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Japan PM Kishida orders $26 billion to be set aside for childcare in annual budget

Kishida has vowed to double childcare spending over the next three years in a bid to help reverse the country's dwindling birth rate.

China urges Japan to correct its ‘wrongdoing’ of imposing chip export controls

Japan, along with the Netherlands, in January agreed to match US export controls that will limit the sale of some chipmaking tools to China.

Japan aims to destroy any North Korean missile after it warns of satellite launch

Nuclear-armed North Korea says it has completed its first military spy satellite and leader Kim Jong Un has approved final preparations for a launch to place it in orbit.

Long lines, understaffed hotels, traffic—Japan’s efficiency failed this cherry blossom season

Hotels, coaches and guides were booked out and unavailable. Tour agencies had to turn down requests from groups wishing to travel to see the pink flowers.

Four dead, suspect arrested in rare shooting & stabbing incident in Japan

The 31-year-old suspect, son of the head of the Nakano city council in Nagano, was arrested Friday in rural Japan after 12-hour stand-off with the police.

Japan to place additional sanctions on Russia, condemns tactical nuclear deployment in Belarus

Japan will also ban providing construction and engineering services to Russia, a trade ministry statement said.

Suspect in shooting, stabbing incident in Japan’s Nakano City under police custody

The suspect initially barricaded himself in a home belonging to Nakano City Council Chairman Masamichi Aoki, who was later revealed to be the suspect's father, NHK reported.

Sri Lanka could wrap up debt restructure talks by ‘Sept, or Nov’, says President Wickremesinghe

Ranil Wickremesinghe's comment came as he began a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the latter's office in Tokyo, their first meet since last September.

Japan won’t join NATO, but local office considered, says PM Fumio Kishida

Kishida's comments came after the Japanese envoy to US earlier this month said that the US-led military pact was planning a Tokyo office, the first in Asia, to facilitate consultations in the region.

Why Western charm offensive for Modi is proof of PM walking foreign policy middle path

The US and, indeed, all the Quad nations realise that they need India if they want to contain China.

On Camera

India’s nuclear-power goal needs more than capital

New Delhi has finally accepted that the base load power demand of the future will need supplementing, and nuclear plants are one way to go about it.

Coastal states Maharashtra, TN, Gujarat top India’s exports index, landlocked UP a surprise performer

Releasing Export Preparedness Index report, NITI Aayog CEO says Centre has ‘ticked a lot of boxes’, & responsibility of driving the next phase of export growth now rests with states.

Rafale deal to be inked in 2026, final assembly line in Nagpur, Indian firms to be roped in

The proposed project costing about Rs 3.25 lakh crore will entail procurement of 18 aircraft in fly away condition & the rest made in India with up to 60% indigenous content.

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.