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Why is Buddhism shrinking worldwide?
By Yunping Tong/Dalia Fahmy/Conrad Hackett PEW Research Center, March 11 – Buddhists are the world’s only major religious group whose population shrank between 2010 and 2020, according to a recent Pew Research Center analysis of religion in 201 countries and territories. In 2010, an estimated...
Pathfinder Foundation establishes “Entsuji Room” as first step toward a Japan Studies Center
Colombo, February 18 – The Pathfinder Foundation has established the Entsuji Room, a Japan-themed space at its headquarters at Riverpoint, Peliyagoda as the first step toward setting up a Japan Studies Center. The Entsuji Room will house an important collection of books on Japan donated...
Prof. Nobukatsu Kanehara to deliver keynote address at Pathfinder Foundation’s 4th Indian Ocean Security Conference
Colombo, February 16 – The Pathfinder Foundation will convene the 4th Pathfinder Indian Ocean Security Conference on 17 and 18 February 2026, bringing together diplomats, policymakers, strategic thinkers, academics, and practitioners to address emerging security, economic, and environmental challenges across the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)....
Bihar poll outcome result of three ‘experiments’, claims Dipankar Bhattacharya
CPI(ML), a constituent of the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan, has won just two seats out of the 20 it contested, which is much lower than the 12 out of 19 seats that went into its kitty in the 2020 polls
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army Chief Gen. Upendra Dwivedi talks of technical cooperation with Japan
Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female governing-party leader, is an ultra-conservative, anti-China hawk
Tokyo, October 5 (The Hindu) – In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democrats, and likely next Prime Minister, is an ultra-conservative star of a male-dominated party that critics call an obstacle to women’s advancement....
India’s role in China’s resistance to Japanese aggression
By P.K.Balachandran/Eurasia Review Colombo, September 7 – On September 3, China held a mammoth military parade displaying its armed might to commemorate the 80th.anniversary of its victory over Japanese aggressors in 1945. The Chinese Communist Party led by Mao Zedong and the Nationalists (Kuomintang) led...
Significance of the September 3 grand military parade in Beijing
Commemorating China’s victory over Japan in the 1931-1945 war, the parade is an assertion of Chinese nationalism in a period when the world is still hostile to it
India seeks deeper defence ties with Japan amid push for strategic self-reliance
Biman Mukherji/South China Morning Post New Delhi, May 13 – India is seeking to deepen defence cooperation with Japan as both nations pursue military modernisation and aim to reduce dependence on traditional arms suppliers – a strategic alignment analysts say reflects shared regional concerns and...
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