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Giappone
Showcasing the best of Japanese cuisine, culture
Japan Night, one of the most popular events during the World Economic Forum meeting, will return to Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 21. Annually held on the sidelines of the WEF meeting in Davos, Japan Night has entertained meeting participants with Japanese food and culture, aiming at deepening international political and ...
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Giappone
City supports and encourages high-tech innovation
Saitama City, a major bedroom community of Tokyo, is proud of many things, including the fact that it is home to 1 percent of the country’s population, a percentage that is likely to rise as the population is still increasing. It is also home to Saitama Stadium, a 2002 FIFA ...
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Giappone
World Heritage sites in Japan
Japan had the first World Heritage sites in 1993 when UNESCO registered Buddhist monuments in the Horyuji Temple area, Himeji Castle, Yakushima Island and the Shirakami-Sanchi beech tree forest. Since then the country has added more sites and now boasts the 19 shown on the right. Natural World Heritage sites ...
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Giappone
Le Corbusier’s Japanese ghost lives on in Ueno
The Swiss-French architect and artist Charles Eduoard Jeanneret-Gris, better known as Le Corbusier, was by any measure one of the greatest architects of the twentieth century. A torchbearer of architectural modernism in Paris in the 1920s, growing to become a figure of global stature by the 1950s, Le Corbusier designed ...
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India
Stock market slump: Sensex loses Modi momentum, investor wealth dips by Rs 1.84 lakh crore
The BSE Sensex ended at a fresh 20-month low on Wednesday dropping to their weakest since before the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on increasing concerns the country will be hit hard by the growing turmoil in global markets.
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India
Markets to settle down, investors will go for India: RBI governor Rajan
Reserve Bank governor Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday sought to allay fears amid the stock market plunge and the rupee nearing its lowest-ever level, saying things will stabilise and people will look at stable emerging markets, including India.
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India
1,300 listed companies fail to meet mandatory 2% CSR spend
About 1,300 listed companies in India did not meet the mandatory 2% CSR (corporate social responsibility) spend in fiscal 2015, according to an analysis by Crisil Foundation.
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India
1,300 listed companies fall to meet mandatory 2% CSR spend
About 1,300 listed companies in India did not meet the mandatory 2% CSR (corporate social responsibility) spend in fiscal 2015, according to an analysis by Crisil Foundation.
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India
Sensex loses Modi momentum as global woes drag index to 2014 levels
The BSE benchmark Sensex ended at a fresh 20-month low on Wednesday, dropping to their weakest since before the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on increasing concerns the country will be hit hard by the growing turmoil in global markets.
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India
Rupee could bounce back to 66 levels: Care ratings
Rating agency Care has said that the rupee’s return to 66 levels is a possibility given that current account deficit and trade deficit are expected to be well within control unlike 2013 - the last time when rupee breached the 68 level.