Tokyo police have arrested 10 Japanese on suspicion of running a phone scam targeting people in the country. The suspects are members of an alleged fraud group based in the Philippines and had been …
Analysis-Unpopular Olympics, COVID-19: Japan’s Suga risks becoming short-term premier
TOKYO (Reuters) -Struggling with rising coronavirus cases and a deeply unpopular Olympics, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is at risk of becoming the next in a long line of short-term leaders.
Analysis-Unpopular Olympics, COVID-19: Japan’s Suga risks becoming short-term premier
TOKYO (Reuters) -Struggling with rising coronavirus cases and a deeply unpopular Olympics, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is at risk of becoming the next in a long line of short-term leaders.
Japan’s Suga risks becoming short-term leader as country struggles with Covid surge, Olympics
Struggling with rising Covid cases and an unpopular Olympics, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is at risk of becoming a short-term leader.
Exclusive: Japan beefs up diplomatic efforts on regulating digital currency – sources
Japan is beefing up its diplomatic efforts to regulate digital currencies globally, three officials told Reuters, a sign of the government’s growing alarm that a proliferation of new forms of private …
Senior U.S. diplomat Sherman to visit Japan, South Korea, Mongolia
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will visit Japan, South Korea and Mongolia from July 18 to July 25, the State Department said on Thursday.
An Olympics happening in Japan — yet cut off from it
A spike in coronavirus cases in Tokyo has prompted a tightening of restrictions as athletes and members of the media descend on a city filled with unease ahead of the Summer Olympics, the CBC’s …
Inflation? Not in Japan. And That Could Hold a Warning for the U.S.
If the United States’ current bout of rising prices soon eases, its economy could fall back into the cycle of weak inflation that preceded the pandemic — a situation much like Japan’s.
The Olympics are coming. COVID infections are rising. Was Japan’s strategy the right one?
With a week to go until the Tokyo Olympics, COVID-19 cases are once again on the rise in Japan. What went wrong with the once-celebrated “Japan model”?
Rights groups urge Japan to stop real estate project in Myanmar
TOKYO, July 15 (Reuters) – Human rights groups on Thursday called for Japan to cancel a real estate project involving Myanmar’s defence ministry, saying the project is linked to the military, which …