Category: Japan
High-end rebrand makes life sweet for Japan’s ‘ice farmers’
In a mountainous area north of Tokyo, a priest blows a conch shell as Yuichiro Yamamoto bows and thanks the nature gods for this year’s “good harvest”: [...]
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Solar photovoltaic technology and its applications in solar energy in Japan
Japan’s Ministry of Technology and Industry (MITI) views solar photovoltaic power as an essential part of its digital economic transformation. Japanese science fiction [...]
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Govt to promote Indo-Pacific strategy at TICAD
The government is making final arrangements to include the promotion of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific strategy led by Japan and the United States in a declaration at the [...]
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Korea and Japan Must Resolve Their Trade Spat
Some foreign-policy disagreements are necessary and some are a matter of choice. The current low ebb of relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) is more the [...]
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Japan to Solarise Its Burgeoning Digital Economy, Expert Take
Society is now witnessing the implementation of digital currencies, artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology worldwide. These new digital technologies [...]
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US envoy in Japan, Korea amid deepening rift between neighbours
A US-led effort to get North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons will continue this week as US envoy Stephen Biegun holds talks in Japan and South Korea, amid a deepening [...]
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Shippers experiment with wind, battery power to navigate tough new rules to combat their role in global warming
Shipping companies in Europe and Japan are looking to their past the wind and the sun as they anticipate new regulations designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The [...]
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Environmental, regulatory and tax policy in Japan
Japan has inadequate energy resources and imports 87.4 percent of its hydrocarbon energy. It is the world’s largest importer of liquefied natural gas and third-largest [...]
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China and Taiwan to Japan on alert for new tropical development later this week
A new tropical threat may brew in the Western Pacific Ocean later this week. While AccuWeather meteorologists are keeping a close eye on other areas across the basin, the one [...]
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Chiba Bank, Bank of Yokohama may set up joint Tokyo outlet
Chiba Bank President Hidetoshi Sakuma and Bank of Yokohama President Yasuyoshi Oya have revealed that they are considering the establishment of a joint outlet in Tokyo. In a [...]
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Chinese aircraft use Japan ships as targets in E. China Sea drill
Chinese military aircraft likely used nearby Japanese destroyers as targets during a missile drill in international waters in the East China Sea in May, Japanese government [...]
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S. Korea-Asean summit in November to address free trade amid Japan’s export curbs: Cheong Wa Dae
South Korea plans to focus on seeking ways to bolster the free trade order during a November special group summit with Southeast Asian nations, Cheong Wa Dae said Sunday, as [...]
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Japan’s trade surplus with US soars ahead of talks
Japan’s politically sensitive trade surplus with the United States grew more than 15 percent in July, data showed Monday, as negotiators from the two economic [...]
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Japan under pressure over past hunting of endangered whales
Japan insisted Friday it no longer hunts endangered sei whales in international waters, but faced accusations of still violating a wildlife treaty by allowing [...]
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The village with dolls but no children and Japan’s existential crisis
Its population ageing and declining, Japan must let go of some of its deep-set traditional values if it wants to avoid an economic crisis. Insight investigates. JAPAN: In the [...]
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