TOKYO - President Dr Arif Alvi has urged Japan to play its role for restoration of fundamental human rights of the Kashmiri people in Indian occupied Kashmir. In his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo, the President briefed the Japanese Prime Minister about the worsening ...

President Dr. Arif Alvi will leave for Japan today (Sunday) on a five-day visit. The President is undertaking the visit on the invitation of the Japanese government to attend the Enthronement Ceremony of Emperor Naruhito. The ceremony is expected to be attended by a large number of Heads of State ...

TOKYO – At least 23 people are dead and dozens injured after a suspected arson attack at an animation studio in Kyoto, Japan, local emergency officials have said. Local media quoted police as saying a man broke into the Kyoto Animation Co studio on Thursday morning. Police say the suspect, a ...

JAPAN – An unusual bird, believed to be a large-billed crow, striking a pose in Japan has gone viral on the internet. On 20th June, a Twitter user filmed a crow that gives a gorilla look while standing in a Japan street – and it looks like something straight out of a horror film. The creature, ...

DUBAI – Two schools from the Middle East have been adjudged as regional winners of the 2019 Kid Witness News (KWN) Contest organized by Panasonic. UAE’s Elite Private School topped the award’s Senior Category while Pakistan’s The City School shone brightest in the Junior Category. Both ...

TOKYO - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe heads to Iran this week on a rare diplomatic mission, hoping to ease tensions between the Islamic Republic and Tokyo's key ally Washington. Tehran is locked in a bitter standoff with the US after president Donald Trump withdrew from a landmark nuclear deal ...

TOKYO - Shinzo Abe plans to travel to Iran next week, officials said Thursday, the first visit by a Japanese prime minister in more than four decades as Tokyo hopes to mediate between Washington and Tehran. A government official told AFP that Tokyo was "still arranging details, including whom our ...

ISLAMABAD – The national flag-carrier will resume its two weekly flights to Tokyo from May 30 after a suspension of three months, according to the spokesman for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). Mashood Tajwar told local media that the problem PIA had been facing was a lack of passengers and ...

TOKYO - A speedy car rammed into a group of kindergarten children in western Japan’s Shiga region on Wednesday, killing a boy and a girl, both of two years of age. The accident occurred in Otsu, the capital of the Shiga Prefecture, where the children were having a walk on the pavement when the ...

TOKYO – Japan's new emperor Naruhito has ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne after his father ended his three-decade reign. In a ritual on Wednesday at the Imperial Palace, 59-year-old Naruhito inherited the royal regalia that serves as ceremonial proof of his ascension, including a sacred sword ...

TOKYO - Pakistan and Japan have agreed to enhance their leadership level and people to people contacts to further strengthen bilateral relations, the Radio Pakistan reported. The resolve was expressed during a meeting between Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and members of Japan Pakistan ...

MULTAN – Prime Minister Imran Khan will attend the second forum for International Cooperation on China’s ambitious Belt and Road initiative as the chief guest, Pakistan’s foreign minister announced on Sunday. President Xi Jinping has informally invited the Pakistani premier to attend the ...

LAHORE – Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s visit to Japan has been postponed. According to media reports, the foreign minister was scheduled to leave for Japan official visit early in the morning today (Sunday). The sources said that the visit has been postponed after ...

RAWALPINDI - National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan, H.E Mr Kentaro Sonoura called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) on Wednesday. During the meeting at the General Headquarters, matters of mutual interest including bilateral security cooperation and overall ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is among other countries condemned a statement issued by North Korea declaring a test of hydrogen bomb, which could be loaded on to an intercontinental ballistic missile, on Sunday. Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement said, "Pakistan condemns the reported nuclear test ...

KARACHI - More than 35 countries are going to conduct international naval exercise - 'Aman-17' - in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Karachi from February 10-14. Themed 'Together for peace', the joint naval exercise has helped clear the Arabian Sea of pirates, Commander Pakistan Fleets Vice Admiral ...