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Japan's vaccination minister Taro Kono favourite to succeed Yoshihide Suga

Japan's vaccination minister Taro Kono is favorite to replace Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga as the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, according to a poll conducted by Nikkei and TV Tokyo

Japan passes 50% vaccination rate, may ease limits in November

Japan's government says more than 50 per cent of the population has been fully vaccinated. Japan's vaccine rollouts began in mid-February, months behind many wealthy countries due to its lengthy clinical testing requirement and approval process. Inoculations for elderly patients, which started in April, were also slowed by supply shortages of imported vaccines, but the pace picked up in late May and has since achieved 1 million doses per day. Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who is in charge of COVID-19 measures, told NHK public television's weekly talk show Sunday that about 60 per cent of the population is expected to be fully vaccinated by the end of September, on par with current levels in Europe. The government is studying a roadmap for easing restrictions around November when a large majority of the population is expected to be fully vaccinated. That would allow fully vaccinated people and those who test negative to travel, gather for parties or attend mass events. The

Japan's vaccines minister Taro Kono leads opinion poll on succeeding Suga

Kono had 27% support in the poll by the Nikkei newspaper and TV Tokyo that asked who would be "the right person" to lead the party and become the next prime minister

Japan's Vaccination Minister announces candidacy to succeed PM

Japan's Vaccination Minister Taro Kono has formally announced his bid to succeed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga by joining the leadership race of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

Toyota Motor cuts production target by 3% on parts and chips shortages

Toyota Motor Corp cut its annual production target by 300,000 vehicles on Friday as rising Covid slowed output at parts factories in Vietnam and Malaysia, compounding a global shortage of auto chips.

Japan extends Covid emergency in Tokyo and 18 other areas until Sept 30

Japan announced Thursday it is extending a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and 18 other areas until the end of September as health care systems remain under severe strain

Candidate in Japan race calls for new capitalism, recovery

Former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida is the only announced candidate so far in race to lead foverning Liberal Democratic Party and succeed outgoing PM Yoshihide Suga.

Japan court summons North Korea leader over repatriation programme

A Japanese court has summoned North Korea's leader to face demands for compensation by several ethnic Korean residents of Japan who say they suffered human rights abuses in North Korea

IAEA team in Japan to help prepare Fukushima water release

An IAEA mission arrived in Japan on Monday to help prepare for a decades-long release into the ocean of treated but still radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, officials said

UK aircraft carrier visits Japan for drill amid China worry

Japan's defence minister on Monday welcomed the British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth as it made its first Japanese port call

Japan's Taro Kono 'most popular pick' to lead govt after Suga: News Polls

After Yoshihide Suga announced his intention to resign, Japan's Administrative Reform Minister Taro Kono is the most popular pick to succeed the country's top rank

Japan PM candidate Kishida wants to delay economic stimulus debate

The former foreign minister's remark underscores the rising risk of a delay in compiling the budget for next fiscal year as economic policy is in limbo during the campaign for premier

Paralympics: Avani Lekhara leads Indian contingent at Closing Ceremony

A total of 54 para-athletes from India across nine sports disciplines were featured in the Paralympic Games

Tokyo Paralympics will motivate generations of athletes: PM Modi

Modi said on Sunday that their feat will always have a special place in the history of Indian sports and expressed hope to build on these successes to ensure greater participation in sports.

Japan's Suga quits as premier, throwing open succession race

Suga told reporters he couldn't campaign for re-election as leader of Liberal Democratic Party this month while battling the virus, ending his premiership almost exactly a year after it started

Paralympics bronze medallist archer Harvinder wants to crack UPSC: Coach

Harvinder Singh, who on Friday became the first Indian to win a Paralympics medal in archery, is a man of many parts. Pursuing Ph.D. in economics, the 31-year-old, whose legs stopped functioning properly due to adverse effect from an injection during his childhood, loves history, is a painter and dreams of cracking the UPSC examination some day, according to his coach Gaurav Sharma. Having taken up archery in the compound section after getting inspired from watching the 2012 London Paralympics, Singh almost quit the sport after he did not make it to the 2014 Incheon Asian Para Games Indian team. "He was completely demoralised and was telling archery was not his domain," his childhood coach Sharma told PTI. Sharma, however, did not want to let his effort go in vain and "wanted to take a risk". In the bronze playoff, Singh was leading 5-3 before Kim Min Su clinched the fifth set, shooting a perfect 10 to force a shoot-off where the Indian responded in style with a perfect 10 against

Tokyo Paralympics: Harvinder Singh wins bronze in recurve archery

The Indian defeated South Korea's Min Su Kim

Japanese shares gain on Suga's resignation as markets look to US jobs data

Japan's TOPIX stock index rose to a 30-year high and was last up 1.50%

Japan PM signals he is stepping down, won't contest for party leadership

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga won't run for governing party leadership election, indicating he will step down as Japanese leader at the end of this month, public broadcaster NHK said.

Japan sets up temporary office in Qatar's Doha for talks with Taliban

Japan has set up a temporary office in Doha for dialogue with the Taliban, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday