What is the fastest way to figure out the best routes for garbage trucks to take while collecting trash on the bustling streets of Myanmar’s largest city? Two Japanese partner companies say quantum …
Russian and Chinese bombers conducted another joint patrol between South Korea and Japan
It appears to be the first such joint exercise since July 2019, which drew a sharp response from South Korea and Japan.
More Japanese firms opt for Vietnam after China
“Vietnam currently tops the list of potential investment destinations … Therefore, Japanese businesses expected the government to shorten and speed up administrative procedures to improve business …
Japan’s icy climate for hostile takeovers starts to thaw
When the Tokyo market was focused on a dramatic tussle for the hotel and property group Unizo in mid-2019, Stephen Schwarzman placed calls to some of Japan’s most powerful and well-connected business …
Why does Japan insist on holding the Olympics?
Holding 2020 Olympics next July — as Japan appears determined to do — is crazy. Kudos to Michael Phelps for stating the obvious: “The fact that you’re going to put ten thousand plus athletes, plus all …
Japan PM Suga Shies Away From Calling State of Emergency as Coronavirus Cases Rise
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga reiterated there was no need for Japan to enter a national state of emergency, even as health groups declared their own state of emergency for the medical system as …
Giant squid washes ashore on the coast of Japan
A rare giant squid measuring 10 feet in length was found washed ashore, largely intact, on the western coast of Japan, according to a local press report.
China can lead, and Japan and South Korea can follow, in cutting coal finance in Southeast Asia
Every line of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s new climate commitments will be analysed and interpreted to the bone. But the most salient part of the Climate Ambition Summit, held on December 12, was …
Kidnapped Schoolboys Returned Safely | Japan’s 40-Hour Traffic Jam
A group of 344 students who were kidnapped in an attack claimed by Boko Haram last week have been returned to Nigeria’s government. It’s still not clear if all the boys taken in last Friday’s raid on …
Indonesia launches Japanese-funded port to boost auto exports
Funded by a Japanese official development assistance loan amounting to $968.5 million for the first phase, the port is expected to facilitate the country’s exports.