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Will help in evacuating foreign nationals amid coronavirus outbreak: China

Besides India, several other countries including the US, France, Japan, South Korea, are making arrangements to airlift their nationals from central Hubei province and its capital city Wuhan

Japan minister warns coronavirus outbreak may rattle profits, production

China is Japan's second largest export destination and a huge market for its retailers

41 dead in China virus outbreak; Nepal, Australia and Japan confirm cases

Authorities have since imposed transport restrictions on nearly all of Hubei province, which has a population of 59 million.

Japan's NTT to invest estimated $1.5 billion in data centres in India

The company, whose revenues have been growing at 30 per cent every year, is targeting to more than double its capacity in the next three years through the investments, Sanghi said

Suicides in Japan hit record low in 2019; 70% of the deaths are of men

Preliminary data released by the health ministry showed 19,959 people died by suicide in 2019, a 4.2 percent drop for the country of 127 million people. Seventy percent of those were men

Carlos Ghosn Flirted With Hollywood, Then Delivered a Plot Twist

The fallen auto titan held early discussions with a movie producer before his audacious escape. The film's villain: Japanese justice

Family not involved in departure, I did it alone: Ghosn on his Japan escape

Carlos Ghosn claimed on Thursday he organised his dramatic escape from bail in Japan alone as the disgraced auto tycoon enjoyed his first days of freedom in Beirut despite an Interpol arrest notice. The exact circumstances of the former Renault-Nissan boss's escape from a case he said was "rigged" were unclear but media reports described a plot that had all the trappings of a spy novel. Ghosn denied through the Paris-based agency handling his PR that his family had anything to do with his escape. "The media reports saying my wife Carole and other family members played a role in my departure from Japan are falsehoods. I alone organised my departure," he said. Turkey said seven people had been detained for questioning, including four pilots, over how the wanted tycoon was able to transit through Istanbul. Ghosn, who had been under house arrest in Tokyo since April, was believed to be holed up his central Beirut residence, where visitors filed in and out under the scrutiny of TV ...

Carlos Ghosn used one of his two French passports to flee Japan: Report

One of his lawyers said he was such a famous face that he had no chance to slip away undetected.

Japan likely to speak with Lebanon via diplomatic route over Ghosn's escape

The former industry heavyweight also has French and Brazilian citizenship.

The great escape to Lebanon: How Carlos Ghosn pulled of a Harry Houdini

The 65-year-old faced charges of financial misconduct and raiding corporate resources for personal gain, allegations he denies.

Japan media blasts 'cowardly' Ghosn, says chance to prove innocence lost

Liberal Tokyo Shimbun also said Ghosn's actions had made a mockery of the Japanese justice system

Trade war: For countries like China, the free lunch is now history

Global trade will recover eventually but it is almost certain that no country will be allowed to 'game' the system to gain an unfair and sustained advantage

China hosts Japan, S Korea amid 'Christmas gift' threat from nuclear North

Kim has promised the unidentified 'gift', which analysts and American officials believe could be a provocative missile test

Japan PM may cancel India trip as violence erupts at summit venue Guwahati

Guwahati, the planned venue for a summit between Abe and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been engulfed in violent protests over a controversial citizenship law

To fight trade risks, Japan approves $122 billion stimulus to economy

The 13.2 trillion yen ($121.50 billion) package is expected to push up gross domestic product by 1.4% through fiscal 2021

Japanese man arrested for making 24,000 complaint calls in eight days

The man has been arrested on suspicion of 'fraudulent obstruction of business'

Japan govt offers revised roadmap for Fukushima melted fuel cleanup

The milestone step of debris removal is scheduled to begin at Unit 2 by the end of 2021.

Japan govt mulls over $92 billion stimulus package to spur growth - Nikkei

The package under work will include spending for disaster relief, infrastructure building and measures to help companies boost productivity, the newspaper said.

Japan's defence, foreign ministers to visit India tomorrow for 2+2 dialogue

The two ministers will be leading a Japanese delegation to the inaugural meeting of the 2+2 dialogue

Japan not in the mood to join RCEP if India doesn't come on board

Abe has sought to beef up ties with India across a range of fields to balance China's regional dominance