New Delhi: With 67 per cent Indian businesses hit by ransomware — 38 per cent twice — they are at a high risk of repeated ransomware attacks and are vulnerable to exploits, a new report warned on Wednesday. While $13.74 million were spent by three per cent of the organisations[Read More…]
Tag: Japan
Samsung demonstrates 5G network on high-speed train
Samsung Electronics said on Friday that it has demonstrated the fifth-generation network on a high-speed train travelling over 100 kmph under a joint project with Japanese telecommunications operator KDDI. The two companies, which have been rolling out joint projects in the field since 2015, said they successfully observed data transmission[Read More…]
Women’s Hockey Asia Cup: India beat China to win title
Kakamigahara (Japan): India created history as they edged past China 5-4 via shootouts to win the women’s Asia Cup hockey title here on Sunday. With this, India also qualified for next year’s World Cup as Continental Champions. It was skipper Rani who scored the winning goal for India while Savita[Read More…]
Korea Open: PV Sindhu defeats Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara to clinch title
In thrilling finals of women’s singles title, Olympic silver medallist shuttler, PV Sindhu, beat world champion, Nozomi Okuhara, of Japan at the Korea Open Superseries on Sunday. She saw off eighth seed Okuhara 22-20, 11-21, 20-18 in an energy-sapping contest that lasted an hour and 23 minutes. The 22-year-old Indian[Read More…]
Japan’s first lady pretends not to speak English to avoid chatting with Donald Trump
Akie Abe, the first lady of Japan and wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has spoken English many times in public, fluently, with only the slightest accent. However, last week at the G20 summit in Germany, when the opera performance ended, Trump says she was seated next to him for dinner[Read More…]
By 2018, you might see flying cars finally
Soon you might witness a Dutch design flying car which will be the first of its kind. After years of testing, the PAL-V company is poised to start production on what they bill as the world first: a three-wheeled gyrocopter-type vehicle which can carry two people and will be certified[Read More…]
Japan passes controversial Anti-terror Law, opposition stages protest
A controversial Anti-terror Law has been enacted by Japan on Thursday, which led to the protests on street. The critics warned that the law would stomp on citizens’ privacy rights. The conspiracy bill was passed by the upper house of parliament. The bill has been enacted to combat terrorism and[Read More…]
North Korea fires third missile into Japanese waters in 3 weeks
On Monday, North Korea allegedly fired another missile off its east coast. This is its third such test in just over three weeks. The short-range ballistic missile fell in the ocean within 200 miles of its coastline. The missile landed within its Exclusive Economic Zone, an area of water extended[Read More…]
Bitcoin soars to an all-time high
Bitcoin towered an all-time high above $1,400 on Tuesday which is technically more than triple of its value over the past year. This comes alongside the recent rise in demand for the service in Japan, where the digital currency has been considered a legitimate means of payment. Bitcoin rose around[Read More…]
Nalanda University to collaborate with Kanazawa University
On Friday, the Nalanda University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Kanazawa University of Japan for an academic collaboration, said a statement from Nalanda University. The MOU was signed on Thursday in Rajgir by Mori Masahide, Head of the School of Humanities, Indian Buddhist Studies, Comparative Culture[Read More…]
Foreigners in Japan face discrimination: Survey
North Korea’s missile launch a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions: Shinzo Abe
North Korea fired four ballistic missiles in the early hours of Monday morning into the sea off Japan’s northwest, South Korean and Japanese officials said. Military authorities in South Korea, Japan, and the United States all confirmed the launch of four intermediate range missiles, which traveled almost 1,000 kilometers (620[Read More…]
China tells Japan ‘negative’ moves impair ties
North Korea test missile flies 500 km, lands in Sea of Japan; US, Japan condemn the launch
North Korea on Sunday reportedly test fired a ballistic missile from North Pyongan province in what would be its first such test of the year and an implicit challenge to US President Donald Trump’s new administration. South Korea, Japan and USA condemned the missile launch. USA and Japan held a[Read More…]
Japan won’t accept Trump’s wrong economic policies
Japan should push back if President-elect Donald Trump uses “wrong economics,” said an adviser of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Reuters in an unusually direct expression. As Trump takes over White House on Friday, January 20, 2017; his policies to impose border tax on import and unsettles the global trade.[Read More…]
India set to become third largest diamond market
A report by Bain & Company has claimed that India is on course to become the third largest diamond market by 2020 overtaking Europe and Japan. The boom in diamond sales is being driven by the millennials, reports PTI. Currently, the largest markets for the luxury good is China, the[Read More…]
Shameful! Japanese woman allegedly raped in Kerala, accused arrested
In a shocking incident, a 35-year-old Japanese woman was allegedly raped by a man from neighbouring Karnataka at nearby Kovalam, police said on Saturday. The accused, identified as Teja, 25, was arrested on Saturday based on the woman’s statement. His family runs a handicrafts shop at Kovalam, police said. A[Read More…]
6.9-magnitude earthquake hits Fukushima, triggers tsunami
A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake hits Japan’s Fukushima and Miyagi has triggered tsunami waves of more than one metre, US Geological Survey said The quake struck at about 6:00 am local time (2:30 am IST). National media reported minor injuries and damages. National broadcaster NHK urged residents to seek higher grounds[Read More…]
That was fast! Japan fixes vast Fukuoka city sinkhole in two days
A section of road in the centre of the Japanese city of Fukuoka has reopened just days after a sinkhole opened up outside a busy railway station and threatened to topple nearby buildings. In a typical demonstration of Japanese workmanship and efficiency, workers toiled around the clocks and had practically[Read More…]
India won’t become a ‘pawn’ for Japan, reports Chinese media
Accusing Japan of exploiting Sino-India disputes for its own interests, a Chinese state-run media on Sunday said that India will not become a “pawn” for Japan to contain China. “Japan wants to use the disputes between China and India to court India to help contain China. Japan seeks to urge[Read More…]
Japan’s train company attracts criticism over ‘etiquette video’
An ‘etiquette’ song and dance video made by a Japanese rail company advising women against using make-up in trains is drawing a lot of criticism and has been labeled as ‘too dictating.’ The 30-second-video released on September 16, two female commuters are seen applying mascara and lipstick while a woman[Read More…]
China to give Bangladesh whopping $24 billion
China is set to sign off on loans worth over $24 billion to Bangladesh during President Xi Jinping’s visit on Friday. China plans to finance around 25 projects, including a 1,320 megawatt (MW) power plant, and is also keen to build a deep sea port in Bangladesh. Japan has also offered finance[Read More…]
40 per cent of Japan’s adult singles are virgins, says study
More than forty per cent of young singletons in Japan are virgins, according to a new study that highlights concerns about the country’s demographic challenges. Japan already suffers from the world’s oldest population and a shrinking birthrate, with the government struggling to incentivise marriage and parenthood. Now a survey of[Read More…]
North Korea’s nuclear testing condemned in international quarters
North Korea said it successfully tested its fifth and potentially most powerful nuclear missile on Friday morning. State media said the warhead could be mounted on ballistic rockets and would enable North Korea to produce ‘a variety of smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear warheads of higher strike power.’ The blast,[Read More…]
India’s entry into NSG will promote non-proliferation: Japan
Japan has reaffirmed its support for India’s Nuclear Suppliers Group membership. In the first official comment after China’s opposition sealed India’s fate at NSG group, Japan said that India’s presence in NSG will help promote non-proliferation. According to a TOI report, as China refuses to let go of its opposition to[Read More…]