Japan

A Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 16 November 2018. File Photo: Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Economy

Japan, UNHCR sign $1.6mn deal to boost Rohingya support in Bangladesh

As per the agreement, UNHCR will be able to build, maintain and repair safer shelters that can better withstand extreme weather

Representational image of Bangladesh flood. File Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Japan, IOM sign $3.2mn deal for Bangladesh’s flood recovery

Philippine Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro speaks during a joint press conference with German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (not pictured) at a hotel in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, August 4, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Lisa Marie David/File Photo
Asia

Philippine, Japan ministers agree to further enhance defence partnership

Woven City would resemble a real city where inventors and residents can co-create new ideas, products, and services. Graphics: Collected.
Asia

Rich in cash, Japan automaker Toyota builds a city to test futuristic mobility

A man buys fish at a market in Tokyo, Japan 3 March 2023. REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou
World+Biz

Japan's core inflation hits 19-month high, keeping alive BOJ rate-hike bets

WHO and Japan signed a $3.2 million Project. Photo: Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh. Facebook page
Bangladesh

Japan provides $3.2m to WHO as assistance to ensure quality health services in Cox's Bazar, Bhasan Char

A Bangladeshi delegation led by Commerce Adviser SK Bashir Ahmed during a meeting with Japanese investors on 17 February. Photo: UNB
Economy

Japan’s top investors pledge increased investment in Bangladesh

Caption: The Taliban are back in control of the country, and any hope that they would govern more pragmatically than in the past has been dashed. Photo: Reuters
Asia

Taliban delegation visits Japan in rare trip outside region

US President Donald Trump holds a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the East Room at the White House in Washington, US, 7 February 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
USA

Japan PM Ishiba, after meeting Trump, voices optimism over averting tariffs

US President Donald Trump holds a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House in Washington, DC, US on 7 February 2025. Reuters/Kent Nishimura
World+Biz

How Japan held ‘study sessions’ before successful meeting with Trump

A Japanese woman interacts with Toko. Photo: EPA
Offbeat

Toco the human collie opens a 'zoo' where other people can become animals

Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Japan to help improve air pollution monitoring in Dhaka, Chattogram

Ikuina Akiko, the Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the state guest house Jamuna today (2 February). Photo: CA Press Wing
Bangladesh

Japan seeks closer ties to enhance business opportunities with Bangladesh