Popular names and top Indian women players from the national team failed to put it past their more fancied foreign opponents in the Womens’ singles at WTT Star Contender Chennai 2025 as Mannika Batra and Ahikya Mukherjee bowed out, fighting.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stressed the importance of the United States' involvement in achieving peace in Ukraine.
Millions of people in Japan are reported to be addicted to online gambling, with the amount of money spent on illegal gambling reaching 1.2 trillion yen annually, a police survey revealed on Thursday.
Indo-Pacific is fast becoming the epicentre of global security, and for India and Japan, the urgency of deepening strategic cooperation has never been more pressing.
Steady rainfall on Wednesday has helped contain the spread of a week-long wildfire in Ofunato City of Japan's Iwate Prefecture, local media reported.
A wildfire that broke out on Saturday in the mountains spanning Japan's Kofu City and Fuefuki City in Yamanashi prefecture remained uncontained, local media reported on Sunday.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav announced on Wednesday that Japan would participate as a country partner in the Global Investor Summit scheduled in Bhopal on February 24-25.
Japan on Monday evening warned of a possible tsunami following an earthquake of around 6.9 magnitude, that struck the southwestern region of the country.
Heavy snow hit Sea of Japan coastal areas in northern, central and western Japan on Friday, disrupting bullet train operations and forcing the closure of some sections of expressways and national roads.
Coming into the season's first tournament, Senthil pocketed the opening set without fuss but faced some resistance from his Japanese rival before prevailing 6-3, 6-4.
