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Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Japanese government extends virus emergency to eight more regions after Games open

Japan have been recording more than 20,000 new cases a day in recent weeks as the more infectious Delta variant spreads.

Asian Development Bank provides $3 mn grant to India to combat COVID-19 pandemic

The grant will be used to procure thermal scanners and essential commodities to strengthen India's COVID-19 response, said the funding agency

Coronavirus Outbreak: Confident that Japanese government and IOC will not proceed with Olympics, says WHO

While it took 67 days from the first reported case to reach the first 100,000 cases of COVID-19, it took only 11 days for the second 100,000 cases, and just four days for the third 100,000 cases, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said.

Japan executes first foreigner in years, Chinese man convicted of murdering a family in 2003

Japan on Thursday executed a 40-year-old Chinese man convicted of murdering a family of four, in the country’s first execution of a foreigner since the disclosure of details on sentences carried out began in 2007, the justice ministry said.

No compromise on quality of Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train, says head of consultant firm for project

The training institute, being made in Vadodara's Lal Bagh area as part of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, has completed 15-20 percent and is ensuring that India doesn't have to compromise on "quality and parameters" in the project.

Western Digital to finalise the deal with Toshiba's memory chip buisness

Western Digital Corp’s chief executive is in Tokyo to finalise an agreement to buy Toshiba Corp’s memory chip business, ending months of dispute over the auction, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on 28 August.

Western Digital says it matches rival bidders' offer to acquire Toshiba Corp flash memory unit sale

Western Digital, in court documents filed 7 July, said it has made six proposals since February, including a proposal on 27 June matching the best offer.

Toshiba's memory chip unit under pressure to opt for plan B and find a new buyer

Toshiba board is being asked seriously consider alternatives, people with direct knowledge of the sale process said - including picking a new buyer.

Western Digital may bid for Toshiba's chip unit by joining Japan-KKR group

The concession by Western Digital could be a turning point in the hotly contested auction for unit, which Toshiba has valued at at least 2 trillion yen.

Japan's Emperor Akihito to step down as cabinet approves bill allowing abdication

The Japanese government approved a one-off bill allowing ageing Emperor Akihito to step down from the Chrysanthemum Throne, in the first such abdication in two centuries.