The recent announcement by Chinese officials of a tariff increase of up to 210 percent on Australian wines was brutal but effective in penalizing Australia for its very public and strong stance on …
Japan announces new Covid-19 stimulus for economy
Japan’s economy has started to rebound in the third quarter after a dismal second quarter. But revised data released Tuesday shows that the Japanese economy suffered its worst post-war contraction in …
South Korea and Japan called in the military to fight Covid. As winter looms, they aren’t taking any chances
South Korea and Japan may have coronavirus numbers that would be the envy of much of Europe and the United States, but they aren’t taking any chances as winter brings with it a dangerous spike in …
Capsule with asteroid samples arrives in Japan for research
A small capsule containing asteroid soil samples that was dropped from space by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft and landed in the Australian Outback arrived Tuesday in Japan for …
Japan’s Uniqlo closing South Korea stores amid boycott
Big losses have forced Japanese clothing brand Uniqlo to close its stores in South Korea amid consumers’ ongoing boycott of Japanese products.
EXPLAINER: What has Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission accomplished?
A small capsule from Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully landed in a sparsely populated desert in the Australian Outback on Sunday. After a preliminary inspection, it will be flown to Japan for …
Foreign Investors Can Learn to Love Japan Again
Japan’s stocks have been outperforming, and the combination of many cheap cyclical stocks and strong balance sheets offers reason to believe they will continue to.
COVID-19 clusters break out in Japan’s coldest city as winter closes in
The emergence of Japan’s coldest city as a COVID-19 hotspot has raised fears among health experts that it could be a sign of what the rest of the nation may face as winter sets in and more people stay …
‘My business is going down the drain’: Stories from residents stuck outside Japan
It’s hard to list the stories of every person still stuck outside of Japan due to the country’s border policies, but two of them show just how complica …
Taiwan, US count on giant radar system for early warning if PLA attacks
It would play a key role in an attack across the strait, or if China’s nuclear submarines launched missiles at US facilities in Japan and Guam, analysts say.