Category: Japan
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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China and Japan see the future, and it’s not coal: why Australia will be stranded
Scott Morrison was a lone voice at the Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu this week as his government warned that any condemnation of coal, or calls for a ban on new mines, were [...]
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Robert Kuok: Politicians who say Japanese invaders liberated us from British ‘racists’
Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok today lambasted Malaysian politicians who claim that Japanese occupiers had liberated then Malaya from British colonialists, calling those who do [...]
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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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Japan holds first National Memorial Service for War Dead in the Reiwa era
Emperor Naruhito said he felt ‘deep remorse’ because of World War II and quoted his father during a speech to honor the fallen The first National Memorial Service [...]
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K supercomputer to shut down; successor Fugaku to replace it around 2021
The Japan-made K supercomputer, one of the world’s top supercomputers, which has been in operation for eight years at the RIKEN centre for Computational Science in [...]
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Japan surpasses China as largest foreign holder of US Treasurys
* Japan surpassed China as the largest foreign holder of US Treasurys in June. * Japan has $1.12 trillion Treasury securities, and China, $1.11 trillion. Japan surpassed [...]
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S. Korea expresses ‘deep concern’ regarding Abe’s ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine
Seoul calls on Tokyo to reflect on history to move forward in S. Korea-Japan relations The Korean government has expressed “deep concern” and called for [...]
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Efforts must be made to prevent war memories from fading away
It should be recognised anew that Japan’s peace and security is based on accumulated postwar efforts. The government-sponsored national memorial service for the war [...]
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Japan replaces China as largest foreign holder of US national debt
Japanese investors held $1.12 trillion of US debt in June, as yields are higher than European and Japanese sovereign bonds Japanese investors are holding the second most US [...]
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Japan replaces China as largest foreign holder of US national debt
Japanese investors held $1.12 trillion of US debt in June, as yields are higher than European and Japanese sovereign bonds Japanese investors are holding the second most US [...]
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Powerful Japan storm turns deadly, snarls holiday travel
A powerful tropical storm lashed Japan on Thursday, bringing strong winds and torrential rain that claimed at least one life, prompted warnings of landslides and flooding, [...]
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Japan exports seen shrinking for eighth month in July, core inflation weak: Reuters poll
Japan’s exports likely fell for an eighth straight month in July, a Reuters poll showed Friday, as a protracted US-China trade war and weak global demand hurt shipments [...]
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Govt mulling independently dispatching destroyer amid Hormuz tensions
Prime minister Shinzo Abe met with top officials at the prime minister’s Office on Thursday to discuss Japan’s response to a US-led maritime security mission [...]
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