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The impression is that Narendra Modi was a right-wing Prime Minister, who turned left to win the 2019 elections. But is that so? If anything, the stupendous victory on Thursday is the biggest rebuttal to the notion that it’s only Congress’s left-of-centre lib…

A N700s Shinkansen bullet train during a test run on June 28, 2018. (Bloomberg/Getty pic) TOKYO: A new model of bullet train set to enter service ahead of the Tokyo Olympics hit a record speed of 360km/h in a test run, operator JR Central said. The N700s th…

A new model of bullet train set to enter service ahead of the Tokyo Olympics hit a record speed of 360 kilometers (224 miles) per hour in a test run, operator JR Central said. The N700s, the suffix stands for ‘supreme’, is the first new model of bullet train…

A N700S Shinkansen bullet train runs between Shinagawa and Shin-Yokohama stations on June 28, 2018 in Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan. (Getty Images: Manabu Takahashi) A new model of bullet train set to enter service ahead of the Tokyo Olympics hit a record speed o…

The N700s -- the suffix stands for 'supreme' -- is the first new model of bullet train. (Bloomberg)A new model of bullet train set to enter service ahead of the Tokyo Olympics hit a record speed of 360 kilometers (224 miles) per hour in a test run, operator J…

They rinse their mouths, sprinkle some salt, clap their hands, stamp their feet and then, once the niceties are over, they charge at their opponent in a fast-paced, powerful and near-naked clash that is often over in seconds. Attending a sumo match has long …

(CNN) A new floating bullet train capable of hitting speeds of 600 kilometers per hour (about 372 miles/hour) is one step closer to reality in China. On Thursday, the body prototype for the country's latest high-speed magnetic-levitation (maglev) train proj…

The view out of the plane window before take-off isnt usually very exciting: probably other planes, baggage carts and the terminal building. But if youre flying in or out of Hawaii, you might find an airport worker with some killer dance moves. Luu Vailuu, …

Ive lived in Japan 30 years now and thus have the ennui of a Tokyoite who cannot be bothered to go the countryside, but recently realized how much Id been missing when I spent a three days in Daigo-town, in Ibaraki Prefecture.  After a few days there, I came …

Everyone wanted to believe theyd just seen a pygmy hippo. Wed paused our kayaks after a greyish backside was spotted swishing into the forest. There are fewer than 200 pygmy hippos in Sierra Leone and theyre no easy sighting but around 80 per cent of them ar…