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Topic: Japan

How patriots, exiles, disgruntled officers with Japanese help laid ground for Bose to take over INA

INA's story is a tangled saga involving nationalism & treason, as well as heroism & deceit. To take each strand individually will be unfair to evaluate its place in history.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

A forgotten mass exodus in India — Japan created fear of invasion in 1942, emptied out cities

Mukund Padmanabhan's new book, The Great Flap of 1942, describes the panic and exodus that has now faded from popular memory.

Japan’s 1st aircraft carrier since WWII, EU’s migration reforms & other global news you may have missed

ThePrint’s round-up of world news and topical issues over the last week. 

US & Japan unveil plans for military cooperation & projects with eye on countering China, Russia

In a joint statement to media, US President Joe Biden & Japanese PM Fumio Kishida mentioned projects ranging from missiles to moon landings and weighed in on Gaza-Israel, Ukraine-Russia.

SubscriberWrites: Japan’s response to Chronic Deflation: A shift towards normalisation amid rising prices

Japan has witnessed higher energy prices owing to the geopolitical conflicts and Ukraine-Russia war that seems to have put pressure on demand for energy and food in the domestic economy.

Japan is going all out to attract ‘digital nomads’—they’re shaping local economies, innovation

Mitsubishi Estate has announced plans to supply 10,000 rental homes for foreigners by 2030, catering to the increasing demand from digital nomads.

How Japan’s return to positive interest rates after 17 years could impact world economies

Meanwhile, the European Central Bank & US Federal Reserve left rates unchanged but signalled that they'll start cutting rates this year.

White House confirms upcoming visit of Japanese Prime Minister Kishida to U.S.

The two discussed the importance of making key deliverables for the Prime Minister's visit and exchanged views on regional and global challenges.

Japan has a unique housing crisis. There are too many empty homes

The current preferential treatment in property tax for residential land, which reduces taxes by up to one-sixth, incentivises owners not to demolish vacant homes.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘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.