Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez will chair the Philippine side, while Hiroto Izumi, the special advisor to Prime Minister Suga, is expected to lead the Japanese side of the committee. According to …
South Korea’s Economic Recovery Driven by Coronavirus Response, Exports
While life in South Korea, China and Japan has broadly returned to normal, the U.S. and Europe face new surges in Covid-19 cases. WSJ explains how countries in East Asia have kept the virus in check …
Hard Truths From Singapore’s Reopening Gambits
So far, Singapore has green lanes with only Asian countries, namely Japan, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. Green lanes are for essential or business and official purposes only.
Japan-US business leaders discuss COVID challenges
Business leaders from Japan and the US are meeting to discuss ideas on how to improve the economic and trade situation amid the COVID-19 pandemic. They plan to take their proposals to their …
Senkaku Islands: Japan and China both claim these islands as their own. Now the US is showing Tokyo how it can help defend them
Tens of thousands of US and Japanese troops will begin a massive island-landing exercise in the Pacific this week as part of joint military operations seen as a warning to China that Washington backs …
Hong Kong’s Weaker Financial Hub Appeal is Japan’s Opportunity, Aso Says
Japan should consider setting up a special economic zone for global banking businesses now that Hong Kong is losing its appeal as a financial hub amid China’s crackdown, Japanese finance minister Taro …
K Line Logistics Completes Transport of Railway Coach to Myanmar
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd subsidiary K Line Logistics Ltd has been entrusted with the transport business of the Japanese brand-new railway coach to Union of Myanmar, accepted an order by the …
Coronavirus Pandemic Deepens Japan’s Demographic Crisis
Tumbling numbers of pregnancies and marriages in Japan during the coronavirus pandemic are likely to intensify a demographic crisis in the rapidly ageing nation. Japan has the most aged society in the …
Japan Ink: Growing tribe proudly defies tattoo taboo, hopes for Olympian boost
Shodai Horiren got her first tattoo as a lark on a trip to Australia nearly three decades ago. Now, tattooed head to foot, even on her shaven scalp, she is one of Japan’s most renowned traditional …
‘A Decarbonized Society’: Japan Pledges To Be Carbon Neutral By 2050
The country joins the European Union and other countries that have pledged to reduce their carbon footprint to zero over the next few decades.