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Ekhlasur, director of Yamagata Dhaka Friendship General Hospital, receives the Order of the Rising Sun award at the official residence of Ito Naoki, ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh

Japan honours Ekhlasur with Order of the Rising Sun

Md. Ekhlasur Rahman also received the Foreign Minister’s Commendation from Japan for his exceptional contributions to Japanese nationals in need of help in Bangladesh

US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the media at the naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on 28 September, 2022

US will operate 'undaunted, unafraid' in Taiwan Strait: Harris

Washington will operate "undaunted and unafraid" throughout Asia, including the Taiwan Strait, US Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday as she addressed American troops in Japan

People leave flowers and pay their respects to former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe outside the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on 27 September, 2022

Japan honours assassinated Abe at controversial funeral

Thousands of Japanese offered flowers and prayers on Tuesday in honour of assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe ahead of a controversial state funeral attended by hundreds of foreign ...

The logo for McDonald's restaurant is seen as McDonald's Corp. reports fourth quarter earnings, in Arlington, Virginia, US on 27 January, 2022

McDonald’s hikes prices in Japan on higher input costs, weaker yen

Japan’s McDonald’s fast food restaurants will raise prices on about 60 per cent of offerings to customers, fuelled by rising input costs and exchange-rate fluctuations, the company said on Monday

A worker clears debris and mud at the site of a landslide caused by Typhoon Nanmadol in Mimata, Miyazaki prefecture on 19 September, 2022.

One killed in landslide as another typhoon nears Japan

Japan is currently in its typhoon season, and faces around 20 such storms a year

Photo show work progressing at Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna

Bangladesh's foreign debt liability swells as price of dollar shoots up

Bangladesh foreign debt liability has increased as the price of dollars has shot up due to high import cost in the wake of Russia-Ukraine war

This handout photo provided by US astronaut Bob Hines on 18 September, 2022, shows an overhead view of Typhoon Nanmadol from space

Nanmadol batters Japan with record rain, killing 2

Nanmadol made landfall near Kagoshima city late on Sunday before battering the western island of Kyushu and roaring onto the main island of Honshu on Monday morning

The "Pacific Egret", a purpose-built ship belonging to the Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL) nuclear materials shipping company, loaded with radioactive Mixed Oxide Fuel (MOX), departs under military escort from the harbour of Cherbourg-Octeville, northwestern France on 17 September, 2022

France sends latest nuclear shipment to Japan

Two ships carrying reprocessed nuclear fuel destined for Japan set sail Saturday morning from northern France, an AFP photographer said, despite criticism from environmental campaigners

This picture taken on 18 August, 2022 shows a Japan Coast Guard vessel patrolling the waters off Yonaguni Island, Okinawa prefecture

Chinese moves on Taiwan rattle remote Japanese island

The western island is just 110 kilometres (70 miles) from Taiwan, and a Chinese missile fired during the drills last month landed not far from Yonaguni's shores

'Very strong' Typhoon Muifa approaches Japan southern islands

'Very strong' Typhoon Muifa approaches Japan southern islands

Typhoon Muifa approached Japan's southern islands on Sunday, prompting officials to issue a warning for locals to seek shelter from the "violent waves and winds" before it made landfall

India's car Maruti Suzuki. Photo:AFP

Japan’s Suzuki drives deeper into India with global R&D unit

Suzuki Motor Corp 7269.T will set up a global research and development company in India, its president said on Sunday, pushing deeper into a market that is set to become an electric vehicle (EV) hub ...

This picture taken on 6 July, 2022 shows renovation activist and co-director of the organisation Sento & Neighborhood Sam Holden taking a bath at the Inariyu, which is a "sento" or public bath, in the Takinogawa area of Tokyo

Japanese bath houses find new ways to stay afloat

Just before it opens each afternoon, elderly residents gather outside one of Tokyo's last remaining old-style bath houses carrying flannels, soap and shampoo for their regular soak

Japan's foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi shakes hands with the United Nations' representative Amina J Mohamed during a press conference after the closing session of the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Tunisia's capital Tunis on 28 August 2022.

Japan vows to work for 'more resilient' African economies

Japan will cooperate closely with African countries to promote "more resilient" economies, prime minister Fumio Kishida told the final session of an investment conference in Tunisia on Sunday.

Itaru Nakamura, commissioner general of the National Police Agency, announces his resignation over former prime minister Shinzo Abe's assassinations' during a press conference in Tokyo on 25 August, 2022.

Japan national police chief resigns over Abe assassination

There were shortcomings in the security plans and the risk assessments on which they were based, and direction from the field commander was insufficient, said the leaving police chief

Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan on 10 August 2022.

Japan PM Fumio Kishida tests Covid positive

Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida has been infected with Covid-19 and is recuperating at his official residence, his office said on Sunday.

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