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New Zealand announces climate emergency

December 3, 2020

• New Zealand has announced a “climate emergency” and promised to make its public sector carbon neutral by 2025.
• New Zealand now ties up 32 other countries that have declared a climate emergency. They include Japan, Canada, France and the United Kingdom.

Japan and Australia ink defence deal to counter China

November 19, 2020

• Japan and Australia have inked a ‘landmark’ defence agreement in a bid to counter China’s growing influence in the South China Sea and over the Pacific island nations.
• The deal named Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) was inked between Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison.

Japanese Nobel-prize-winner Masatoshi Koshiba passes away

November 17, 2020

• Physicist Masatoshi Koshiba, who won the 2002 Nobel prize for the detection of cosmic neutrinos, passed away.
• Koshiba’s most famous contribution involved detecting neutrinos from a distant supernova explosion using a vast detector based in a mine in central Japan.

RCEP: 15 Asia-Pacific countries form the world’s largest trading bloc

November 16, 2020

• 15 Asia Pacific countries have signed the world’s biggest free trade deal, led by China, on the sidelines of the 37th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit.
• The deal called ‘Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)’, is the world’s largest trading bloc, comprising of 10 Southeast Asian countries, as well as South Korea, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

Malabar Naval Exercise: Australia, India, Japan and US commence the naval exercise in Bay of Bengal

November 1, 2020

• The navies of Japan, India, the US, and Australia on November 3, 2020, started the first phase of four days long Malabar Naval Exercise in the Bay of Bengal.
• The 24th edition of the naval exercise has been scheduled in two phases in November 2020.

Malabar Exercise to be held in Bay of Bengal

October 31, 2020

• The first phase of Malabar Exercise is to be held in Bay of Bengal between November 3, 2020 and November 6, 2020. The navies of India, Japan, US and Australia are to participate in the exercise.

Japan to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050

October 30, 2020

• Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga has stated that the country will achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050.

India-Japan Cooperation in ICT approved

October 29, 2020

• The Union Cabinet approved the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) signed between India and Japan on Cooperation in the field of Information and Communication Technologies.

India 4th most powerful country in Asia Power Index 2020

October 20, 2020

• India has been ranked at 4th position in the Asia Power Index 2020, released by the Sydney-based Lowy Institute.
• The US topped the list which is followed by China and Japan.

India signed MoU with Japan for cooperation in AI, 5G, Critical Information Infrastructure

October 8, 2020

• India and Japan signed agreements of cooperation in Artificial Intelligence, 5G technology. The countries also agreed to give momentum to the supply chain initiative in the Indo-Pacific region.