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Babasaheb Neelkanth Kalyani nominated as the Chairman of IJBLF

The Govt of India has nominated Babasaheb Neelkanth Kalyani (the Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Forge Limited) as the Chairman of the India-Japan Business Leader’s Forum (IJBLF)....

March 29, 2013

Fish with high cesium level found near Fukushima plant

The Japanese utility that owns the tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant has found a record 740,000 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in a fish caught close to the...

March 19, 2013

Fact Box: Fire Ice – (Methane hydrate / Methane clathrate)

Japan unfolds the mystery of ‘Fire ice’ Japan has successfully developed new technology for extracting methane gas from a previously untapped off-shore fossil fuel resource that has been...

March 17, 2013

President of ADB Mr. Kuroda become Governor of Central Bank of Japan

Japan’s Parliament approved Haruhiko Kuroda, a Finance Ministry veteran to become the Governor of the Central Bank of Japan. Mr. Kuroda will try to make efforts to break...

March 16, 2013

India-Japan first Maritime Affairs dialogue at Delhi

New Delhi (India) hosted the first India-Japan Maritime Affairs Dialogue. Both sides deliberated on issues of mutual interest, inter alia, maritime security including non-traditional threats, cooperation in shipping,...

February 20, 2013

Battery safety concerns ground Boeing 787 and the issue with using “Lithium-ion Batteries”

The US and Japan have grounded their Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircrafts due to concerns over it battery safety. Recently, a battery-fault warning on an All Nippon Airways Dreamliner...

January 19, 2013

Shinzo Abe: Japan's new prime minister

Shinzo Abe, the leader of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has been named as the new Prime Minister of Japan by country’s lower house of Parliament. The LDP which...

December 30, 2012

North Korea rocket launch violation of Security Council resolution: Ban Ki Moon

North Korea’s move which successfully placed a satellite into orbit after launching a long-range rocket again incited regional tensions and was condemned by neighbors as a provocative missile-test....

December 20, 2012

India-Japan sign currency swap accord to enhance bilateral trade

Central banks of India and Japan (The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Bank of Japan (BoJ) respectively) signed a 3-year Bilateral Swap Arrangement (BSA). How agreement...

December 8, 2012

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak honoured with Kyoto Prize

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Ms Spivak is amongst the recipients of this year’s Kyoto Prize. She won the award in the Arts and Philosophy category for her “deep thinking...

November 15, 2012

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