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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Will Japanese athletes be vaccinated ahead of the public?

Will Japanese athletes be vaccinated before Tokyo 2020? Will there be local fans in venues? All that and more answered

Shinzo Abe to host Narendra Modi for private dinner at his Yamanashi holiday home during PM's two-day trip to Japan

On Monday evening, Modi and Abe will hold wide-ranging talks with a focus on bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual concerns which will include exploring ways to deepen cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.

Japan and China seek to mend ties amid trade friction with US; Shinzo Abe visits Beijing for first bilateral meet since 2011

Japan, worried about China’s growing naval power, is keen for smooth economic ties with its biggest trading partner.

Sushma Swaraj holds talks with Vietnamese counterpart Pham Binh Minh, discusses ways to boost trade, defence cooperation

Swaraj is in Vietnam on the first leg of her four-day two-nation tour which aims at deepening India's strategic cooperation with Vietnam and Cambodia

Sushma Swaraj leaves for three-day Japan visit, will meet FM Taro Kono, co-chair ninth India-Japan Strategic Dialogue

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday left for a three-day visit to Japan during which she will co-chair the Ninth India-Japan Strategic Dialogue

Sushma Swaraj to meet Japanese FM Taro Kono, co-chair ninth India-Japan Strategic Dialogue in Tokyo

Sushma Swaraj will leave for Japan on a three-day visit during which she will co-chair the Ninth India-Japan Strategic Dialogue with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono

Japan urges China for further cooperation to curb North Korea's nuclear programme

Japan's foreign minister called on China to increase cooperation on curbing North Korea's nuclear weapons programme Sunday during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing.

China hopeful of improving ties with Japan amid territorial dispute over East China Sea islets

China hopes to work with Japan to get relations back onto a normal track, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi told his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono on Sunday during a meeting in Beijing.

Shinzo Abe attends China's National Day celebrations, invites Xi Jinping to visit Japan

Shinzo Abe attended a ceremony on Thursday marking the anniversary of diplomatic ties between Japan and China as well as China's national day, in a display of his intent to improve delicate relations between the Asian neighbors.

At UN General Assembly, China tells Japan not to abandon dialogue over North Korea

Japan talking only about sanctions on North Korea rather than dialogue will be seen as going against United Nations resolutions