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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga holds a New Year's press conference at his official residence in Tokyo

COVID-19: Japan PM Says Government Will Consider State of Emergency for Tokyo

Reuters 04/01/2021

Japan reported 4,520 new cases on December 31, prompting...

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Hayabusa2's capsule carrying the first extensive samples of an asteroid lit up as it enters the earth's atmosphere

Japan Retrieves Asteroid Samples in Hunt for Origins of Planets

Melanie Burton 06/12/2020

Japan's craft orbited above the asteroid for a few months to...

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Hayabusa2's capsule carrying the first extensive samples of an asteroid lit up as it enters the earth's atmosphere

Japanese Space Probe Carrying Asteroid Pieces Lands in Australia

Melanie Burton 06/12/2020

Asteroids are believed to have formed at the dawn...

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Chartered Flight to Repatriate Indians on Coronavirus-Hit Cruise Ship in Japan

The Wire Staff 25/02/2020

Fourteen of 138 Indians on the ship have so...

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Indian Crew on Board the Diamond Princess Speaks out About Flawed Quarantine

Sribala Subramanian 18/02/2020

A 31-year-old hailing from a small village in West...

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Coronavirus Toll Up to 81 in China, Businesses Shut Down to Curb Spread

Winni Zhou and Josh Horwitz 27/01/2020

Some of China’s biggest companies have been affected, with...

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Simple Road Maps Show India’s Cities Are Snaking Towards Ecological, Social Chaos

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/01/2020

New roads in Pune, Kolkata, Vijayawada, Coimbatore, Mumbai and...