The Japanese government on Wednesday decided to close its embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus amid the rapidly deteriorating security conditions in the country. A brief statement from the Japanese Foreign Ministry is It decided to temporarily close the Syrian embassy because the domestic security situation in the country has further deteriorated. Japan already [...]
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On 15 March 2012, The Times Higher Education released its 2012 Reputation Rankings for universities across the world. Only three countries, the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan could make it to top 10 list. Harvard University tops the list followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Cambridge. Following is the list of top [...]
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The US, Japan and the European Union have filed a case against China at the World Trade Organization, challenging its restrictions on rare earth exports. Beijing has set quotas for exports of rare earths, which are critical to the manufacture of high-tech products. It is the first WTO case to be filed jointly by the [...]
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Japan is marking the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami which struck the north-eastern coast, leaving 20,000 dead or missing. The magnitude 9.0 quake,Japan‘s most powerful since records began, also triggered a serious nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Thousands of people were evacuated as radiation leaked from the plant. There [...]
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A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit a wide area in eastern and northeastern Japan today, rattling buildings in Tokyo and jolting the nation still recovering from last year’s quake-tsunami mega-disaster. There were no immediate reports of damage or injury and no tsunami warning was issued. The quake struck at 10:58 IST, Japan’s Meteorological Agency said, as [...]
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AP File photo shows a view of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Japan. Japan says it will soon require atomic reactors to be shut down after 40 years of use to improve safety following the nuclear crisis set off by last year’s tsunami. Concern about aging reactors has been growing because [...]
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Moving past the global economic powerhouses like theU.K.,Germanyand France, the Indian economy would become the world’s fifth largest by 2020 — a major jump from its 10th rank currently. “India, the world’s 10th biggest economy in 2011, would become the fifth largest by 2020,” economic think-tank Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has said [...]
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Japan and India are set to unveil a new currency swap agreement aimed at easing potential short-term liquidity problems. The pact will allow them to swap their currencies for US dollars and tap into each other’s foreign exchange reserves. The move comes amid increased volatility in both the Japanese yen and the Indian rupee. Japan‘s [...]
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Toyota Motor Corp on December 26 launched the world’s most fuel-efficient hybrid car, as the company looks to fight off competition from pure electric vehicles. The compact car, dubbed ‘Aqua’ in Japan and the ‘Prius C’ overseas, has a listed fuel efficiency of 35.4 km/litre (83.3 mpg), beating the current top Prius, which gets 32 km/litre. [...]
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China and Japan have unveiled plans to promote direct exchange of their currencies in a bid to cut costs for companies and boost bilateral trade. The deal will allow firms to convert the Chinese and Japanese currencies directly into each other. Currently businesses in both countries need to buy US dollars before converting them into [...]
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The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission has voted to approve a rule certifying an amended version of nuclear reactor producer Westinghouse’s AP1000 reactor design for use in the U.S. The NRC said that this amended certification would be incorporated into regulations and be valid for 15 years. NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko said “The Commission is [...]
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Japanannounced on 9 December 2011 that it is imposing a fresh round of financial sanctions against Iran. Japanwill freeze the assets of 106 organizations, one individual and three Iranian banks. More than 350 Iran-based entities are now subject to Japanese sanctions. However, the move will not restrict imports of Iranian crude oil, a step many [...]
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In Japan, rice with radiation levels exceeding the country’s safety limits was discovered for the first time since the nuclear disaster at Fukushima in the Tsunami in early 2011. The Japanese government is considering banning all shipments from the area where it was detected. Rice with radiation above the official safety limits was detected in [...]
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The banking sector was due to take centre stage on Saturday, as EU finance ministers gathered inPolandfor a second day of informal meetings, amid continuing worries over the euro zone’s debt crisis. Central bank presidents attended the talks, which were taking place days after the European Central Bank, the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Bank of [...]
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Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra would be implemented but maintained that issues of safety measures need to be addressed. “We have to take safety measures. We have to review our safety systems in the light of what happened in Fukushima,” he told reporters, referring to the Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant in Japan where radiation [...]
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