William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of “Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan’s Lost Decades.” Few nations have stumbled over COVID-19 as ominously as …
Twitter brings its Stories feature, Fleets, to Japan
Japan generated $132.4 million in revenue, coming in second behind the U.S.’s $512.6 million. Twitter can be experimental when it comes to new features — it even once developed a new way to manage …
No final decision on East Container Terminal taken yet, says Sri Lanka
Although the Sri Lankan government is yet to declare its final position on developing the strategic East Container Terminal (ECT) at the Colombo Port jointly with India and Japan — agreed in May 2019 …
Defense begins questioning in Japan trial over Ghosn’s pay
The defense team for former Nissan executive Greg Kelly began questioning a key prosecution witness in a Tokyo court this week, seeking to show the alleged underreporting of income …
Japan needs regional strategy to head off winter surge in COVID-19 cases: expert
TOKYO (Reuters) – As COVID-19 cases in Japan rise again, an expert advising the government said regions must take localised approaches to counter a possible surge during winter. Daily cases in the …
South Korean Spy Chief Proposes Olympic Summit With U.S., North Korea, Japan: Report
South Korea’s spy chief has proposed a summit of the leaders of the United States, Japan and the two Koreas during the Tokyo Olympics next year, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported on Wednesday. Park …
Let it go! Japan PM declares war on ink stamp ‘hanko’
Japan’s new prime minister is declaring war, but there’s no danger of an international conflict: the target of his ire is the humble ink stamp known as hanko.
Carlos Ghosn speaks out for the first time after his escape: ‘I would probably never go back to Japan’
Carlos Ghosn, former Nissan chairman, joined Sara Eisen in an exclusive CNBC interview to discuss his his escape from Japan to Lebanon and his feelings about the possibility of ever going back to …
Mitsuoka Is Japan’s Weirdest Automaker
However to better understand Japanese culture, you need to understand Mitsuoka, the weirdest freaking car company on the planet. Yes, Japan is samurai swords and Super GT and giant robots grappling in …
Japan Pushes Regional Banks to Merge With Interest-Rate Carrot
The Bank of Japan said it would support consolidation and cost-cutting at regional banks by giving them extra interest on their deposits at the central bank, a move that analysts said would advance …