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Japan govt says evacuation warning for North Korea missile was ‘appropriate and not an error’

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a news conference that the North Korean missile disappeared from Japan's radar immediately after detection.

Japan, France, India to launch platform to coordinate restructuring of Sri Lanka debt

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said it would be ‘very nice’ if China were to join effort. He was speaking at news conference after G7 finance leaders' meet on Wednesday.

Clean energy transition at core of domestic & foreign policy for G7 chair Japan

Energy-poor Japan, the world's third-biggest economy, aims to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 using a mix of fuels like hydrogen, wind and nuclear power.

Japan to chair G7 finance meet in Washington, key talk on global economy, says finance minister

Shunichi Suzuki said Japan wants to explain its financial support for Ukraine, as it proceeds with legal revisions to provide loans and other measures to back war-torn country.

Japan considers AI adoption like OpenAI Chat GPT if cybersecurity concerns are resolved

The remark came shortly before OpenAI CEO met Japanese PM Fumio Kishida during a visit to Japan, where he said his company is ‘looking at opening an office.’

Japan following China’s military drills around Taiwan ‘with great interest,’ says govt official

China's military simulated precision strikes against Taiwan in the second day of drills around the island on Sunday.

‘First of its kind’ — Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik chairs cabinet meeting from Japan’s Kyoto

Patnaik is on an official tour to Japan to seek investment for Odisha. Technology now allows governance delivery on the go, a statement from CMO quotes him as saying.

US, South Korea, Japan express concern over North Korea’s ‘malicious’ cyber activities

Amid North Korea's rising nuclear threats, South Korea's nuclear envoy held talks with his US & Japanese counterparts in Seoul this week and condemned the isolated country's weapons tests.

Young Indonesians train to fill caregiver jobs to serve Japan’s ageing population

The training is being offered by vocational institutions across Indonesia catering to students seeking to fill job vacancies in Beijing.

Kishida can’t dream of ‘open, Indo-Pacific’ unless India, Japan are tied on defence sector

Japan is a treaty ally of the US and hosts American bases on its soil. It has stayed true to its ideological affinities with the West.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.