Admiral Ryo Sakai will step down as the chief of staff of Japan’s navy, having said there is a lack of compliance and governance ability within the force.
IMF’s economic view: Brighter outlook for China and India but tepid global growth
The International Monetary Fund is upgrading its economic outlook this year for China, India and Europe while modestly lowering expectations for the United States and Japan.
Japan finds a ‘stealth’ cure for zombie businesses: Let them fail
For much of its 72 years, Hitoshi Fujita’s company was just another mom-and-pop business grinding out metal parts. Then it did something unusual for a small Japanese manufacturer: it expanded, buying two neighboring firms in the last decade.
Finance Minister Suzuki mum on whether Japan intervened in currency market
Japan’s Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki on Friday voiced concerns over the yen’s weakness but declined to comment on whether the government intervened to prop up the yen on Thursday.
Finance Minister Suzuki mum on whether Japan intervened in currency market
Japan’s Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki on Friday voiced concerns over the yen’s weakness but declined to comment on whether the government intervened to prop up the yen on Thursday.
Japan’s Yen Hands Back Some Gains After Likely Intervention
It looks like Japan has intervened again to prop up its currency— but the effect seems to be fading away quickly. The yen weakened back …
All Japanese could be surnamed Sato in 500 years, study predicts
Yoshida’s research suggests significant cultural and identity challenges if Japan becomes a nation where everyone bears the surname Sato.
US Ally Releases Update on Russia and China Air Threat
The Joint Staff Office under Japan ‘s Defense Ministry on Thursday released a quarterly report on the Air Self-Defense Force’s scrambles from April 1 to June 30. It recorded 159 emergency launches of its fighter jets, down from 238 in the same period last year.
Why Japan is the envy of Australia’s desperate housing planners
Unlike in Japan, Australia’s restrictive planning rules and housing policy constrain the market’s ability to respond to rising demand.
A bus stop tragedy and China’s anti-Japanese rhetoric
In January, an advert celebrating the Lunar New Year was taken down in the city of Nanning after enraged internet users claimed it resembled the Japanese “rising Sun flag”. Acts as innocuous as wearing a kimono are often met with fury online.