TOKYO — Japan’s government said Monday that it has agreed to purchase an antibody cocktail to be produced and marketed for COVID-19 treatment by a Japanese drug maker Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. which …
What the United States Wants From Japan in Taiwan
Argument: What the United States Wants From Japan in… When Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga became the first foreign leader to visit U.S. President Joe Biden in the White House last month, …
IOC President Thomas Bach postpones trip to Japan amid spike in coronavirus case
IOC President Thomas Bach postponed a trip to Japan, site of the Summer Olympics in a little over two months, because of a continued surge in coronavirus cases that has caused a state of emergency to …
Olympics-Amid opposition, Japan PM says has “never put Olympics first”
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Monday that he has never “put the Olympics first”, as an opinion poll showed nearly 60% of people in Japan want the Games cancelled with fewer than …
Japan Business Federation chief to step down due to ill health
Hiroaki Nakanishi, the head of the Japan Business Federation known as Keidanren, will step down at the beginning of June owing to ill health, local media quoted sources close to the matter as saying …
Japan Business Federation chief to step down due to ill health
Hiroaki Nakanishi, the head of the Japan Business Federation known as Keidanren, will step down at the beginning of June owing to ill health, local media quoted sources close to the matter as saying …
‘Cautiously optimistic’ on outlook of Japan’s employment: PageGroup
Toby Truscott of PageGroup’s Michael Page says business sentiment has remained relatively strong in Japan despite the Covid-19 pandemic and the state of emergency in some parts of the country.
Reformer Hiroaki Nakanishi steps down as head of Japan’s Keidanren
Hiroaki Nakanishi has been forced to step down as chair of Japan’s Keidanren business lobby after a recurrence of cancer, removing a powerful reformist voice from the top of corporate Japan. The loss …
In Japan, where less than 1% of the population is fully vaccinated, protests to cancel or postpone Olympics intensify
The country is in the throes of a fast-spreading wave of COVID-19 infections. Many Japanese people feel this is no time to be hosting Olympic Games.
Bomber Mafia Prevented a Bloody Invasion of Japan
The alternative—the invasion—was expected to more than double American dead from the rest of the war.