Actress Jodie Foster attends the premiere for the film “Nim’s Islands” in Tokyo, Japan, on August 19, 2008. (UPI Photo/Keizo Mori) …
Many Japanese enterprises want to shift production to Vietnam
Director of Dong Nai Customs Department talked to enterprises at the dialogue. Photo: N.H Okada Hideyuki, President of Japanese business association of HCM City (JCCH), said that in the wave of …
Japan and South Korea need to repair ties, cooperate on North Korea – PM
Japan and South Korea must cooperate to counter any threat from North Korea, Japan’s new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, told South Korea’s president on Thursday, calling for the uneasy neighbours to …
Some in BOJ warned pandemic could delay Japan’s recovery – July minutes
Some Bank of Japan board members warned a resurgence in the coronavirus pandemic could delay an economic recovery and destabilise its banking system by pushing more companies under, minutes from the …
Nearly 36,000 Japan firms shut down business due to COVID-19 – think tank
Nearly 36,000 Japanese companies have chosen to discontinue their business so far this year, mainly due to the hit from the coronavirus crisis and up sharply from a year ago in a sign of the pain the …
Japan’s hafu stars are celebrated. But some mixed-race people say they feel like foreigners in their own country
Many Japanese people rose up in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, but experts argue Japan needs to address issues of discrimination and diversity closer to home.
No plans for phone call between Japan’s Suga, Taiwan’s Tsai – Japan spokesman
There are no plans for a telephone call between Japan’s new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, Japan’s top government spokesman Katsunobu Kato told reporters on …
Mixing business and pleasure, Japan’s national parks get ‘workation’ upgrades
National parks across Japan have improved internet access and taken other steps to attract teleworkers as the coronavirus pandemic has increased interest in the idea of a “workation” — a vacation that …
Olympics: Japan may ask foreign athletes for activity plans – Yomiuri
Japan will consider asking foreign athletes participating in the delayed Olympic Games next year to submit plans laying out their base camp locations, training sites and host towns as part of COVID-19 …
Big in Japan: giant Gundam robot makes its first moves in Yokohama
It stands just over 18 metres tall and weighs 25 tonnes. And, after years of painstaking work, a life-size Japanese Gundam robot has just proved to its legions of fans that it really can move.