Tokyo: The number of Japanese aged 65 and above has risen to a new record of about 33.8 million people or 26.7 percent of the population,...
Washington: China’s holdings of US Treasury securities fell in July, while Japan increased its possession slightly, data showed. China’s holdings of the US treasuries dropped by about...
Mumbai: Engineering and construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Wednesday announced it has won from Japan’s Marubeni Corporation a Rs.1,700 crore-contract to set up a...
Tokyo: The toll in floods which devastated Japan this week rose to five on Sunday as rescuers continued their search for over a dozen still missing,...
Tokyo: Many areas in Japan are on high alert as record-breaking heavy rains and flooding continued for the second day on Thursday. The Meteorological Agency has issued...
Tokyo: Japan’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2015 shrank an annualised 1.2 percent in inflation-adjusted terms, revised upward from an earlier-reported 1.6...
Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bihar’s Gaya district on Saturday to attend the concluding ceremony of the three-day international Buddhist conclave in Bodh Gaya, officials...
Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian swimmer Allan do Carmo held off a late challenge from Japan’s Yasunari Hirai to win the open water marathon Olympic test event...
Seoul: South Korean President Park Geun-hye is cautiously considering whether to attend a ceremony in China to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory in China’s war...
Tokyo: Japan’s unemployment rate in June rose to 3.4 percent for the first increase in five months, government data showed. The number of unemployed people adjusted 1.8...