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G4 countries call for urgent measures for reform of the UN Security Council

A joint press statement said the ministers highlighted the urgency of reforming the UN and updating its main decision-making bodies, in order to better reflect contemporary realities

Covid-19 provides opportunity for India, Japan to strengthen ties: Report

The Japanese business community is upbeat about its investments and ventures in India, it said adding Japan continues to be the fourth largest investor in India

Aus looking at easing restriction as cases fall; travel up in Japan

Australia's second-largest city, Melbourne, has moved close to easing severe lockdown restrictions after recording only 14 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday. It was the second day in a row new infections fell below 30, after 21 were reported on Saturday, the lowest daily number since June 19. There were also five deaths recorded Sunday. Melbourne's lockdown restrictions are due to be eased next weekend when child care centers will be allowed to reopen and gatherings of up to five people from two different households will be permitted. But that depends on the rolling 14-day average of new cases being below 50. With the lower numbers this weekend, the rolling average is now 36.2. Victoria state Health Minister Jenny Mikakos praised residents for adhering to lockdown rules. The huge sacrifices made by Victorians are saving many lives, Mikakos said. The new cases keep trending down with your efforts. Thank you to all Victorians. You are amazing. We can do this, she said. Meanwhile, Austr

India, Japan looking at working in Bangladesh, Myanmar: Jaishankar

S Jaishankar on Friday said both India and Japan have actually started to look at working practically in third countries, adding "we have done a little bit of that in Sri Lanka

Toshiba confirms over 1,000 vote cards uncounted, probe continues

Toshiba Corp said more than 1,000 postal voting forms for its annual shareholder meeting arrived by the deadline but went uncounted

Japan's 'Suganomics' will target quick wins, not grand visions: Analysts

Armed with a strong grip on Japan's bureaucracy, Yoshihide Suga knows which levers to pull to get results, say government and ruling party officials who know him or have worked with him

Japan's August consumer prices fall at fastest pace in four years

The core consumer price index (CPI), which includes oil products but excludes volatile fresh food prices, fell 0.4% in August from a year earlier

Japan government contacted Toshiba shareholders before AGM: Report

The revelations raise further questions about interference in governance at Toshiba, following calls for an investigation into uncounted votes at the contentious July 31 shareholder meeting

Yoshihide Suga sets sights on structural reforms for debt-ridden Japan

Suga has vowed to stay true to Abenomics, but economists doubt there's much more monetary pizazz to be squeezed out of the Bank of Japan

Look forward to take our partnership to new heights: Modi to new Japan PM

PM Narendra Modi congratulated Yoshihide Suga on his appointment as Japan's prime minister

Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, self-made and strong-willed

Before he got Japan's top government job officially, Yoshihide Suga was known as a shadow" prime minister and the right-hand man for his long-serving predecessor

Japan exports fall 15% in August as coronavirus pandemic pummels trade

Japan's trade surplus widened in August as the pandemic pummeled a wide array of industries and sapped consumer demand

Japan's PM Shinzo Abe resigns, clearing way for successor Yoshihide Suga

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Cabinet resigned, clearing the way for his successor to take over after parliamentary confirmation later Wednesday.

Fertility, phones, reforms: A trader checklist for Japan's new PM, Suga

The speed at which ruling Liberal Democratic Party elders moved to throw their weight behind him was nonetheless surprising

Japan's Yoshihide Suga wins ruling party race to replace premier Shinzo Abe

The party, which has ruled mostly uninterrupted since 1955, was set to use its parliamentary majority to install Suga as prime minister in a separate vote Wednesday

Yoshihide Suga becomes ruling party head; set to take over as new PM

Yoshihide Suga was elected as the new head of Japan's ruling party on Monday, virtually guaranteeing him parliamentary election as the country's next prime minister

Yoshihide Suga poised to win party vote for Japan's next prime minister

Yoshihide Suga is poised to win Japan's ruling party leadership vote on Monday, virtually guaranteeing him parliamentary election as the country's next prime minister

Japan suspends German pork imports after African swine fever case

Japan suspended imports of pork and live pigs from Germany on Friday after a case of African swine fever (ASF) was confirmed in a wild boar in eastern Germany, the agriculture ministry said

Japan's ruling party to hold leadership vote after Abe's sudden resignation

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will elect its new president following an unexpected resignation by the party's leader and longest-serving Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe

Naomi Osaka defeats Victoria Azarenka to win second US Open title

Japan's Naomi Osaka on Sunday won her third career Grand Slam title after securing a win over Victoria Azarenka in the final of the US Open