The Municipal Health Department on Thursday reported the first case of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) -- viral brain infection that can lead to serious illness and death -- in the national capital after 13 long years.
A memorial ceremony honouring forced labour victims, including Koreans, at an old Japanese mine complex kicked off on Sunday as planned, with South Korea boycotting it over Tokyo's pick to send a senior official with hard-line views on history to the event.
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A team of Japanese researchers has found a class of diabetes drugs that help the kidneys to flush out glucose and maintain kidney health.
The 81-year-old iconic Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu) -- that connects the cities of Kolkata and Howrah -- will remain closed to traffic for five hours on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday for a comprehensive health check-up, the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SMP), Kolkata, has notified.
Japanese star Hideki Matsuyama withdrew from the second round of the BMW Championship on Friday with a lower-back injury as Korean duo Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim remained in the top 10 of the leaderboard in the penultimate tournament of the 2024 FedEx Cup Playoffs.
Japanese star Hideki Matsuyama became the first Asian golfer to win a FedExCup Playoffs event with a hard-fought two-stroke victory over Xander Schauffele and Viktor Hovland at the St. Jude Championship
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck off the Japanese prefecture of Ibaraki, just northeast of Tokyo, the country's weather agency said.
In a detailed study, researchers identify which diets are effective in lowering the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
Japanese researchers have developed a more accurate method that comes with high diagnostic power to screen against cervical cancer from mucus samples.
