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ONI Bureau:  The plenary session of largest investment summits in India, ‘Make in Odisha Conclave 2018’ started at the Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar today. The session was attended by Japanese Ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu, Mukesh…

ONI Bureau: Defending Champions India had to work hard to secure a 3-2 victory over Japan in the semi-finals of Asian Hockey Champions Trophy to set up a Final clash with Pakistan, to be held tonight at 10:40 PM IST. Pakistan overpowered…

ONI Bureau: India's winning run continued at the ongoing Men's Hockey Asian Champions Trophy as they thrashed Asian Games gold medalists Japan 9-0 on their third straight win at Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat on Sunday. Akashdeep…

ONI Bureau:  The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo “for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.” James Allison of the US and…

ONI Bureau:  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won the ruling Liberal Democratic Partys (LDP) leadership election on Thursday, securing a historic third term that will effectively extend his time in power by another three years. Abe…

ONI Bureau:  Seven people were killed and 200 injured after a powerful earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale rocked Japan's Hokkaido prefecture on Thursday. The earthquake triggered landslides that engulfed houses. Local…

ONI Bureau:  India's women's hockey team lost 1-2 to Japan in the final of the 18th Asian Games here on Friday. Japan took the lead through Minami Shimizu in the 11th minute but India pulled level through Neha Goyal in the 25th minute.…

Belgium pulled off a stunning come-from-behind win to condemn a spirited Japan 3-2 and fix a quarterfinal date with Brazil in a rip-roaring round of 16 FIFA World Cup game at Rostov on Monday. Genki Haraguchi (48th) and Takashi Inui…

Masazo Nonaka, a 112-year-old Japanese man residing in the country's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, was recognised as the world's oldest living male, Guinness World Records said on Tuesday. Born on July 25, 1905, Nonaka received a…