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November 5: World Tsunami Awareness Day

November 5, 2016

The First World Tsunami Awareness Day was observed across the world on 5 November 2016 to spread awareness among people across the world about Tsunami. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) had constituted the day by adopting a resolution in ..

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First World Tsunami Awareness Day to be celebrated at AMCDRR 2016

October 13, 2016

The first World Tsunami Awareness Day will be celebrated on November 5, 2016 at the Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) 2016. The conference will organised from November 3 to 5, 2016 in New Delhi by the Union ..

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Japan's Yoshinori Ohsumi wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine

October 4, 2016

Yoshinori Ohsumi (71) of Japan has won the 2016 Nobel Prize for physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work on autophagy. With this he becomes the 23rd Japanese national to win a Nobel prize and overall the sixth Japanese medicine ..

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World History: Japanese Imperialism

August 25, 2016

Before Meiji Restoration (1867), which led to Emperor Meiji’s ascension to power, Japan was basically a feudal state with a confusing and ambiguous power structure. With this key event in Japanese history, Japan embarked on a meteoric rise as a regional and ..

Takehiko Nakao re-elected as President of Asian Development Bank

August 5, 2016

Takehiko Nakao has been re-elected for a 2nd term as the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is beginning from November 2016. He was unanimously elected by the ADB’s Governors. He is the ninth president of ADB and ..

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Japan cabinet approves economic stimulus package worth $275 billion

August 3, 2016

Japan’s cabinet has approved an economic stimulus package worth 275 billion dollars in attempt kick-start the economy and boost growth of the world’s third-largest economy. Decision in this regard was Japanese Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in ..

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Ken Miyauchi appointed as President and COO of SoftBank Group

June 23, 2016

Ken Miyauchi has been appointed as the President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group. He will succeed Nikesh Arora who had stepped down from his position after the Chairman and CEO of Group Masayoshi Son ..

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India, Japan and US navies kick off 2016 Malabar Exercise near South China Sea

June 11, 2016

India, Japan and United States (US) navies have kicked off 2016 MALABAR trilateral naval Exercise near South China Sea. This year it is the 20th edition of the naval exercise in which over 100 aircraft and 22 naval ships including ..

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India becomes third largest oil consumer

June 9, 2016

According to recently released BP Statistical Review of World Energy India has surpassed Japan to become the world’s third-largest oil consumer. With demand of 4.1 million barrels a day (bpd), India is the third-largest consumer behind the United States (19.39 ..

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AR Rahman conferred with Japan's Fukuoka prize 2016

June 1, 2016

Legendary Oscar winning Indian music composer A R Rahman was awarded Japan’s Fukuoka prize for the year 2016. He has been conferred with this award in the Grand Prize category for his outstanding contribution towards creating, preserving and showcasing South ..

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