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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 4, 2023

China and India have fewer people than the U.N. thinks

The U.N.'s premature declaration that India has surpassed China as the world’s most populous country highlights the diminishing reliability of its population statistics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2023

Contaminated drugs, shredded papers: U.S. FDA uncovers failures in India pharma factories

Authorities have suspended the licenses of more than a dozen unlisted drugmakers in the wake of dozens of cough syrup deaths.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 5, 2023

BBC raids show India's shrinking media freedom under Modi, some journalists say

The news network has said it is cooperating fully with authorities, adding that its journalists would continue to report 'without fear or favor.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 21, 2023

U.S. report lists 'significant human rights' abuses in India

The findings come nearly a year after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. was monitoring what he described as a rise in human rights abuses in India.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 21, 2023

As India's population booms, where are its working women?

Economists say that India must not only create more jobs to keep its world-beating growth on track, but also foster employment conditions favorable to women.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 2, 2023

India’s workers are trapped in a vicious cycle of coal and heat

The vast, climate-vulnerable nation's reliance on coal is making its own predicament worse, leaving hundreds of millions of its workers caught in a vicious heat cycle.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 17, 2022

India’s richest more than double their fortunes during COVID crisis, Oxfam says

India, where urban unemployment climbed as high as 15% last May and food insecurity worsened, now counts more billionaires than France, Sweden and Switzerland combined.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2023

India's Adani hits back at Hindenburg, insists made full disclosure

The conglomerate said last week's Hindenburg report was intended to enable the U.S.-based short seller to book gains, without citing evidence.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 5, 2023

Deadly India train crash brings focus back on safety

Carrying more than 21 million passengers a day, the rail network in the world's most populous country is under enormous pressure.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 27, 2023

India’s June heat wave deaths are a harbinger of worse to come

The numerous anecdotal reports of a spike in deaths among the most vulnerable in society have heightened concerns about both central and local government preparations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 28, 2023

Record heat waves push India closer to limit of human survival

The national weather office has forecast rising temperatures in the coming weeks after India experienced its hottest February since 1901.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2022

Majority of India’s 900 million workforce stop looking for jobs

Frustrated at not being able to find the right kind of job, millions of Indians, particularly women, are exiting the labor force entirely.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Dec 7, 2018

Race to the bottom? India plans deep dive for seabed minerals

In the 1870 Jules Verne classic "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," underwater explorer Captain Nemo predicted the mining of the ocean floor's mineral bounty: zinc, iron, silver and gold.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 25, 2023

India to pass China this week as world's most populous nation, U.N. says

India is topping China due to both rapid growth in its own population and a decline in China's after hitting 1.426 billion last year.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 21, 2022

'Invisible' solution to water shortages lies beneath our feet

Groundwater — which accounts for 99% of the planet's freshwater supplies — is poorly understood and consequently undervalued, mismanaged and even abused.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 25, 2022

The new India: Expanding influence abroad, straining democracy at home

India has become indispensable in answering some of the world's challenges, from diplomacy to climate change.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 20, 2023

Himalayan glaciers could lose up to 75% of ice by 2100, report says

The melt is expected to cause dangerous flooding and water shortages for the 240 million people who live in the mountainous region.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 23, 2023

How India’s hunt for a separatist preacher cut off the internet for 27 million people

The self-styled preacher, Amritpal Singh, has called on his followers to revive a banned secessionist movement that fought to create an independent state called Khalistan.
A man walks through panels at a solar power plant under construction in Aksu, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, in 2012.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 6, 2024

Banned Chinese solar goods worth billions find route to U.S. via India

Amid a solar boom, India’s largest panel-maker has sent millions of panels to the U.S. made with parts from a Chinese firm denied entry to the U.S. market.
People read newspapers at a roadside tea stall in Patna, Bihar, India. Newsrooms are being reshaped, journalists say, by India’s richest press barons, many of whom are close to the ruling party and depend on millions of advertising dollars from the government.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 26, 2024

Billionaire press barons are squeezing media freedom in India

Many press barons are close to the ruling party and depend on millions of advertising dollars from the government.
University students in Varanasi, India, protest against a recent rape and murder of a doctor in West Bengal. Despite some improvements in legislation following high-profile cases, such as the 2012 gang rape, violence against women has worsened, with recorded rapes increasing.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 22, 2024

Protests won’t change India's attitude toward rape

Despite some improvements in legislation following high-profile cases, such as the 2012 gang rape, violence against women has worsened, with recorded rapes increasing.
Kashmiri journalists protest against internet blockade put by India's government in Srinagar in October 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 24, 2023

Internet out: India deploys shutdowns in name of security

Some blackouts last hours, others days. Some stretch for months.
The rural economy has been hurt by a drop in the output of some key crops, such as wheat, in the past three years due to a rise in temperatures, patchy monsoon rains and falling reservoir levels.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 1, 2024

World-beating growth? Not for India's rural majority

For many in rural India, which is home to 60% of its 1.4 billion people, the country's so-called spectacular economic growth is nowhere in sight.
Indian soldiers participate in a mock drill exercise in New Delhi in 2016. The transfer of Indian munitions to support Ukraine's defense against Russia has occurred for more than a year, according to the sources and customs data.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 19, 2024

Ammunition from India enters Ukraine, raising Russian ire

The transfer of munitions to support Ukraine's defense against Russia has occurred for more than a year, according to the sources and the customs data.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 24, 2024

China and India bury the hatchet — for now, at least

Despite the agreement to disengage, the lack of trust is palpable. We are still just one misstep from an army patrol from another dangerous flare-up.
Indian and Bangladeshi girls rescued from sexual exploitation stand near the window of a house provided by a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Kolkata on Sept. 11.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 7, 2024

Trafficked: The girls sold for sex in India

A 2023 U.S. report on trafficking said that India is making "significant efforts" but still falls below minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
MUFG fires worker over ¥2 billion theft from clients’ safe deposit boxes
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is investigating the incident and consulting with the police.
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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