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Customers eat curry at the first Indian outlet of the CoCo Ichi restaurant in New Delhi in August 2020.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Dec 8, 2025
Curry restaurant chain CoCo Ichi sets sights on major expansion in India
Although the chain initially struggled with low name recognition in the Indian market, its curry dishes have gradually gained popularity as a form of Japanese cuisine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 5, 2025
Putin and Modi agree to expand and widen India-Russia trade
India, the world’s top buyer of Russian arms and seaborne oil, has rolled out the red carpet for Putin during his two-day state visit.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi prior to an informal dinner at Modi's residence in New Delhi on Thursday, the first day of the Russian leader's two-day state visit to India
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 5, 2025
Modi rolls out the red carpet for Putin, defying U.S. pressure
The stakes are high for the Indian prime minister as he seeks to assert the nation’s strategic autonomy after U.S. President Donald Trump slapped tariffs of 50% on India’s goods.
A JFE Steel plant in Kanagawa Prefecture. JFE will invest 157.5 billion rupees ($1.7 billion) in an equal joint venture with India’s JSW Steel.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 4, 2025
JFE Steel to form $3.4 billion venture with India’s JSW Steel
Demand for steel in the South Asian country is surging, led by a push for infrastructure projects by the government and growing real estate construction.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China, on Sept. 1.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 2, 2025
Russia’s Putin seeks to boost energy and defense exports with India visit
India’s crude imports are set to hit a three-year low this month, after the tightening of sanctions on Russia that coincide with its growing purchases of U.S. oil and gas.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a news conference in New Delhi on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 2, 2025
Modi seeks parliament approval for sweeping reforms to aid growth in India
The prime minister aims to transform India into a developed economy by 2047 and cement his legacy as one of the nation’s most consequential reformers.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group plans to accelerate its expansion in India by increasing lending and staff after investing nearly $5 billion in the fast-growing economy.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 28, 2025
SMFG accelerates India expansion after $5 billion buying blitz
Sumitomo Mitsui is set to quicken its push into India by boosting lending and adding staff.
The navies of Japan, the U.S. and South Korea take part in a combined anti-submarine exercise in waters off South Korea's Jeju Island in April 2023. The Takaichi administration is looking to strengthen alliances to coordinate responses and mitigate regional threats under a collective deterrence approach.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 26, 2025
The argument for Indo-Pacific ‘collective deterrence’
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is boosting defense, alliances and collective deterrence to protect Japan, support allies and maintain Indo-Pacific stability.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Johannesburg on Sunday
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 24, 2025
Takaichi and Modi agree to deepen Japan-India cooperation
The agreement came at a time when the security environment in the Indo-Pacific region is increasingly severe.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (right) welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the ​Johannesburg Expo Center for the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 24, 2025
Trump’s attacks push India, Brazil and South Africa closer together
The U.S. president has upended Washington’s decades of careful diplomacy to cultivate relations with the three major emerging markets.
A bottle of Coldrif cough syrup, which has been linked to the deaths of multiple children.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 24, 2025
Indian officials probe whether safety lapses led to children dying from cough syrup
Despite Sresan Pharmaceutical Manufacturer’s track record and regulations that require annual checks, the drugmaker’s factory had not been inspected since 2023.
Firefighters work at the site of a crash involving an Indian-made Tejas fighter jet at the Dubai Air Show in the United Arab Emirates on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Nov 23, 2025
Tejas crash dampens export hopes for Indian fighter jet
The crash at the Dubai Airshow will inevitably overshadow India’s efforts to establish the jet abroad after a painstaking development over four decades, experts said.
Firefighters work at the site of a crash involving an Indian-made HAL Tejas fighter jet at the Dubai Air Show, United Arab Emirates, on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 22, 2025
Indian Tejas fighter jet crashes in a ball of fire at Dubai Airshow, killing pilot
The Indian Air Force said it was setting up a court of inquiry to investigate the cause of the crash.
Chandrababu Naidu, chief minister of India’s Andhra Pradesh state, speaks during an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 18, 2025
India’s chief kingmaker sees Google unleashing $1 trillion boom
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu says Google’s announcement of a $15 billion investment in data centers in his state is just the beginning.
South African cricket legend Jacques Kallis plays a shot during the final day of a cricket test match against India in Johannesburg in December 2013.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 17, 2025
Who is cricket’s Shohei Ohtani?
A better question might be: Does cricket need its own Shohei?
Indian soldiers stand guard near the site of a deadly car blast in the Red Fort area in the old quarters of New Delhi on Nov. 11.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 17, 2025
India arrests suspected accomplice in Delhi suicide bombing
The National Investigation Agency says that Amir Rashid Ali, a Kashmiri resident, conspired with the suicide bomber to plan the attack.
U.S. President Donald Trump hit India with a $100,000 fee on new applications under the H-1B visa program, which is widely used by Indian and American tech firms to bring in skilled workers from abroad.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 15, 2025
India’s top tech schools see opportunity in Trump’s H-1B curbs
With annual campus recruitment season set to begin in a few weeks, the country’s brightest engineers no longer see U.S. jobs as essential for success.
Indian officials at the site of an explosion in New Delhi on Monday
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 14, 2025
Modi’s new red line on terrorism raises stakes after New Delhi blast
Following a clash with Pakistan earlier this year, India’s prime minister vowed to treat any future attacks on civilians as an “act of war.”
Firefighters douse a car at the suicide blast site in Islamabad on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 12, 2025
Pakistan ‘in a state of war’ after explosion kills 12 in capital
The attack has raised alarm that insurgent violence, confined in recent years to Pakistan’s western regions, has reached its urban centers.
Security officials at the site of an explosion in New Delhi on Monday
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 12, 2025
Blasts rock capitals of India and Pakistan, raising tensions
Suspicions have been running deep between the neighbors following a four-day military clash earlier this year in which both countries conducted strikes on each other.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
Japanese police arrest nine over Sierra Leone-based special fraud
Japanese police have arrested nine individuals for their alleged involvement in a special fraud case using Sierra Leone as a base.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
X Games returns to Chiba with new team format
Skateboarder Sora Shirai practices at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Friday afternoon. X Games Chiba begins on Saturday.
NU Festival tests Takanawa Gateway City complex’s culture cred
Veteran improvisers Kazuo Imai and Atsuhiro Ito brought some unruly energy to NU Festival, a three-day multimedia event held at the Takanawa Gateway City complex.  
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.

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