Category: Japan
Abe renews pledge to change Japan’s charter to boost troops
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe renewed his pledge Sunday to push for a revision to the country’s war-renouncing constitution, in which he wants the military [...]
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At disaster evacuation centres in Japan, cardboard boxes become beds, chairs, even toilets
An increasing number of municipalities in Japan are signing contracts to have manufacturers supply evacuation centres with beds that can be assembled from cardboard boxes. [...]
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Japan’s Kyushu Elec restricts renewable energy supplies for first time
Japan’s Kyushu Electric Power Co said on Monday it restricted third-party solar power supplies over the weekend, marking the first time a Japanese utility has curbed [...]
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Japan manufacturers’ mood rises, trade worries weigh on outlook: Reuters Tankan
Confidence among Japanese manufacturers rose in October from September and is expected to remain flat over the coming three months, a Reuters poll found, suggesting caution [...]
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Japan unveils sales tax hike
Japan on Monday announced a much anticipated sales tax hike in 2019 to address the nation’s huge public debt, despite warnings it could hobble growth in the [...]
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Japan amphibious unit, US Marines conduct drills on remote islands
The amphibious troop unit of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces conducted a joint exercise with the US Marines on Sunday in the southwestern prefecture of Japan, to prepare [...]
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China slaps anti-dumping duty on chemical from US, Japan
China will impose anti-dumping tariffs on imports of hydroiodic acid from the United States and Japan, the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday (October 15). The tariffs will [...]
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Japan, Lithuania agree to boost bilateral economic cooperation
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe and his Lithuanian counterpart Saulius Skvernelis agreed Friday to promote bilateral economic cooperation as a free trade agreement signed [...]
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Japan, China auto industry bodies join hands on self-driving vehicles
Japanese and Chinese auto industry bodies agreed Friday to cooperate in developing self-driving technologies, deepening their alliance in creating unified standards ahead of [...]
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Japan, as next year’s G20 chair, wants to put global imbalances on the map
Japan wants to highlight global imbalances as key topics of debate, and take steps to fix them, when it chairs next year’s gatherings of the Group of 20 major [...]
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Over 40pct of Chinese have positive impression of Japan: survey
Chinese people’s view of Japan has improved, an annual survey showed Thursday, with the proportion holding a favourable impression topping 40 percent for the first time [...]
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Japan unveils plan to attract more foreign workers
Japan on Friday unveiled a plan to attract more foreign blue-collar workers, as the world’s number-three economy battles a crippling labour shortage caused by an ageing [...]
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Survey: Chinese see Japan in more positive light than ever
Chinese people have grown fonder of Japan than ever before, according to the latest annual survey on two nations’ citizens’ feelings toward each other. The [...]
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Record 22,419 foreign graduates land jobs in Japan
A record-high 22,419 foreign graduates entered the Japanese work force in 2017, up about 15 percent from the previous year and more than double the total in 2012, the Justice [...]
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How one of Japan’s newest, biggest warships wages a daily war on grime
Japan’s Kaga helicopter carrier is not the biggest, fastest or most powerful warship to sail the seas, but its 500 crew wage a daily war on dirt and grime to keep it [...]
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