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A screen outside the Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai in August. Shriram's stock has risen almost 50% this year, giving the Mumbai-based financial services firm a market value of roughly $18 billion.
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2025
MUFG said to near deal for stake in India’s Shriram
MUFG may invest more than ¥500 billion ($3.2 billion) to buy a stake of around 20%.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a ceremonial reception at India's presidential palace in New Delhi on Dec. 5.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2025
India’s once unshakable ties with Russia are fraying
The uplifting tone of the visit concealed more than it revealed. For all the warmth on display, relations between India and Russia are plateauing.
Japanese Ambassador to India Keiichi Ono (second from right) speaks during a joint conference on economic security cooperation between India and Japan, in New Delhi on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 11, 2025
Japan and India meet in New Delhi to discuss economic security cooperation
Participants at the meeting confirmed the importance of setting up supply chains spanning the two countries for semiconductors and rare earth minerals.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Busan, South Korea, on Oct 30.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 11, 2025
Survival in Trump, Xi and Putin’s ‘great power’ world
Japan and other middle powers must help shape the new order — or risk becoming subject to it.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is greeted with an honor guard during a ceremonial reception in New Delhi on Dec 5. India is looking to Russia because it wants to protect its own interests and maintain strategic autonomy in the face of punitive U.S. policies.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 10, 2025
America will pay for pushing India away
Given that India remains crucial to balance China’s aggressive rise, such an outcome would carry high costs for the U.S.
A coal-fired power plant in Shanghai. China’s on track for another year of record mine output.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Dec 10, 2025
Energy demand boom keeps Asia tethered to coal
Concerns over energy security and costs are trumping the climate agenda in the region’s high-growth, high-polluting economies.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands as they attend a presentation of a joint statement after their delegation-level talks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Dec. 5.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 10, 2025
Top Indian arms makers held rare meetings in Russia on joint ventures
Any potential collaboration with Russia risks setting back plans by Indian defense firms to jointly develop Western arms as part of a push to make India a global manufacturing hub.
Customers eat curry at the first Indian outlet of the CoCo Ichi restaurant in New Delhi in August 2020.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Dec 8, 2025
Curry restaurant chain CoCo Ichi sets sights on major expansion in India
Although the chain initially struggled with low name recognition in the Indian market, its curry dishes have gradually gained popularity as a form of Japanese cuisine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 5, 2025
Putin and Modi agree to expand and widen India-Russia trade
India, the world’s top buyer of Russian arms and seaborne oil, has rolled out the red carpet for Putin during his two-day state visit.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi prior to an informal dinner at Modi's residence in New Delhi on Thursday, the first day of the Russian leader's two-day state visit to India
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 5, 2025
Modi rolls out the red carpet for Putin, defying U.S. pressure
The stakes are high for the Indian prime minister as he seeks to assert the nation’s strategic autonomy after U.S. President Donald Trump slapped tariffs of 50% on India’s goods.
A JFE Steel plant in Kanagawa Prefecture. JFE will invest 157.5 billion rupees ($1.7 billion) in an equal joint venture with India’s JSW Steel.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 4, 2025
JFE Steel to form $3.4 billion venture with India’s JSW Steel
Demand for steel in the South Asian country is surging, led by a push for infrastructure projects by the government and growing real estate construction.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China, on Sept. 1.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 2, 2025
Russia’s Putin seeks to boost energy and defense exports with India visit
India’s crude imports are set to hit a three-year low this month, after the tightening of sanctions on Russia that coincide with its growing purchases of U.S. oil and gas.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a news conference in New Delhi on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 2, 2025
Modi seeks parliament approval for sweeping reforms to aid growth in India
The prime minister aims to transform India into a developed economy by 2047 and cement his legacy as one of the nation’s most consequential reformers.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group plans to accelerate its expansion in India by increasing lending and staff after investing nearly $5 billion in the fast-growing economy.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 28, 2025
SMFG accelerates India expansion after $5 billion buying blitz
Sumitomo Mitsui is set to quicken its push into India by boosting lending and adding staff.
The navies of Japan, the U.S. and South Korea take part in a combined anti-submarine exercise in waters off South Korea's Jeju Island in April 2023. The Takaichi administration is looking to strengthen alliances to coordinate responses and mitigate regional threats under a collective deterrence approach.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 26, 2025
The argument for Indo-Pacific ‘collective deterrence’
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is boosting defense, alliances and collective deterrence to protect Japan, support allies and maintain Indo-Pacific stability.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Johannesburg on Sunday
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 24, 2025
Takaichi and Modi agree to deepen Japan-India cooperation
The agreement came at a time when the security environment in the Indo-Pacific region is increasingly severe.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (right) welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the ​Johannesburg Expo Center for the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 24, 2025
Trump’s attacks push India, Brazil and South Africa closer together
The U.S. president has upended Washington’s decades of careful diplomacy to cultivate relations with the three major emerging markets.
A bottle of Coldrif cough syrup, which has been linked to the deaths of multiple children.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 24, 2025
Indian officials probe whether safety lapses led to children dying from cough syrup
Despite Sresan Pharmaceutical Manufacturer’s track record and regulations that require annual checks, the drugmaker’s factory had not been inspected since 2023.
Firefighters work at the site of a crash involving an Indian-made Tejas fighter jet at the Dubai Air Show in the United Arab Emirates on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Nov 23, 2025
Tejas crash dampens export hopes for Indian fighter jet
The crash at the Dubai Airshow will inevitably overshadow India’s efforts to establish the jet abroad after a painstaking development over four decades, experts said.
Firefighters work at the site of a crash involving an Indian-made HAL Tejas fighter jet at the Dubai Air Show, United Arab Emirates, on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 22, 2025
Indian Tejas fighter jet crashes in a ball of fire at Dubai Airshow, killing pilot
The Indian Air Force said it was setting up a court of inquiry to investigate the cause of the crash.
China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
Japanese scientists identify neural mechanism that may explain why we dislike people
The aggressive mouse (left) used in the experiment and a mouse defending itself
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ¥115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Japan’s largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.

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