Sharp science and peer pressure without a lockdown helped Japan tame the coronavirus, offering a possible model for the “pandemic era.” …
Yasukuni Shrine: Japan’s ex-PM Abe visits controversial memorial
Visits by Japan’s leaders to the shrine have previously been seen as a lack of remorse for its militaristic past. Neither China nor either of the Koreas has reacted to this latest …
Vietnam now Japan’s top coffee supplier, fueled by COVID
Sales of the higher-quality arabica beans favored by coffee shops have fallen. The trend has made Vietnam, the world’s biggest producer of robusta, Japan’s top supplier of coffee beans and …
Japan’s ex-PM Abe visits controversial Tokyo shrine
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he has visited a shrine viewed by China and both Koreas as a symbol of wartime aggression. Abe’s visit Saturday, which …
Two-Thirds of Japan Public Support New PM Suga, Polls Show
New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government was backed by at least two-thirds of respondents in domestic polls taken in the early days of his administration. The Kyodo news agency said on …
Former Japan PM Abe Visits Yasukuni Shrine for War Dead
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Saturday, his first visit since December 2013, after refraini …
An old-age problem: why Japan must learn to grow young again
When Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s new prime minister, was growing up in the village of Akinomiya in the 1950s and 1960s it was overrun by children.“It was the baby boom after the war,” said Eiji Ito, a …
A record one person in every 1,500 in Japan is aged at least 100 — and they’re probably a woman
Nearly 1 in 1,500 people in Japan is now aged 100 or older, new data from the Japanese government shows. Figures from Japan’s Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry show the number of centenarians went …
Asean, China, Japan, South Korea financial leaders redouble efforts to focus on coronavirus recovery
Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Asean+3 group said they will use all available policy tools to support a sustained recovery.
Complaints Overwhelm Japan Red-tape Hotline Hours After Launch
Kono, an enthusiastic Twitter user who regularly interacts with people on the platform, announced the complaints system shortly after he was appointed by newly elected Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on …