Strong earthquake hits central Japan TOKYO: A strong magnitude 5.9 earthquake on Monday shook the area of central Japan that was hit by a devastating... Published 03 Jun, 2024 11:05am
Technology Sony stresses PlayStation user engagement as hardware sales taper off TOKYO: Japan’s Sony on Thursday emphasised the strength of user engagement with its gaming platform as sales of the... Published 30 May, 2024 11:49am
Business & Finance Toyota’s global volumes fall in April, led by drops in China and Japan TOKYO: Toyota Motor’s April global sales and production fell from a year earlier, hurt by an intense price war in... Published 30 May, 2024 11:37am
Life & Style Travelling over the summer holidays: 5 destinations to beat the heat As record heat bears down on Pakistan, greener (and cooler) pastures are no doubt on everyone’s minds. With Eid... Updated 29 May, 2024 04:51pm
Business & Finance Japan must restore fiscal discipline to protect yen’s value, LDP panel says TOKYO: Japan must restore fiscal discipline to brace for rising interest rates, and to ensure market trust in the... Published 29 May, 2024 11:47am
Business & Finance China Premier Li meets Samsung boss, vows to help foreign firms SEOUL: China’s Premier Li Qiang said his country will always be open to foreign companies and promised steps to... Published 27 May, 2024 11:21am
World China’s premier hails ‘new beginning’ with US-allied South Korea, Japan Chinese Premier Li Qiang praised what he called a restart in relations with Japan and South Korea as he met their... Published 27 May, 2024 10:32am
World China’s Li lands in Seoul for trilateral summit with South Korea, Japan SEOUL/TOKYO: Chinese Premier Li Qiang has arrived in Seoul on Sunday for a trilateral summit with his South Korean... Published 26 May, 2024 10:26am
Business & Finance Japan inflation slows to 2.2% in April TOKYO: The pace of Japanese inflation slowed in April to 2.2 percent as gas bills fell, government data showed... Published 24 May, 2024 12:12pm
World Japan, Saudi Arabia discuss energy, industry collaborations at forum TOKYO: Japan and Saudi Arabia held a bilateral business forum in Tokyo on Tuesday to discuss further collaboration... Published 21 May, 2024 04:47pm
Pakistan Maryam for more people-to-people interaction with Japan LAHORE: Punjab is emerging as a major consumer market. There are good investment opportunities for Japanese ... Published 20 May, 2024 05:44am
World Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan TOKYO: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits Japan next week, where he will hold talks on energy while hunting... Published 17 May, 2024 05:43pm
Business & Finance Toshiba to cut up to 4,000 jobs in Japan TOKYO: Troubled Japanese industrial giant Toshiba said Thursday that it plans to cut up to 4,000 jobs domestically... Published 16 May, 2024 02:57pm
Technology Sony posts 7% fall in annual profit, narrowly misses PS5 target TOKYO: Japan’s Sony Group reported a 7% fall in annual operating profit on Tuesday, hit by the performance of its... Published 14 May, 2024 12:24pm
Business & Finance Mitsubishi Motors told to pay $1bn over US car crash TOKYO: Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors said Thursday it had been told by a US court to pay $1.01 billion in damages over a... Published 09 May, 2024 11:41am
World Japan seeks Sri Lanka recovery for regional stability COLOMBO: Strategically placed Sri Lanka’s economic recovery was essential for stability in the Indo-Pacific region,... Published 04 May, 2024 05:28pm
Pakistan Japanese escape unhurt in suicide blast attack KARACHI: In a daring attack, a suicide bomber targeted a convoy of Japanese nationals in the Landhi area Friday, but... Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am
Pakistan Five Japanese escape unhurt in Karachi suicide blast attack KARACHI: Five Japanese nationals in Pakistan escaped unhurt on Friday from a suicide bomb attack on their vehicle as... Updated 19 Apr, 2024 09:36pm
Markets Seoul, Tokyo vow ‘appropriate action’ on weak yen and won SEOUL: South Korea and Japan shared “serious concerns” on the recent weakness of their currencies against the... Published 18 Apr, 2024 03:24am
Print NEECA convenes meeting: Plan to export green hydrogen to China, Japan will be discussed ISLAMABAD: The National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (NEECA) has convened a meeting to discuss... Updated 16 Apr, 2024 09:09am
Sports Romania shatter Ukraine’s BJK Cup hopes as Osaka’s Japan make finals PARIS: Romania staged an astonishing fightback to shatter war-torn Ukraine’s hopes of reaching the Billie Jean King... Published 14 Apr, 2024 01:14pm
World South Korea, Japan, US hold naval drills amid North Korea threats SEOUL: South Korea, Japan and the United States staged long-planned joint naval exercises involving an American... Published 12 Apr, 2024 10:43am
World Biden, Japan PM boost defense ties with eye on China WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled their countries’ biggest ever... Updated 11 Apr, 2024 04:46pm
Print ‘Forced’ export of cars: Japan threatens to move WTO ISLAMABAD: In a surprise move, Japanese government threatened Pakistan to take the case for forcing its three car... Updated 08 Apr, 2024 09:55am
World US, Japan, Australia and Philippines to hold South China Sea exercises MANILA: Defence forces of the U.S., Japan, Australia and the Philippines will conduct “maritime cooperative... Published 06 Apr, 2024 10:45am
World Magnitude-6.0 quake shakes northeast Japan, no tsunami alert TOKYO: A magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck off northeastern Japan’s Fukushima region on Thursday, the Japan... Published 04 Apr, 2024 12:11pm
World Japan lifts tsunami advisory, Okinawa flights resume TOKYO: Japan lifted a tsunami advisory on Wednesday and check-in resumed at Okinawa’s main airport where flights had... Published 03 Apr, 2024 11:22am
World Nine dead, more than 1,000 injured in most powerful Taiwan quake in 25 years TAIPEI: At least nine people were killed and more than 1,000 injured Wednesday by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan... Updated 03 Apr, 2024 08:06pm
Markets Japan’s Nikkei ekes out gains as profit-taking TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average closed higher on Tuesday, briefly scaling 40,000 points before profit-taking... Published 03 Apr, 2024 05:29am
World Japan, China experts discuss Fukushima water release TOKYO: Japanese and Chinese experts held talks on treated wastewater from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant,... Published 31 Mar, 2024 12:20pm
