PM receives Japanese emperor, empress ahead of their six-day visit

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 23:57

Japan`s Emperor Akihito and his wife Empress Michiko arrived here on Saturday on a six-day visit to India.

Japan`s emperor to visit India in November

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 15:21

Japan`s Emperor Akihito will pay a week-long state visit to India starting on November 30.

Mokshagati captures Emperor Ashoka’s life

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 20:39

Dwelling on the change-over in the life and philosophy of emperor Ashoka after Kalinga War, eminent danseuse-social activist Alakananda Roy has roped in prison inmates in the second dance-drama of Mokshagati.

PM meets Japanese Emperor, discusses bilateral ties

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 13:15

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday called on Japanese Emperor Akihito and discussed bilateral ties and issues of mutual interest.

Manmohan Singh meets Emperor and Empress of Japan

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 11:26

Visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur called on the Emperor and the Empress of Japan.

Tomb of despised Chinese emperor found

Last Updated: Thursday, April 18, 2013, 13:23

The tomb of one of China`s most loathed rulers was discovered by chance over the weekend at a construction site.

Ancient tomb of Chinese tyrant discovered?

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 18:37

Archaeologists believe to have unearthed the tomb of Chinese Emperor Yang of Sui, notorious for his tyrannous reign about 1,500 years ago.

`Cold coat` help Penguins keep warm in Antarctic

Last Updated: Friday, March 8, 2013, 19:29

Emperor penguins keep their body`s surface temperature lower than the surrounding air -- in an unusual phenomenon termed as `cold coat` -- to cope with the harsh conditions of the Antarctic, scientists say.

9,000-strong penguin colony discovered in Antarctic

Last Updated: Sunday, February 10, 2013, 14:52

A huge 9,000-strong colony of emperor penguins has been discovered in Antarctica after scientists spotted their poo trails in satellite images.

Japan PM visits shrine in apparent rightist appeal

Last Updated: Monday, January 14, 2013, 00:42

Japan`s prime minister has visited Tokyo`s main Shinto shrine, which has strong imperial connections, in an apparent attempt to appeal to his right-wing supporters.

First Chinese emperor Qin Shihuang’s palace unearthed

Last Updated: Friday, December 7, 2012, 17:47

Archaeologists have excavated the palace complex of China’s first feudal emperor Qin Shihuang in Xi’an, China, site of the life-size terracotta soldiers.

Emperor penguins need sea ice to rest on

Last Updated: Monday, November 26, 2012, 13:44

Researchers tracking the behaviour of emperor penguins have found fresh reason to be worried about global warming -- emperor penguins use sea ice to rest as they forage.