Japan Jan exports rise 6.4% year/year – MOF

Japan's exports rose 6.4% in January from a year earlier, Ministry of Finance data showed on Wednesday, underlining a steady pick-up in overseas demand. The result compared with a 6.6% increase ... ( read original story ...)

Japan kicks off COVID-19 vaccination drive

Japan launched its COVID-19 inoculation drive on Wednesday by administering Pfizer Inc's vaccine shots to Tokyo hospital workers, TV footage showed, as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga aims to defy the ... ( read original story ...)

Decoupling denied: Japan Inc lays its bets on China

The following year he travelled to China and told Beijing factory workers, “You are working very hard to learn to make TVs. If you keep up the effort, you’ll catch up with Japan in several years and ... ( read original story ...)