Page 21 - Japan

US NSA meets Japanese counterpart, discusses Indo-Pacific, China

US NSA Jake Sullivan met Secretary-General of Japan's National Security Secretariat, Takeo Akiba and discussed cooperation for ensuring peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region

Japan's PM Yoshihide Suga thanks people for safe Olympics during pandemic

Japan's prime minister thanked people for helping the country safely hold the Olympics despite the difficulties of the coronavirus pandemic

Japan orders evacuation of 300,000 people over Lupit typhoon

Japan has ordered the evacuation of some 3,00,200 people from the prefectures of Hiroshima, Shimane and Ehime over the Lupit typhoon, media reported on Monday.

Nepal receives first batch of AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid from Japan

Nepal received the first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from Japan on Saturday, local media reports said.

Paris to fly 'biggest flag ever' to mark handover of Olympics

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo will receive the Olympic flag from International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach during the Tokyo 2020 Games closing ceremony on Sunday.

Tokyo Olympics cost $15.4 billion. What else could that money buy?

The average elementary school in Japan costs about $13 million. For that price, you get 1,200 schools.

Indian 4x400m relay team breaks Asian record but fails to qualify for final

India missed out the eight-team final as they ended at ninth spot overall.

Wrestler Deepak Punia's coach Gaidarov expelled from Tokyo Olympics

Punia's foreign coach Murad Gaidarov was on Friday expelled from the Tokyo Olympics for assaulting a referee

Golf: Aditi in medal hunt in Tokyo Olympics with blemish-free second round

Indian golfer Aditi Ashok was in contention for a historic Olympic medal after carding a flawless five-under 66 in the second round of the women's competition at the ongoing Games here on Thursday. The 23-year-old rolled in five birdies, which included three in her last four holes, on yet another steamy day at Kasumigaseki Country Club to lie tied second on nine-under 133 with Danish duo, Nanna Koerstz Madsen (64) and Emily Kristine Pedersen (63). Aditi, playing her second Olympics with her mother, Maheshwari, as her caddie, trails leader -- world no.1 Nelly Korda of USA -- by four shots. Korda (67-62) at one stage was 11-under for 17 holes and looked set for a historic sub-60 score of 59 at the Par-71 course. Diksha Dagar returned a 72 to share 53rd place on six-over 148. Aditi kept herself in prime position of delivering a first-ever medal in golf for India with birdies on Hole Nos. 2, 5, 15, 17 and 18. "The last three holes, I had a couple shots that were just a good number fo

Indian wrestling: Silver for Ravi, heartbreak for Punia and Vinesh in Tokyo

Sushil Kumar, who is now in jail on charges of a murder, is the only other Indian wrestler to have made the final at Olympics.

Tokyo Olympics: Wrestler Deepak Punia misses bronze by a whisker

The 22-year-old Indian is the son of a milk peddler in a Haryana village

Olympics: Wrestler Ravi Kumar loses in final, bags silver in 57kg freestyle

Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar won the silver medal in men's freestyle 57kg after losing to Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) Zavur Uguev

Tokyo logs record 5,042 cases as infections surge amid Olympic Games

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has denied the Olympics have caused a rise in infections.

Honda swings to Q1 operating profit of $2.23 bn, trounces estimates

Honda Motor Co swung on Wednesday to a first-quarter operating profit of $2.23 billion from a 113.7 billion loss a year ago as car sales recovered from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic

Olympic families find solace, create bonds far from Tokyo due to Covid

Christina Dressel began organizing the room long before the NBC cameras started rolling

'Anti-aging freak' gets $817 million haul in Japan's hottest stock

Kiyoshi Matsuura was so worried about growing old that he used anti-baldness treatment as a teenager: it's an obsessions reaping him profits

Olympics women's hockey: India beat South Africa 4-3 to keep QF hopes alive

Vandana Katariya (4th, 17th, 49th minutes) scored a hat-trick while young Neha Goyal (32nd) was the other goal getter for India.

Impressive Kamalpreet finishes 2nd in discus qualification to make finals

The final will held on August 2.

Britain wins wild Olympic debut of swimming relay with both men, women

The United States finished fifth, ending Caeleb Dressel's hopes for six golds in Tokyo.

Shocking loss to Colombian Martinez ends Panghal's Olympic campaign

Despite this loss, the 25-year-old remains one of best-performing Indian boxers in recent times