Has Japan’s response to the pandemic been successful? Like most countries, Japan has struggled to contain the spread of COVID-19. Several waves of the virus have triggered emergency measures that have restricted public activities, such as restaurant dining, and boosted the capacity of Japanese healthcare facilities. Nearly six million peopleRead More →
A deadly 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit the coast of Japan’s Fukushima prefecture on Wednesday, injuring dozens of people. a disaster that is still being felt to this day. Although the quake struck a similar area, Wednesday’s quake did not cause a national emergency – for a number of reasons. Here’sRead More →
A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan, triggering a tsunami warning and plunging more than 2 million homes in the Tokyo area into darkness By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press March 16, 2022, 5:34 PM • 3 minute read Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail thisRead More →
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday announced plans to completely lift coronavirus restrictions on March 21 as new infections caused by the highly contagious omicron variant slow. COVID-19 restrictions currently in place in 18 prefectures, including the Tokyo area, will end on Monday as scheduled, KishidaRead More →
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Office workers wearing protective masks walk home during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a train station in Tokyo, Japan, June 24, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato Join now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Blue-chip companies to conclude annual ‘shunto’ pay talks Salary hikes could exceed 2% butRead More →
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan said on Tuesday that evacuees from Ukraine would be able to convert short-term entry visas to longer-term visas allowing them to work, the latest move from long-timid Tokyo for refugees. to welcome Ukrainians fleeing their war-torn land. The number of refugees fleeing UkraineRead More →
The Japanese stock market ended its session higher on Monday, March 14, 2022, as investors recovered from battered stocks after the benchmark Nikkei’s plunge late last week. Meanwhile, the yen’s depreciation to above 117 against the greenback and hopes of ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine boosted riskRead More →
Miti said Azmin also took the opportunity to inform Abe that Malaysia had just completed a cost-benefit analysis for the CPTPP and was currently undertaking national processes. — photo by Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 – Malaysia and Japan have reaffirmed their commitment to redouble their efforts to meet theRead More →
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday urged other countries to join forces in rejecting attempts to forcibly change the status quo in Asia, targeting China’s asserted territorial claims in the region. During a visit to Malaysia, the former Japanese leader said in a speech that Russia’s aggression in UkraineRead More →
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An LNG (liquefied natural gas) tanker is seen behind a port in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan, September 4, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino Join now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register TOKYO, March 10 (Reuters) – Resource-poor Japan relies heavily on fossil fuel imports to meet its energy needs, complicatingRead More →
The photo shows Adeline Leng posing for a photo during her trip to the city of Osaka, western Japan, in September 2016. (Photo courtesy of Adeline Leng) (Kyodo) By KEITA NAKAMURA, Kyodo Press Office TOKYO — Singaporean Adeline Leng is due to start studying at a language school in JapanRead More →
By Mark J. Ravina, University of Texas In June 1960, Japanese Prime Minister Kishi Nobusuke faced a diplomatic and public relations disaster. US President Dwight Eisenhower’s press secretary James C. Hagerty had arrived at Haneda Airport to coordinate the final details of Eisenhower’s upcoming visit, the first-ever visit to JapanRead More →
As travel restrictions in Japan begin to ease, the Guam Visitors Bureau has welcomed three groups of prominent social media personalities to the island for a familiarization tour to reintroduce Guam’s activities and attractions. Guam in a recovering Japanese market, GVB said in a press release. Nine people were selectedRead More →
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Japan average salary of $38,515 in 2020 vs OECD average of $49,165 Spring labor talks set tone for rest of economy More and more companies are now turning to performance-based compensation TOKYO, March 1 (Reuters) – Over the past five years, Yokohama-based Lasertec Corp (6920.T) has delivered what much ofRead More →
by: Ines Kagubare, The Hill via Nexstar Media Wire Job : February 28, 2022 / 1:02 p.m. PST Update: February 28, 2022 / 1:02 p.m. PST (The Hill) – Toyota Motor Corporation, the Japanese multinational automaker, said on Monday it was suspending operations at the domestic plant starting Tuesday followingRead More →
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Pedestrians wearing protective face masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, are seen in a shopping district in Osaka, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo on April 7, 2021. Mandatory Credit Kyodo/ via REUTERS Join now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Tokyo headline CPI in February upRead More →
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Japan, Foreign Minister Harsh V Shringla said on Thursday that Japan is a valued partner in India’s development journey. Addressing a conference “India-Japan: 70 Years of Cooperation and the Way Forward” organized by AnantaRead More →
A proposal for the economic revitalization minister to double as immunization chief is in the works, with Japan aiming to decide on a new appointment by the end of March, according to people familiar with the situation. Noriko Horiuchi, Japan’s minister in charge of promoting COVID-19 vaccinations, gives an interviewRead More →
A nightmare scenario for Tokyo appears to be unfolding. Last week, a series of bilateral and multilateral diplomatic events took place in the Indo-Pacific region. Yet the mostly indifferent Western media continues to focus on Vladimir Putin’s capricious intentions and his military build-up along the Ukrainian border. Developments in theRead More →
Read part 1 here. “We couldn’t give up on the Rohingya refugee children in distress, especially at a time when the novel coronavirus was spreading,” said Euglena Chairman IZUMO Mitsuru, explaining his thoughts on the company’s project in Bangladesh. Euglena, a biotech company that uses a type of green algaeRead More →
Band Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO, February 17 (Reuters) – More than two-thirds of Japanese companies do not plan to raise base wages in labor negotiations this year, according to a Reuters poll, with wage increases more likely to come from one-off bonuses that may not revive workers. household spending. A slimRead More →
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting at his office in Tokyo on February 15, 2022. (Mainichi/Kan Takeuchi) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gestures during a joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz followingRead More →
(Bloomberg) – Japan’s economy recorded a temporary return to growth in late 2021 during a lull in virus cases before the omicron wave hit, threatening to push the recovery back in the opposite direction. Bloomberg’s Most Read Gross domestic product grew at a slightly slower-than-expected annualized rate of 5.4% inRead More →
By Wang Hui-sheng 王輝生 On the eve of the 11th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, the government announced its intention to lift a ban on food imports from five Japanese prefectures near the nuclear power plant in Fukushima Dai-ichi, thus turning a “stumbling block”.Read More →
through: AUDREY McAVOY, Associated Press Job : February 12, 2022 / 7:50 p.m. EST / Update: February 12, 2022 / 8:05 PM EST US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong in Honolulu, Hawaii, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP) HONOLULURead More →
SEOUL (XINHUA, REUTERS) – South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and New Zealand reported record numbers of Covid-19 cases on Saturday (February 5), mostly fueled by the highly infectious variant of Omicron. South Korea reported 36,362 more cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, up from 27,443 the day beforeRead More →
TOKYO – More than a year ago, Sebastian Bressa finished his paperwork to become a language teacher in Tokyo and planned to quit his job in Sydney. His life has been in limbo ever since. Japan has kept its door closed to most foreigners during the pandemic, and the 26-year-oldRead More →
USD/JPY resumes offers to refresh the intraday high, rising for the first time in three days. Japan’s Deputy FinMin Kanda said the weak yen has both pros and cons for the economy. Japan Unemployment rate fell, job-to-applicant ratio increased in December. Market sentiment remains gloomy with US Treasury yields flatRead More →
Istanbul – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday threatened Turkish media with legal action for content “inconsistent with national values and morals”, in an extent seen by critics as an attempt to stifle dissent. He also sacked his justice minister and the head of the national statistics agency afterRead More →
Tokyo (AFP) – Yanita Antoko has been waiting for more than a year in Indonesia to join her husband in Japan. She has her papers and has closed her business selling homemade spice mixes, but remains excluded. The 30-year-old is one of more than 370,000 people left uncertain by Japan’sRead More →
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Visitors wearing protective masks walk on a pedestrian bridge, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Tokyo, Japan January 22, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato Join now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Jan 25 (Reuters) – Japan’s government advisory group is expected to approve on Tuesday the extension of tougherRead More →
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe received the 2022 Netaji Prize from the Netaji Research Bureau on Sunday on the 125th anniversary of the legendary freedom fighter’s birth. Japan’s Consul General in Kolkata, Nakamura Yutaka, received the honor on Abe’s behalf at a reception hosted by the office at theRead More →
A Japanese politician who played an important role in the history of US-Japan relations died recently, and chances are you’ve never heard of him. Kaifu Toshiki served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991, a critical period in US-Japan relations as the world transitioned from the Cold WarRead More →
Taiwan The government said on Saturday restrictions would be tightened after a rare increase in national transmission of the Omicron variant, saying it must act now to avoid being overwhelmed, even if overall figures remain quite low. After months with no or few community infections, Taiwan has seen an uptickRead More →
President BidenJoe BidenDoomsday predictions for Democrats are no guarantees of midterm failure A review of President Biden’s first year on border policy Vilsack accuses China of breaking commitments in era trade deal Trump MORE and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged to work closely together to deter Russian aggression againstRead More →
The leaders of the United States and Japan agreed in a virtual meeting on Friday to strengthen cooperation on pressing economic and security issues, including China’s growing power, North Korea’s missiles and the targets of Russia in Ukraine. The online meeting between US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime MinisterRead More →
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio opened the new Diet session with an outline of his plans for the coming year. He talked about creating a new form of capitalism and promised bold actions to fight the coronavirus. Coronavirus Kishida devoted much of his speech to his strategy to deal withRead More →
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The national flags of Japan and the United States are seen in front of a monitor showing a chart of the Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar exchange rate at a currency trading firm in Tokyo, Japan, January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Join now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRead More →
On Friday, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with his counterparts from Japan, the Netherlands, Argentina and Brazil separately and reviewed bilateral relations as well as key issues, including understood the challenges of Covid. In a tweet, Mr Jaishankar said he had a good conversation with Dutch Deputy Prime MinisterRead More →
TOKYO, Jan. 13 (Reuters) – Japan will stick to its 2025 fiscal target to balance its budget when it reconsiders the target’s timetable in the coming weeks, the Mainichi Shimbun reported on Thursday in an early victory for supporters to bring the country’s house budget in order. Whether the governmentRead More →
TOKYO – Japan will keep its borders closed to most foreign citizens until February as it tries to speed up coronavirus booster injections for the elderly and increase the capacity of hospitals to deal with the omicron variant which is spreading rapidly, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday. JapanRead More →
IInflation is not a topic confined to 2021. It is in the foreground to start 2022 and could remain so for several months. Maybe longer. This could be enough to force some investors to look to markets outside the United States. One of the potential and perhaps obvious beneficiaries ofRead More →
In the first business week of the New Year, Asahi Breweries announced that it was changing the recipe for the country’s best-selling beer for the first time in nearly four decades. New Very dry cans even include scientific graph help drinkers visualize the change in vintage taste. But Asahi’s wasRead More →
TOKYO – Japan will tighten coronavirus restrictions in three regions that host U.S. military bases to stem a wave of Covid-19 that some officials said the bases helped fuel. The restrictions, which authorities call “priority measures,” were reinstated for the first time since September, when Japan lifted emergency controls thatRead More →
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TOKYO / WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (Reuters) – The United States and Japan on Friday expressed deep concern over China’s growing power and pledged to work together to push back attempts to destabilize the region, including against emerging defense threats. The comments from the two allies, in a joint statement thatRead More →
This file photo from December 8, 2015 shows Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, center, at the inauguration ceremony for the International Counterterrorism Intelligence Unit. (Mainichi / Shinnosuke Kyan) The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the Japanese equivalent of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Question: IsRead More →
Governments around the world are tightening restrictions as the Omicron variant continues to increase COVID-19 cases around the world. Macau is banning all international passenger flights, as the US military tightens restrictions on its bases in Japan amid a cluster of infections linked to its staff. Australia have refused entryRead More →
The fallout from Blake Ferguson’s Savage Night in Tokyo continued, with his former Japanese club issuing a 506-word shameful statement in an attempt to stay in League One’s new competition. While former Wallabies coach Michael Cheika, who was announced as director of rugby for the NEC Green Rockets last yearRead More →
news, latest news Australia will sign a historic security treaty with Japan that will enhance cooperation between the respective defense forces. The treaty will be signed Thursday at a virtual leaders’ summit between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio. Mr Morrison said the treaty would supportRead More →
Author: Ben Ascione, Waseda University Japan’s political calendar in 2021 has been dominated by the government’s commitment to host the Tokyo Olympics postponed to July amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the election of the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in power in September and the lower house elections inRead More →
Recent reports indicate that Japan is considering introducing a new long-range cruise missile capability into its existing submarine fleet, or future submarines, with a weapon that would have a range of over 620 miles and would be deployed from the second half of the 2020s. The native missile would provideRead More →
SEOUL, South Korea – The newly elected Japanese Prime Minister has set a goal of sending Japanese astronauts to the moon at the end of the decade as part of the US-led Artemis program. “We will promote the Artemis project to perform manned activities on the moon, and at theRead More →
Japanese law enforcement officials have decided not to indict former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over a political scandal in which members of his party paid for a high-profile dinner for his supporters. A new investigation into the case began after Tokyo’s No.1 Committee requested legal action over the dinnerRead More →
Here’s what you need to know to Get operational and get on with your day. (You may also receive “5 Things You Need to Know Today” to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1. Coronavirus The CDC has shortened the recommended timeframes for people to self-isolate when they have testedRead More →
To further increase and give a major boost to the trade sector between Cambodia and Japan, the government has established extensive liaison with the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce in Japan. In a December 17 sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, the CCC liaison was established in Sendei city, TohokuRead More →
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The Japanese National Diet building is pictured in Tokyo, Japan on May 31, 2021. REUTERS / Kim Kyung-Hoon Dec. 25 (Reuters) – Japan will compensate companies for keeping secret patents with potential military applications under the proposed legislation, the Nikkei reported on Sunday, without citing sources. The patents being consideredRead More →
The number of consultations with people facing financial difficulties in Japan more than doubled in the first half of fiscal 2021 from the pre-pandemic level of 2019, according to preliminary data compiled by the Ministry of Social Affairs. The sharp increase in the April-September period apparently reflects the growing numberRead More →
Japan approves the Merck Covid pill Delivery of first batch of 1.6 million doses could start as early as Monday, PM says Patients who received Molnupiravir within five days of developing symptoms of the coronavirus were 30% less likely to be hospitalized or die than those who received a placebo,Read More →
TOKYO – Japan’s cabinet on Friday approved the country’s biggest military spending increase in decades, as officials expressed growing concern over the possibility of being drawn into conflict over Taiwan. The 6.5% increase is part of the largest annual budget in Japanese history, totaling more than $ 940 billion. ItRead More →
TOKYO – Over the past two years, Masataka Yoshimura has invested money in the bespoke costume business that his family founded over a century ago. He upgraded his factory, installed automated inventory management systems, and retrained workers who were replaced by software and robots. The Japanese prime minister, however, wantsRead More →
(Bloomberg) – Welcome Thursday, Asia. Here’s the latest news and analysis from Bloomberg Economics to get you started on the day: The biggest risks to markets in 2022 are inflation, coronavirus and geopolitical tensions, according to some 700 respondents to a global Markets Live survey. US consumer confidence rose moreRead More →
TOKYO (AP) – A government panel has retained the imperial succession system for men in Japan despite a sharp decline in the number of men in the royal family. The panel submitted a report to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday proposing ways to ensure there are enough potential successors,Read More →
One of those put to death was Yasutaka Fujishiro, 65, who murdered seven people, including his aunt and neighbors in 2004, according to the Japanese justice ministry. The other two, Tomoaki Takanezawa, 54, and Mitsunori Onogawa, 44, killed two employees at pachinko (game) parlors in 2003, the Justice Department confirmed.Read More →
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TOKYO, Dec. 17 (Reuters) – A former Japanese politician who campaigned to bring billions of dollars in investment from some of Japan’s biggest companies to Myanmar has urged Japan to endorse his military rule, saying the head of the The country’s coup has “grown fantastically as a human being”, whileRead More →
TOKYO (AP) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida spoke by phone with Pfizer Inc. CEO Albert Burla on Friday, apparently to ensure a rapid supply of COVID-19 vaccines for booster shots amid the global spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. Japan, which lacks home-developed vaccines, has so farRead More →
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TOKYO, Dec.15 (Reuters) – The Japanese government has overestimated data on construction orders received from builders for years, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday, an admission that could undermine the credibility of official statistics widely used by investors. and economists. It was not clear why the government started toRead More →
TOKYO: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday urged China not to provoke its neighbors or seek territorial expansion, saying any Chinese military adventure could be “suicidal”. Abe, who resigned as prime minister last year but is still influential as leader of the largest faction in the ruling LiberalRead More →
~~ ~ Watching the Prime Minister’s questioning sessions from December 8 at the Diet, one could not help but be dismayed at the low human rights awareness by lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties. . Remarkably, none other than Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the main opposition party, the People’sRead More →
Kyodo News Tokyo, Japan ● Sun 12 December 2021 2021-12-12 14:00 0 7c8de5fbfa8fecad7676baf1830e775a 2 Asia and pacific Japan, boycott, Olympics, Beijing, Winter Olympics, diplomacy To free Japan plans to not send Cabinet ministers to next year’s Beijing Olympics, in line with the US-led diplomatic boycott amid growing criticism of China’sRead More →
Top diplomats from Japan and the United States have shared their opposition to China’s unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the East China Sea. They agreed on the need to strengthen the deterrence capabilities of the Japanese-American alliance. Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa and US Secretary of StateRead More →
The Japanese government is considering a decision to refrain from sending its ministers to the Beijing Winter Olympics, to align with the United States and others that have already announced diplomatic boycotts, the Yomiuri newspaper reported. , citing unidentified government and ruling party officials. The government is considering whether toRead More →
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday expressed support for Taiwan’s participation as an observer at the annual conference of the decision-making body of the World Health Organization, according to Kyodo News. Taiwan is not allowed to join most international organizations due to resistance from China, which claims full sovereigntyRead More →
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s administration faces increasing pressure from Japan and Japan to join the US-led diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Some members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party say Japan should follow in the footsteps of the United States, Australia, Britain and Canada by declaringRead More →
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday he did not intend to revisit a 1993 statement that admitted the role of the Imperial Japanese Army in forcing “comfort women” to work in brothels at times. of war. Comfort Women were forced or coerced into sexual slavery under a variety ofRead More →
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at his press conference after parliament re-elected him prime minister following an election victory last month for his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Kantei, Japan , November 10, 2021. Stanislav Kogiku / Pool via REUTERS Register now for FREE and unlimited access to reuters.comRead More →
The issue of growing inequality and the question of how to deal with it have featured prominently in the Lower House election campaign, which ends on Sunday, with even the right-wing Liberal Democratic Party incorporating related policies into its manifesto. . But a measure that previously seemed to be aRead More →
Almost overnight, Japan became an astonishing and somewhat mysterious coronavirus achievement. New daily COVID-19 cases have fallen from a peak of nearly 6,000 in mid-August in Tokyo, with the number of cases in the densely populated capital now consistently below 100, an 11-month low. The bars are packed, the trainsRead More →
Japanese stocks mostly rose on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, with the Nikkei and Topix indices ending at 31-year highs, as lingering hopes of stimulus under a new prime minister and progress on COVID-19 vaccinations in the country continued to support investors’ risk appetite. At the close, the 225-issue Nikkei StockRead More →
The Japanese stock market closed higher on Friday, September 10, 2021, based on lingering expectations, the new Japanese government will introduce new policies to normalize the pandemic-affected economy, focusing on Japanese policy ahead of a vote in the leadership of the ruling party after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says heRead More →
The capital of Japan, Tokyo, is preparing to host the Olympic Games in 30 days on Wednesday, with preparations well underway at various venues in the city and also in Yokahama. This year’s games will be unlike any other, as countries around the world continue to bow to the pressureRead More →
By Yoshifumi Takemoto, Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s unemployment rate rose in August to its highest level in more than three years and job availability fell to a more than six-year low, government data showed on Friday, indicating that the damage from the COVID-19 pandemic persisted throughout the month.Read More →