Japan has embarked on a historic military build-up in its boldest departure from the pacifist stance adopted at the end of the second world war. But one crucial question remains unresolved: who will be asked to shoulder the greater burden,
The Fight to Build Japan’s Military Is Just Beginning
The famously pacifist nation’s plans to double defense spending are both welcome and overdue. Now it needs to find a way to pay for them.
Scandal-Hit SMBC Nikko Set to Top Japan’s Equity Managers Again
SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. is seeing a bright spot in its business amid a year beset by a stock manipulation scandal.
Lost and (almost always) found: The wonder of Japan’s lost property centers
Japan is developing a nationwide database to improve the management of its lost and found system, which returns around 80% of items to their owners.
Japan plans to extend quake recovery tax to cover defense spending
The Japanese government on Wednesday proposed a plan to prolong a temporary tax implemented to pay for the 2011 quake and tsunami rec …
Rare Wooden Haniwa Unearthed in Japan
The Japan Times reports that the remains of a wooden haniwa measuring more than 11 feet long and about two and one-half feet wide were discovered in a moat surrounding the Minegazuka Kofun, a …
Companies That Have Been In Business For More Than 1,000 Years
The majority of businesses barely survive three decades, but these establishments, from Japanese sweet shops to Irish pubs, are entering their second century.
Japan selects winner of wheeled armored personnel carrier competition
Japan has selected Finland’s Patria AMV as its next wheeled armored personnel carrier following a two-stage evaluation process to replace its fleet of Type 96 eight-wheel drive armored vehicles. Japan …
Japan’s Takeda to buy Nimbus’ psoriasis drug for as much as $6 bln
Takeda Pharmaceutical will buy U.S.-based Nimbus Therapeutics’ experimental psoriasis drug for up to $6 billion, the Japanese drugmaker said on Tuesday, as it looks to cut reliance on treatments …
Japan Was the Safest Place to Be an FTX Customer
As regulators look to regulate exchanges in light of the FTX’s collapse, they would do well to look to Japan, which has some of the most mature rules in the world.