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Concerns Rise As Covid-Like HMPV Virus Spreads, Asian Countries Monitoring Situation
HMPV, which primarily affects children, has spread across northern China, prompting strict monitoring across Asia.
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India, Japan To Hold '2+2' Ministerial Dialogue On August 20
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will hold the next edition of the '2+2" dialogue with their Japanese counterparts next week with a focus on further boosting overall strategic ties and reviewing the situation
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iOS 17.6 Update Brings Apple Emergency SOS Via Satellite Feature to iPhone Users in Japan
Apple rolled out the iOS 17.6 update for eligible iPhone models on Monday. With Apple already previewing iOS 18 at WWDC 2024 on June 10, the latest iOS 17 update does not add any groundbreaking new features to the iPhone. However, it improves upon one key feature which could potentially save the user’s life in dire situations – Emergency SOS vi...
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Cops Detain Hostage-Taker After Hours-Long Standoff At Japan Post Office
Japanese police have detained a suspected gunman reportedly in his 80s who holed up in a post office on Tuesday with several hostages.
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PM Modi Set To Attend G7, Quad Summits In Japan, Australia In May
PM Modi is set to join Joe Biden and his counterparts from Australia and Japan at a summit of the Quad leaders in Sydney on May 24 that is expected to focus on implications of the Ukraine conflict and the overall situation in the Indo-Pacific.
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Health Minister To Hold Review Meeting Tomorrow Amid Global Covid Spike
Amid a fresh spurt in COVID-19 cases in Japan, South Korea, Brazil, China and the US, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will review the pandemic situation on Wednesday, official sources told PTI.
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India, Japan Urge Myanmar To End Violence, Return To Democracy
Expressing concern over the situation in Myanmar, India and Japan called for an immediate cessation of violence throughout Myanmar and a return to the path of democracy.
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Japan's Resolution On "Human Rights" Doesn't Name China. But It Does
Japan's parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution on the "serious human rights situation" in China, and called Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government to take steps to relieve the situation, as the Beijing Winter Olympics loom just days ahead.
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Peace, Stability In Taiwan Strait Are Important: Japan Tells China
Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Thursday emphasised to his Chinese counterpart that peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait are important, while also expressing "deep concern" about the situation in Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
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Japan Deputy PM Comment On Defending Taiwan Angers China
Japan's deputy prime minister Taro Aso said: "If a major problem took place in Taiwan, it would not be too much to say that it could relate to a survival-threatening situation (for Japan)."
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Japan Newspaper Sponsoring Tokyo Olympics Joins Cancellation Chorus
Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper urged Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to make the decision to cancel the Tokyo Olympics.
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Olympic Chief Thomas Bach's Japan Visit Postponed Due To Coronavirus Emergency
IOC chief Thomas Bach's trip was scheduled for May 17-18 but organisers "decided to postpone it based on various situations including the (government's) extension of a virus state of emergency".
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Tokyo Games: Okinawa Becomes Third Area In Japan To Scrap Public Olympic Torch Delay Due To Coronavirus
Tokyo Games: The COVID-19 situation is complicating preparations for the Olympics, with Osaka also removing its public Olympic torch relay. It comes after the Osaka region and Matsuyama city in western Japan scrapped the public torch relay over rising virus cases.
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"India Act East Policy, Japan's Indo-Pacific Vision Converge In..": Japanese Envoy
The north eastern part of India is situated where India's Act East policy and Japan's vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific converge, said Satoshi Suzuki, the Japanese Ambassador to India.
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India Briefs Key Nations On Pak Attempts To "Destabilise" J&K Situation
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday briefed top envoys of key nations, including the US, Russia, France and Japan on the planned terror attack by Pakistan-based terrorist group JeM in Nagrota in Jammu which was foiled by security forces on November 19, sources said.
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Concerns Rise As Covid-Like HMPV Virus Spreads, Asian Countries Monitoring Situation
HMPV, which primarily affects children, has spread across northern China, prompting strict monitoring across Asia.
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India, Japan To Hold '2+2' Ministerial Dialogue On August 20
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will hold the next edition of the '2+2" dialogue with their Japanese counterparts next week with a focus on further boosting overall strategic ties and reviewing the situation
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iOS 17.6 Update Brings Apple Emergency SOS Via Satellite Feature to iPhone Users in Japan
Apple rolled out the iOS 17.6 update for eligible iPhone models on Monday. With Apple already previewing iOS 18 at WWDC 2024 on June 10, the latest iOS 17 update does not add any groundbreaking new features to the iPhone. However, it improves upon one key feature which could potentially save the user’s life in dire situations – Emergency SOS vi...
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Cops Detain Hostage-Taker After Hours-Long Standoff At Japan Post Office
Japanese police have detained a suspected gunman reportedly in his 80s who holed up in a post office on Tuesday with several hostages.
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PM Modi Set To Attend G7, Quad Summits In Japan, Australia In May
PM Modi is set to join Joe Biden and his counterparts from Australia and Japan at a summit of the Quad leaders in Sydney on May 24 that is expected to focus on implications of the Ukraine conflict and the overall situation in the Indo-Pacific.
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Health Minister To Hold Review Meeting Tomorrow Amid Global Covid Spike
Amid a fresh spurt in COVID-19 cases in Japan, South Korea, Brazil, China and the US, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will review the pandemic situation on Wednesday, official sources told PTI.
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India, Japan Urge Myanmar To End Violence, Return To Democracy
Expressing concern over the situation in Myanmar, India and Japan called for an immediate cessation of violence throughout Myanmar and a return to the path of democracy.
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Japan's Resolution On "Human Rights" Doesn't Name China. But It Does
Japan's parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution on the "serious human rights situation" in China, and called Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government to take steps to relieve the situation, as the Beijing Winter Olympics loom just days ahead.
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Peace, Stability In Taiwan Strait Are Important: Japan Tells China
Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Thursday emphasised to his Chinese counterpart that peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait are important, while also expressing "deep concern" about the situation in Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
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Japan Deputy PM Comment On Defending Taiwan Angers China
Japan's deputy prime minister Taro Aso said: "If a major problem took place in Taiwan, it would not be too much to say that it could relate to a survival-threatening situation (for Japan)."
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Japan Newspaper Sponsoring Tokyo Olympics Joins Cancellation Chorus
Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper urged Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to make the decision to cancel the Tokyo Olympics.
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Olympic Chief Thomas Bach's Japan Visit Postponed Due To Coronavirus Emergency
IOC chief Thomas Bach's trip was scheduled for May 17-18 but organisers "decided to postpone it based on various situations including the (government's) extension of a virus state of emergency".
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Tokyo Games: Okinawa Becomes Third Area In Japan To Scrap Public Olympic Torch Delay Due To Coronavirus
Tokyo Games: The COVID-19 situation is complicating preparations for the Olympics, with Osaka also removing its public Olympic torch relay. It comes after the Osaka region and Matsuyama city in western Japan scrapped the public torch relay over rising virus cases.
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"India Act East Policy, Japan's Indo-Pacific Vision Converge In..": Japanese Envoy
The north eastern part of India is situated where India's Act East policy and Japan's vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific converge, said Satoshi Suzuki, the Japanese Ambassador to India.
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India Briefs Key Nations On Pak Attempts To "Destabilise" J&K Situation
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday briefed top envoys of key nations, including the US, Russia, France and Japan on the planned terror attack by Pakistan-based terrorist group JeM in Nagrota in Jammu which was foiled by security forces on November 19, sources said.
