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Feb 27, 2021 04:14 PM IST Smart home assistants such as Amazon's Alexa have found success worldwide, but tech firms in Japan are reporting huge demand for more humanlike alternatives, as people seek solace during coronavirus isolation. Here's a look.
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Feb 23, 2021 08:21 AM IST Last year saw more women, but fewer men, take their own lives in Japan. For women there, the pressures of Covid-19 have been compounded.
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Feb 20, 2021 05:28 PM IST Japan's Naomi Osaka dismissed Jennifer Brady in straight sets to win the Australian Open and became only the third player after Monica Seles and Roger Federer to win their first four major finals.
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Feb 20, 2021 03:47 PM IST Osaka edged a tight first set and broke twice in the second to win 6-4, 6-3 in 77 minutes in front of thousands of fans at Rod Laver Arena.
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Feb 17, 2021 09:18 AM IST A scramble for gas has led to LNG prices and charter rates shooting up
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Feb 15, 2021 03:14 PM IST The world’s third-largest economy shrank 4.8 percent last year, its first annual contraction since 2009 at the height of the global financial crisis.
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Feb 14, 2021 07:32 PM IST The RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research scientists may have found a solution to restore hair growth with the help of stem cells.
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Feb 14, 2021 07:58 AM IST The quake produced powerful shaking along parts of Japan's eastern coast, and was felt strongly in Tokyo, but triggered no tsunami alert.
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Feb 05, 2021 01:47 PM IST Both the banks signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for collaboration towards catering to the banking requirements of Japanese corporates present in India, as per an official statement.
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Feb 05, 2021 12:41 PM IST The Japanese government in December signed a contract to procure 120 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, enough for 60 million people.
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Feb 01, 2021 11:00 AM IST The government will decide on the extension after a meeting of its experts panel on Tuesday, with the emergency period in prefectures including the Tokyo area expected to run for another month, the sources said.
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Jan 29, 2021 05:03 PM IST Amid speculation the event might be cancelled again due to the coronavirus pandemic, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Wednesday the IOC was fully committed to it going ahead.
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Jan 27, 2021 06:15 PM IST Israel, however, currently leads the world on per capita vaccinations, having inoculated 29 percent of its population with at least one dose.
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Jan 25, 2021 12:20 PM IST Rasmus Bech Hansen said Japan will not reach a 75 percent inoculation rate, a benchmark for herd immunity, until around October, about two months after the close of the Summer Games.
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Jan 20, 2021 11:14 AM IST Japanese and International Olympic Committee officials remain adamant the 2020 Games, already postponed for a year, will go ahead in July and August despite the ongoing health crisis.
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Jan 15, 2021 05:49 PM IST The agreement was signed by Union Minister for Communications, Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad and the Japanese Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Takeda Ryota via a video conference.
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Jan 13, 2021 06:15 PM IST Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. saw its stock jump 4.4 percent in Tokyo on Wednesday after Elon Musk sent out a meme via Twitter that featured one of the characters from its Idolmaster franchise.
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Jan 12, 2021 08:10 PM IST The latest Henley and Partners Passport Index of 2021 is out, and India has secured the 85th rank on it.
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Jan 11, 2021 10:47 AM IST Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has said he would be among the first to be vaccinated for COVID-19, in an apparent attempt to bolster lukewarm confidence about the jab.
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Jan 10, 2021 08:40 PM IST The new variant is different from those first found in Britain and South Africa, although the three of them share some common mutation, said Takaji Wakita, head of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
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Jan 10, 2021 06:04 PM IST The survey found 35.3 percent want the Games to be cancelled and 44.8 percent favoured another delay.
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Jan 08, 2021 08:16 PM IST The loan aims to support India’s efforts to provide coordinated and adequate social protection to the poor and vulnerable across the country against the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Jan 08, 2021 12:00 PM IST "This declaration of emergency offers an opportunity to get the COVID-19 situation under control and for Tokyo 2020 to plan for a safe and secure Games this summer, and we will proceed with the necessary preparations accordingly," organisers said in a statement.
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Jan 07, 2021 05:31 PM IST The month-long declaration is not nationwide. It affects four neighbouring areas that account for much of the rise in Japan's caseload: Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama.