Japan

Representational image of Bangladesh flood. File Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

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

The project will benefit some 500,000 displaced people by repairing and renovating evacuation shelters

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

Snowcapped mountains are reflected in Kenai Lake outside of Cooper Landing, in Anchorage, Alaska, US on 3 November 2021. Reuters/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
World+Biz

Japan weighs Alaska LNG pipeline pledge to win Trump's favour