Japan's household spending suffered the biggest annual drop on record in April as lockdown measures to contain the coronavirus kept consumers home and businesses shut, although the fall was not as ... ( read original story ...)
Imperial Japan Was Betting On Its ‘Super’ Yamatos Battleships To Defeat America
Had the war not come, Japan would have bankrupt itself spending on these massive ships. Japan lacked the industrial capacity to compete with the United States; indeed, even if it had managed to seize ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Household Spending Drops 11.1% In April
Japan's household spending slumped again in April, falling 11.1 percent from a year earlier, government data showed Friday, as the world's third-largest economy struggled with the impact of the ... ( read original story ...)
Nissan prioritizing sustainable growth in Japan, China and the U.S., CEO says
Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida discusses the Japanese automaker's business strategy and its alliance with Renault and Mitsubishi. ( read original story ...)
Japan to explore ‘simplified’ Games, says Tokyo governor
NEWS BRIEFING BY TOKYO GOVERNOR YURIKO KOIKE, KOIKE SPEAKING ABOUT NECESSITY OF SIMPLIFYING TOKYO OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS, NEWS BRIEFING BY JAPANESE OLYMPICS MINISTER SEIKO HASHIMOTO, SOUNDBITES OF ... ( read original story ...)
Universal Studios Japan to reopen June 8 after 3-month temporary closed
A staff member sanitizes seat of ride attractions at the Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, Japan on Thursday, June 4, 2020. Universal Studios Japan (USJ LLC,) announces, it will gradually lift ... ( read original story ...)
A Decade After Lord’s Scandal, Match-fixing Still Haunts Pakistan Cricket
The scandal, exposed in the sting by Britain's now-defunct News of the World tabloid, rocked the cricketing world, and aftershocks can still be felt a decade on in Pakistan. Not only did that dark ... ( read original story ...)
India wants to be a ‘partner of the global economy’ in its manufacturing push, minister says
The government on Tuesday introduced a $6.6 billion incentive scheme for international and local companies to ramp up their electronics manufacturing production in India. ( read original story ...)
The Latest: India Reports Biggest Single-Day Spike in Cases
India on Friday registered more than 9,800 new cases of the coronavirus in another biggest single-day spike. The Health Ministry said the total number of confirmed cases touched 226,770 with 6,348 ... ( read original story ...)
India wants to become a global electronics manufacturing hub, says IT minister
The 'Make in India' campaign is not about the country working in isolation, but rather it becoming a competitive global partner to the world economy, says Ravi Shankar Prasad, India's minister for ... ( read original story ...)