Tokyo Olympics 2020: Summer Games must focus on 'must haves' to cut costs, says IOC Coordination Commission chief John Coates
• 5 years agoIn an interview with a German newspaper, IOC President Thomas Bach said his organisation faces several hundred million dollars in supplementary costs after Olympics were moved to 2021.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: IOA welcomes IOC's decision to postpone Games, says athletes relieved to not train during pandemic
• 5 years agoThe IOA on Tuesday welcomed the IOC's decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics by one year in view of the worsening COVID-19 pandemic, saying the country's athletes have been relieved of having to train during a global health crisis.
India-Japan vision statement: Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe engineer sedate yet steady strengthening of ties
Sreemoy Talukdar • 6 years agoCompared to the 2017 vision document, we see a greater confidence among Modi and Abe in dovetailing their Act East and Indo-Pacific policies where each neatly segues with the other and presents an alternative vision to China’s military-economic hegemony.
Japan plans anti-sexual harassment training for all senior government employees
• 7 years agoJapan is planning to have senior government bureaucrats undergo anti-sexual harassment training, after a scandal involving a top finance ministry employee.
Shiv Sena says India will be happier if it learns formula of safe, clean travel from Japan
• 8 years agoShiv Sena questioned the feasibility of the bullet train project at a time when there is a "marathon among trains to get derailed
Shinzo Abe's visit to India: Hostile China pulls New Delhi-Tokyo together as the two step up strategic cooperation
Fp Staff • 8 years agohead of Shinzo Abe's visit, Union minister Arun Jaitley visited Japan in September this year and met his Japanese counterpart Itsunori Onodera in Tokyo.
Japan floods: Death toll rises to 20 as search operations hit, weather agency forecasts more rainfall
• 8 years agoSwathes of Kyushu have been left devastated after overflowing rivers and torrential downpours swept away roads, houses and schools
North Korea missile launch 'absolutely unacceptable': Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
• 8 years agoLondon: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday called North Korea's test-fire of a ballistic missile "absolutely unacceptable" and a "grave threat to our country". Speaking in London, Abe called upon the international community, in particular China, to "show solidarity" in formulating a response.
Indo-Japan nuclear deal: Modi, Abe set the ball rolling for a defining relationship in 21st century
Jaideep Prabhu123 • 8 years agoThe Indo-Japanese agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation may not radically alter India’s energy scene or even amount to much for various reasons but it is nonetheless a vital part of a larger and more important relationship that could define the 21st century.
India to buy 12 US-2 amphibious rescue aircraft from Japan
• 8 years agoIndia's Defence Ministry will approve the purchase of 12 US-2 aircraft at a Defense Acquisitions Council meeting scheduled for Monday