Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Japanese government extends virus emergency to eight more regions after Games open
• 4 years agoJapan have been recording more than 20,000 new cases a day in recent weeks as the more infectious Delta variant spreads.
Asian Development Bank provides $3 mn grant to India to combat COVID-19 pandemic
• 5 years agoThe grant will be used to procure thermal scanners and essential commodities to strengthen India's COVID-19 response, said the funding agency
Coronavirus Outbreak: Confident that Japanese government and IOC will not proceed with Olympics, says WHO
• 5 years agoWhile it took 67 days from the first reported case to reach the first 100,000 cases of COVID-19, it took only 11 days for the second 100,000 cases, and just four days for the third 100,000 cases, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said.
Japan executes first foreigner in years, Chinese man convicted of murdering a family in 2003
• 5 years agoJapan on Thursday executed a 40-year-old Chinese man convicted of murdering a family of four, in the country’s first execution of a foreigner since the disclosure of details on sentences carried out began in 2007, the justice ministry said.
No compromise on quality of Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train, says head of consultant firm for project
• 7 years agoThe training institute, being made in Vadodara's Lal Bagh area as part of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, has completed 15-20 percent and is ensuring that India doesn't have to compromise on "quality and parameters" in the project.
Western Digital to finalise the deal with Toshiba's memory chip buisness
• 8 years agoWestern Digital Corp’s chief executive is in Tokyo to finalise an agreement to buy Toshiba Corp’s memory chip business, ending months of dispute over the auction, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on 28 August.
Western Digital says it matches rival bidders' offer to acquire Toshiba Corp flash memory unit sale
Fp Archives • 8 years agoWestern Digital, in court documents filed 7 July, said it has made six proposals since February, including a proposal on 27 June matching the best offer.
Toshiba's memory chip unit under pressure to opt for plan B and find a new buyer
Fp Archives • 8 years agoToshiba board is being asked seriously consider alternatives, people with direct knowledge of the sale process said - including picking a new buyer.
Western Digital may bid for Toshiba's chip unit by joining Japan-KKR group
Fp Archives • 8 years agoThe concession by Western Digital could be a turning point in the hotly contested auction for unit, which Toshiba has valued at at least 2 trillion yen.
Japan's Emperor Akihito to step down as cabinet approves bill allowing abdication
• 8 years agoThe Japanese government approved a one-off bill allowing ageing Emperor Akihito to step down from the Chrysanthemum Throne, in the first such abdication in two centuries.