Foreign leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will attend a massive military parade in Beijing marking the formal surrender of Japan during World War …
United States, South Korea, Japan address North Korean IT threats
The United States, Japan and South Korea teamed with U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant to oppose North Korean internet technology worker schemes on Tuesday.
Japan remains cautious on economic impact of tariffs in August report
The Japanese government reiterated concerns about the risks of U.S. trade policies to economic growth, prompting a downgrade of its view on corporate profits, in a monthly report released on Wednesday …
Japan announces plan to counter China’s armed coast guard fleet
In addition to the dispute over the Senkaku Islands, Japan has accused China of continuing to construct structures for oil and gas development in the East China Sea, where the two countries have yet to delimit their 230-mile-wide exclusive economic zones (EEZs).
Even as China’s economy suffers, stocks soar. What’s going on?
The country’s stockmarket chronically underperforms, meaning that local punters look to bourses in, say, America or Japan, and devise ways of getting cash around China’s capital controls. But this …
Taiwan’s denial of communist role in World War Two is ‘blasphemy’, China says
China said on Wednesday Taiwan was “blaspheming” the sacrifices of those who died fighting Japan in World War Two by denying the pivotal role of the communist party and denounced Taipei’s call for …
Sources: Mitsubishi to exit Japan offshore wind power project
Sources say Mitsubishi Corporation is set to pull out of a government-led offshore wind power project due to rising costs that undermine the venture’s profitability.
U.S. and Japan at Odds Over Terms of $550 Billion Investment
Claims that President Trump will direct Japanese investment highlight how trade frictions are mounting even with countries that have reached trade deals with the United States.
Warming seas worsen Japan’s price shock with $120 urchin rice bowls
By Yuka Obayashi and Katya Golubkova RISHIRI, Japan (Reuters) -As Japan faces its hottest summer in history, a sharp decline in the catch of sea urchin in the country’s north has made the spiny …
Trump on EU and Japan Investments in the U.S.
In early August, President Donald Trump claimed that a trade deal he negotiated with the European Union in July came with hundreds of billions of dollars that the U.S. can use for “anything we want.” …