Honda Motor Co will spend Rs 25 billion on a 120,000 cars-per-year plant in India, a senior executive said, as the Japanese carmaker looks to ramp up its activity in the country after splitting from its former partner. ...
01:50 PM, Apr 02, 2013
After selling India story to investors in Hong Kong, Singapore and Europe, Finance Minister P Chidambaram is leaving for Japan on Monday to attract foreign investment. Chidambaram would meet his Japanese counterpart and institutional investors during his three-day official visit to Japan, sources said. ...
01:46 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Arsenal will meet Nagoya on July 22 at Toyota Stadium as part of the club's pre-season Asian tour. ...
02:21 PM, Mar 29, 2013
The number of victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima has climbed up a notch to 557,478. According to a new report, the number is 15,000 more than the previously recorded figure. The total number of the explosion-affected people or "hibakusha" from the Second World War atomic bombing by the US is more than 15,000 people recorded in the previous file, according to research conducted...
05:48 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni was left to rue a profligate forward line as the Blue Samurai blew a chance to become the first team to qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil. ...
04:16 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Jordan stunned Japan 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier, denying the Asian power the chance to become the first team secure a berth in Brazil. ...
11:29 AM, Mar 27, 2013
The Indians beat the Australian pair of Chris Guccione and Matt Reid 6-4 7-5 in the final of the Shimadzu All Japan Tennis Championships in Kyoto. ...
04:32 PM, Mar 09, 2013
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd will suspend production of petrol cars at one of its plants on Saturday, a company executive said, as the country's top car maker looks to cut inventory amid slowing sales. ...
02:05 PM, Mar 08, 2013
Japan's Nikkei share average rose above 12,000 on Thursday for the first time in 4.5 years, with risk appetite supported by a record high on Wall Street and the prospect of Japan soon adopting an aggressive reflationary monetary policy. The Nikkei rose 1.1 per cent to 12,060.96 by mid-morning, its highest level since September 2008. ...
08:17 AM, Mar 07, 2013
World's oldest woman, Misao Okawa of Japan, celebrated her 115th birthday recently surrounded by her family. ...
11:31 AM, Mar 06, 2013
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck near the southern tip of Russia's Kamchatka peninsula, at a depth of around 52 km (33 miles), the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported on Thursday. ...
12:44 AM, Mar 01, 2013
The government on Thursday said that "if required" it will allocate more funds during the next financial year for the development of world class industrial cities proposed under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project. "In order to dispel any doubt about funding, I wish to make it clear that we shall provide, if required, additional funds during 2013-14 within the share of the Government of India in the overall outlay...
02:20 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Ajay Jayram stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the men's singles event of the German Open badminton championship beating Riichi Takeshita of Japan. ...
11:01 PM, Feb 27, 2013
A 114-year-old Japanese woman, the daughter of a kimono maker, has been recognised as the world's oldest woman. ...
01:40 PM, Feb 27, 2013
The wrestling federation has launched an online petition site seeking 100,000 signatures to help the sport remain an Olympic discipline. ...
05:58 PM, Feb 25, 2013
Indian Women suffered a narrow 2-3 defeat against higher-ranked Japan via penalty shootout in the women's competition of the Hero Hockey World League. ...
10:49 PM, Feb 22, 2013
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Friday inked a pact with Government of India for providing Rs 1,350 crore assistance for a highway project in Bihar which falls under the Buddhist circuit. "JICA here today signed a Japanese ODA loan agreement with the Government of India to provide JPY 22,903 million (about Rs 1,350 crore) for the Bihar National Highway (NH) Improvement Project," JICA said in a statement. ...
02:56 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Sony, once the leading electronics player in the world, has just announced its PlayStation 4. The Japanese electronics giant dominated the gaming industry early in the last decade with the PlayStation 2 but it's struggled in recent years. ...
11:17 AM, Feb 21, 2013
Boeing Co has found a way to fix battery problems with its grounded 787 Dreamliner jets which involves increasing the space between cells, a source familiar with the US company's plans said. "The gaps between cells will be bigger. I think that's why there was overheating," said the source, who declined to be identified because the plans are private. ...
05:08 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Boeing invested an estimated $25 billion in developing the 787-introducing radical changes in materials and a component-sourcing strategy that was to bring efficiencies for the aircraft-maker and airlines. The grounding of the aircraft raises doubts about these decisions. ...
08:56 AM, Feb 16, 2013
