China's relations are starting to improvewith Japan, India and other countries that former U.S. President Joe Biden courted, just as Donald Trump brings his more unilateralist approach back to the White House.

An X account, Crime Reports India, currently blocked in India, shared the image of a man with the caption, ‘Pramod Rathore of Haryana arrested in Japan… [for] molesting Japanese girl.’

A renewed push by Japan’s biggest banks and other global lenders in India is driving down loan prices with the new players having more appetite for riskier credit, according to the country head for Barclays Plc.

According to recent reports, Tokyo has agreed to India running its own high-speed prototypes on the same infrastructure, set to be ready by 2026-27. Previously slated to receive the Shinkansen E5, India now looks forward to the E10, capable of reaching speeds up to 400 kmph—an upgrade from the E5’s 320 kmph limit.

This country has the the largest nominal GDP in Asia and the second-largest globally, behind the USA with $30.33 trillion (£24 trillion).

India's business activity grew at the slowest pace in over a year in January, a survey showed, highlighting emerging cracks in its world-beating economic growth at start of 2025 although firms hired new staff at a record pace.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with Japan's Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya on January 19, 2025, in Washington DC.This meeting marked the second face-to-face discussion between the two officials,

U.S. officials say the Trump administration would begin formal international engagements this week when Marco Rubio — expected to be confirmed soon as secretary of state — meets with the foreign ministers of India,

India’s market correction presents an opportune moment for investors to capitalise on its growth story. With structural growth, external factors such as oil prices and dollar strength, and a focus on stabilising earnings,

India’s interest in Eurodrone builds off a joint statement signed with Germany in October 2024 to deepen defense cooperation and which includes a “specific focus on technology collaboration, manufacturing/co-production and co-development of defence platforms and equipment.

Baron India Fund declined in the fourth quarter of 2024, outperforming its benchmark, the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan/India Linked Index. Read more here.

China Unveils the Type 054B Frigate China has marked a significant leap in naval warfare with the commissioning of its first Type 054B frigate, Luohe. The vessel was formally inducted on January 22, 2025,