India ratifies 2nd commitment period of Kyoto Protocol

KYOTO, Japan: The global push among carmakers to make ever lighter vehicles is leading some auto suppliers in Japan to turn to what seems like an unlikely substitute for steel - wood. Japanese researchers and auto component makers say a material made from ...

Seven chimpanzees of different ages and sexes living in the Primate Research Institute at Kyoto University were part of the experiment. (Representational image) Tokyo: Chimpanzees can play the popular rock-paper-scissors game as well as four-year-old ...

India today reaffirmed its commitment to the landmark Paris climate change agreement, saying it is willing to "work above and beyond" the pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, during a UN Leadership Summit on ...

Ever since Narendra Modi left Gujarat to become Prime Minister in 2014, the BJP was forced to appoint two chief ministers in a bid to retain its hold on the state. The state is now gearing up for its first Assembly poll since Modi’s exit. Given this ...

India and Japan on Wednesday renewed their research partnership for another five years to create a stem cell bank for patients needing transplantation, and also to explore translational research. The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) will bring Japanese ...

By William James and Kiyoshi Takenaka LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May will look to ease corporate Japan's worries about Brexit during a three-day visit to the country from Wednesday focussed on progress on a bilateral trade deal ...

Date set to play in Japan Women's Open at 46 Former world number four Kimiko Date has been invited to play in next month's Japan Women's Open barely a fortnight before she turns 47, the Japan Tennis Association said on Wednesday. The Kyoto native had been awarded a sponsors' invite for the Sept. 11-17 event at Tokyo's Ariake Tennis Forest Park, Kyodo news reported. Date, who initially retired in 1996 but returned to competition in 2008, spent 16 months on the sidelines following a couple of ...

Listed as one of the speakers at the recently held Delhi Dialogues on 5 July, Thai academic Pavin Chachavalpongpun has claimed that he wasn't allowed to participate in the inaugural ministerial session on 4 July which was inaugurated by External Affairs ...

India on Saturday joined 18 other G20 members to strongly support the fight against global warming by terming the Paris climate deal as "irreversible", leaving the United States, which walked out of the pact, isolated. The two-day G20 Summit saw the Indian side making "significant contributions" on resolve to counter terrorism and boost global trade and investment. The Summit, attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with top world leaders including host Angela Merkel and US President ...