September 8, 2026
Japan Grants $16.4m for Indus Dike Work in Larkana
Japan will provide 2.58 billion yen, about $16.4 million, to strengthen Indus embankments at Old Abad Bund in Larkana under a flood protection and dike improvement project.
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August 23, 2026
Pakistan Beat Japan 4-3 to End a 16-Year Hockey World Cup Drought
Pakistan won their first match at a Hockey World Cup since 2010, beating Japan 4-3 in a 9th-16th place classification game in Amstelveen after failing to progress from the group stage.
India says its economy has overtaken Japan, Germany eyes
A mobile crane moves a container at the Deendayal port in Kandla, in the western state of Gujarat, India, April 5, 2025. — Reuters Revise GDP to $4.18 trillion. Final confirmation awaits annual GDP figures for 2026. The IMF predicts that India will overtake Japan in 2026. NEW DELHI: India has overtaken Japan as the world’s fourth-largest economy – and officials hope to overtake Germany within three years, the government’s year-end economic review estimates. Official confirmation, however, depends on figures due in 2026, when final figures for annual gross domestic product are released, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) tipping
December 10, 2025
Russian bombers join Chinese air patrol near Japan as Tokyo-Beijing ties strain
A Russian TU-95 bomber flies over the East China Sea in this handout photo taken by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and released by the Joint Staff Office of the Ministry of Defense of Japan on July 23, 2019. — Reuters Japan is scrambling aircraft to monitor Russian-Chinese patrols. The joint flight is seen as a show of force, says Japan’s defense minister. China-Russia military cooperation is increasing across the region. TOKYO/MOSCOW: Japan has scrambled aircraft to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols across the country, Japan’s defense ministry said late on Tuesday, amid rising tensions between
December 9, 2025
A 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan, prompting a tsunami warning
Senior government spokesman Minoru Kihara urges residents to stay in a safe place until the warning is lifted A tsunami warning flashes over live footage of a coastal area on a television screen in Sapporo, northern Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture on December 9, 2025. PHOTO: AFP A major earthquake has rocked Japan’s northern coast, with the country’s weather service recording several tsunami waves and local media reporting injuries. The United States Geological Survey said the 7.6-magnitude quake struck at 1415 GMT off Misawa on Japan’s Pacific coast at a depth of 53 kilometers (33 miles). The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a
Japan gunning for World Cup final, JFA chief Miyamoto says
The country’s football officials are confident the Blue Samurai can make a major impact in next year’s tournament JAPAN: Japan have never gone beyond the round of 16 at a World Cup, but Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, the country’s top soccer official, told Reuters they have high confidence and are aiming to reach the finals of next year’s tournament in North America. Japan FA President Miyamoto says the four-time Asian champions have the experience and depth of talent in the squad to make a major impact at the first 48-team World Cup, hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States. Japan became
Vingegaard is back to his best after the Japan win
The 28-year-old Dane came back from injury to take a season-ending victory in Saitama despite a mid-race crash. JAPAN: Former Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard said he was finally back to his best after last year’s horror crash after ending his season on Sunday with victory at Japan’s Saitama Criterium. The Dane was the two-time defending Tour de France champion when a high-speed fall at the Tour of the Basque Country last April left him hospitalized with a punctured lung and several broken bones. The accident shook him mentally and physically but he started picking up the pieces this
Brendan Fraser explores life, language and loneliness in Japan in ‘Rental Family’
The actor enters Tokyo, learning the language and rediscovering purpose through his new film Hikari LONDON: Actor Brendan Fraser immersed himself in Japanese culture and language for his comedy role Rental family. Directed and written by director Hikari, the film sees Fraser play Phillip, an American actor who traveled to Tokyo to star in a toothpaste commercial and ended up staying. Seven years later, job opportunities are scarce and Phillip’s life lacks purpose. But things take a turn when he is booked by a professional stand-in service that uses actors to portray family members, friends and partners. Initially hesitant, Phillip
Schauffele ends drought in the title in Japan
TOKYO: Xander Schauffele won his first title of the year after completing a stroke by Max Greyserman at Baycurrent Classic, PGA Tour in Japan on Sunday. The American finished a drought that extends back to his British Open win last year, which came two months after his first big -ups in the PGA Championship. Schauffele, who won the Olympic gold in Tokyo in 2021, ended at 19-below a seven final round of 64 containing eight Birdies and a Bogey at Yokohama Country Club. Calmly he ran to a short Putt to close the victory, then he took his lid to
Brilliant Marquez is ready to seal the seventh MotoGP title in Japan
MOTEGI: Marc Marquez can complete the seventh MotoGP World Championship in Japan over the weekend to highlight a season of dominance and match the Great Valentino Rossi motorcycle record. Ducati’s Spanish rider is in an imposing 512 points and needs only three points more than his brother Alex Marquez to win the title with five weekends to lose the season of 22 games. Sealing a first championship from 2019 to Motegi will house a return from a nightmare of injury that began when Marquez broke his right hand in 2020. The 32 -year -old is unstoppable this year and his
