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Eduardo Vargas scored twice as Chile launched the defence of their Copa America crown with an emphatic 4-0 defeat of Japan

Japan qualified for ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in a bizarre way as their opponents Papua New Guinea forfeited their final match after suspending 11 of their players "for internal disciplinary reasons and failing to adhere to our strict codes of conduct"

India and Japan all set to take 'Modi-Abe vision' forward

Ness Wadia, business tycoon and owner of IPL team Kings XI Punjab, has been sentenced to a two-year-prison term in Japan for possessing drugs.

Business tycoon and heir to the Wadia Group Ness Wadia was arrested at New Chitose Airport in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido for carrying 25g of cannabis resin in early March

The cosplay was organised with the help of Japanese consul general in Bengaluru Takayuki Kitagawa to promote Japanese pop culture in the country, along with tourism, and to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries. Kerala’s Kalaripayattu warrior Ravi will be the first Indian character in a Japanese Manga comic.

In an op-ed written for written for the Religious News Services, Gabbard pointed out to the accusation against her of being a Hindu nationalist. "Tomorrow will it be Muslim or Jewish Americans? Japanese, Hispanic or African Americans?" she asked.

 A Japanese publication stated caught China’s foreign ministry unaware when it reported that the Chinese President would meet Prime Minster Narendra Modi in India in February.
 

Japan's Nikkei, Hong Kong's Hang Seng, Shanghai Composite Index, Korea's KOSPI, Paris CSCV 40, Frankfurt's DAX, London's FTSE, US Dow Jones Industrial Average — are all down, but the India's Sensex, Nifty etc are constantly rallying

Police personnel and firemen are still trying to determine the cause of the explosion that left more than 40 people injured in a major explosion in the Japanese city of Sapporo. Initial reports have suggested a gas blast.