Japan Business Mastery Harvard Professor Joseph Nye coined the term “soft power” to describe how nations can achieve their aims through persuasion and the ability to attract. Can soft power in our b …
How Japan’s ‘mitsu’ was changed by Covid
The report attempts to frame Japan’s response to the pandemic (along with those of other Asian countries where deaths per million have been low) with a distinction between “tight” and “loose” cultures …
Asia Today: Japan halts all foreign arrivals over UK variant
Japan is barring entry of all nonresident foreign nationals as a precaution against a new and potentially more contagious coronavirus variant that has spread across Britain.
Japan, Spain, France, Sweden and Canada find cases of the new coronavirus variant.
Kyodo News via Japan, Spain, France, Sweden and Canada have found small numbers of infections involving a new, potentially more transmissible variant of the coronavirus, most linked to travel from …
Momota Wins Japan Title To Cap Comeback After Car Crash
Japan championships on Sunday to complete the first step of his comeback, nearly a year after suffering serious injuries in a car crash. Momota came from behind to beat world number 11 Kanta Tsuneyama …
Japan Will Ban Entry to Most Foreigners to Fight Virus
The Japanese government will ban entry to most foreigners through the end of January as coronavirus cases reach record highs there and the nation confirmed its first cases of the new, more infectious …
Japan will ban entry to foreign nationals after Covid-19 variant detected in country
Japan will ban foreign nationals from entering the country starting Monday through the end of January after several cases of the new Covid-19 variant were recorded in the country, according to Japan’s …
China, Japan Increase ‘Stay Put’ Orders, South Korea Sees Largest Daily COVID Case Spike
South Korea, a country previously touted for curbing the coronavirus pandemic early on, recorded its largest case increase on Christmas Day.
Tokyo’s inbound tourism businesses adapting to Japanese tastes amid desolate winter
With Japan marking the New Year holiday amid a third wave of coronavirus cases, a nationwide pause to the “Go To Travel” domestic tourism sub･･･ …
Support to Taiwan a ‘red line’, Biden must remain strong: Japanese minister
Japan’s engagement with Taiwan has also flourished in recent years on a largely non-governmental basis. Tokyo maintains a “one China” policy, delicately balancing its relationships with neighbouring g …