Hangzhou (China), July 22 (IANS) China’s Olympic champions Sheng Lihao and Zhang Changhong secured a one-two finish in the men’s 10-meter air rifle final as the ISSF World Cup opened in Hangzhou on Wednesday. Sheng, a two-time gold medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, topped qualification with 637.5 points before carrying that form into the final. The 21-year-old led from the opening series and was never seriously challenged, finishing with 253.9 points to claim his 12th ISSF World Cup titl…
Latest Tokyo News & Updates
Wellington, July 19 (IANS) The timing of the recent nuclear-capable missile launch from a Chinese submarine deserves more scrutiny than it has received, said a report noting that the US has been distracted by the ongoing conflict in West Asia.”The test’s timing deserves more scrutiny than it has received. Since late February, the United States has been at war with Iran, a conflict that escalated further in the very week of China’s launch, with Washington striking dozens of Iranian targets after …
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu after she scripted history by becoming the first Indian to win the Japan Open, saying her triumph was ‘a historic feat for Indian badminton’ and would inspire generations of young athletes across the country. Sindhu ended a two-year wait for a BWF World Tour title by defeating home favourite and four-time champion Akane Yamaguchi 21-17, 21-17 in the women’s singles final of the Super 750 t…
Tokyo, July 16 (IANS) Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi is planning to visit India in August to hold talks with his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh. This will be Koizumi’s first visit to India after assuming office in October last year, local media reported on Thursday. The two ministers are expected to discuss cooperation about defence equipment, including the export of the Unicorn communication antenna system from Japan to India, Jiji Press reported citing information received from t…
Tokyo, July 14 (IANS) Two-time Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu and the mixed doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto advanced to the second round of the Japan Open 2026 after registering straight-game victories in their respective opening-round matches at the BWF Super 750 tournament in the Japanese capital on Tuesday.The 2019 BWF Champion defeated Malaysia’s Wong Ling Ching 21-14, 21-11 in just 36 minutes to make a confident start to her campaign. Dhruv and Tanisha also progressed with a …
Tokyo, July 13 (IANS) India and Japan held the 8th Defence Policy Dialogue in Tokyo on Monday, reaffirming their commitment to further strengthen the Special Strategic and Global Partnership and to a free, open, inclusive and rules-based Indo-Pacific. Both sides discussed ways to deepen cooperation in emerging domains, including defence industrial collaboration, technological innovation, cyber security, space, and other areas of shared strategic interest. The two sides also expressed satisfactio…
Tokyo, July 13 (IANS) Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh held a meeting with Japan’s Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Monday, with discussions held on regional situation and defence industry cooperation. In a post on X, Koizumi stated, “First visit to Japan by India’s Defence Secretary Singh. Including follow-up to Prime Minister Takaichi’s recent visit to India, we were able to engage in a broad and constructive exchange of views on regional situations, defence industry cooperation, and m…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) China’s thriving rare earth industry is leading to massive pollution in the Mekong River, that flows downstream into South East Asian countries like Thailand, with heavy metals like arsenic being confirmed in the river’s mainstream sediment, according to a report in Myanmar’s Mizzima news portal. The report highlighted that China tightened environmental enforcement on its own rare earth industry but shifted the mining operations across the border into Kachin and S…
Beijing, July 11 (IANS) China’s July 6 test launch of a long-range ballistic missile coincided with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s arrival in Jakarta on the first leg of his three-nation tour of Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand, with both Canberra and Wellington denouncing the missile test, a report has stated.PM Modi’s tour offered India an opportunity to deepen strategic ties with key Indo-Pacific countries while also reinforcing the vision of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) theme ar…
Chandigarh, July 10 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday said that incomes of farmers will see a substantial growth with an aim to take Haryana’s mangoes on shelves of supermarkets in London, New York, Dubai and Tokyo. Firmly believing that the vision of a Viksit Bharat by 2047 will be realised through the strength of farmlands, he emphasised the need to move beyond being merely producers. “The farmers must now become value creators and exporters.”The Chief Minister wa…