Japan’s former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida has won the governing party leadership election and is set to become the next prime minister.
Asensus Surgical, Inc. Announces Sapporo Medical University Hospital in Japan to Initiate Senhance Robotic Surgery Program
Asensus Surgical, Inc. (NYSE American: ASXC), a medical device company that is digitizing the interface between the surgeon and the patient to pioneer a new era of Performance-Guided Surgery™, today …
Asensus Surgical, Inc. Announces Sapporo Medical University Hospital in Japan to Initiate Senhance Robotic Surgery Program
Asensus Surgical, Inc. (NYSE American: ASXC), a medical device company that is digitizing the interface between the surgeon and the patient to pioneer a new era of Performance-Guided Surgery™, today …
AgNovos Healthcare and Asahi Kasei Pharma Enter Into an Exclusive Option Agreement for Japan
AgNovos Healthcare, LLC (“AgNovos”) and Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation (“Asahi Kasei Pharma”) announced today that the companies have entered into an exclusive option agreement for the …
China outspending U.S. and Japan in overseas development finance, study shows
Between 2000 and 2012, the average annual development finance commitments from Beijing amounted to $32 billion and those commitments from Washington were roughly on par at nearly $34 billion. But …
Live Updates: Japan’s Ruling Party Will Pick the Country’s Likely New Leader
The race to represent the Liberal Democratic Party in October’s general election is a toss up between the top two candidates. The winner is basically guaranteed to be the next prime minister.
Japan PM contenders Kishida, Kono face off in ruling party leadership runoff
The top contenders to become Japan’s next prime minister, Fumio Kishida and Taro Kono, are competing in a runoff in a ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership vote on Wednesday after neither …
Typhoon Mindulle to provide glancing blow to Japan
Typhoon Mindulle lost some strength on Monday but it remained a powerful storm, AccuWeather forecasters said. While the anticipated track of Mindulle, which became just the third super typhoon of the …
What Investors Should Look for in Vote for Japan’s Next Prime Minister
Japan famously does much of its political wrangling behind closed doors, often making leadership contests drab affairs. Wednesday’s vote to choose the next head of the Liberal Democratic Party, who is …
Why the Governing Party Election Is the Main Event in Japan
The country has free elections, opposition parties and, lately, public discontent. So why are the Liberal Democrats nearly assured to remain in power?