Chinese and South Korean business leaders are much more optimistic than their Japanese counterparts about the prospect for better US-China relations under the incoming administration of Joe Biden, …
Sri Lanka revives port deal with India, Japan
Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday (Jan 13) announced the revival of an Indian and Japanese investment project to develop a …
RTHK: Covid emergency in Japan extended to half its people
Japan expanded a state of emergency declared for the Tokyo area last week to seven more prefectures on Wednesday amid a steady rise in Covid-19 cases, while a survey by public broadcaster NHK showed …
Japan set to expand state of emergency, public cools to Olympics
The Japanese government said on Wednesday it wants to expand a state of emergency it declared for the Tokyo area last week to seven more prefectures, as the public’s hopes for a Summer Olympics fade …
Japan Preparing to Expand Coronavirus Emergency – Media
The Japanese government has started preparations to expand a state of emergency to the western Japanese prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo, Jiji news agency reported on Monday. The three …
Coronavirus live news: Japan extends state of emergency; travellers to US will soon need negative test pre-flight
Restrictions to spread beyond Tokyo to include Osaka and Kyoto; US testing requirements expanded to most international air travellers …
Singapore firm’s robot baristas to serve coffee at JR East stations
East Japan Railway Co. has acquired an equity stake in Crown Technologies with a view to using the Singapore retail tech startup’s fully autonomous robotic baristas to serve coffee at railway stations …
Japan Posts Current Account Surplus of $18.03 Billion in November
Japan recorded a current account surplus of 1.88 trillion yen ($18.03 billion) in November, marking the 77th straight month that the balance of payments has shown a surplus, the Japanese government …
Japanese wedding operator buys land in Haseko’s Hawaii resort
The publicly traded Japanese owner of Best Bridal Hawaii has purchased three parcels of land totaling nearly 7.5 acres in Haseko Development’s Hoakalei Resort, adjacent to the developer’s 52-acre …
Japan, South Korea in dispute over maritime vessel ‘breach’
Tensions are running high between South Korea and Japan as the two countries enter a new dispute over maritime activities in overlapping coastal waters.