The bilateral merchandise trade volume between Cambodia and Japan totalled $1.789 billion in the first 11 months of 2022, rising by 13.11 per cent on-year, with Cambodian exports accounting for a ... ( read original story ...)
Yen soars to 4-month peak, global markets jolted after surprise Bank of Japan policy tweak
TOKYO - The yen surged to a four-month peak against the US dollar on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) stunned markets by deciding to review its yield curve control policy and widen the trading ... ( read original story ...)
Faxes and floppy disks: Japan’s bureaucracy needs an upgrade
For a country where emoji were invented, Japan’s bureaucracy remains steadfastly analog. © Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters People watch Sony’s robotic dogs, known as Aibo, d ... ( read original story ...)
FTSE 100 Live: TSB fined over IT failure, Japan policy shift hits markets
Evening Standard FTSE 100 live.jpg . Shares in Tokyo have fallen sharply after an unexpected move by the Bank of Japan signalled the beginning of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s recent approval of long-range strike capability is a big change, think tank says
Sheila Smith of the Council on Foreign Relations says that's "a kind of offensive capability that the Japanese have not had to date." ... ( read original story ...)
S Jaishankar says Japanese businesses make ‘more serious investments’ in other ASEAN countries, China than in India; tells why
"There were a number of reasons for this. I think partly the enabling environment did not meet Japanese expectations which essentially meant that the Indian system did not particularly make an effort ... ( read original story ...)
Ha Nam, Japanese prefecture consider more business opportunities
Director of the Mayoral Office of Izumiotsu city of Japan’s Osaka prefecture Nakayama Hideto paid a working trip to the northern province of Ha Nam on December 19 to learn about its investment ... ( read original story ...)
Suntory Beverage’s first female CEO wants more women managers, global business
Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd's incoming CEO Makiko Ono, one of only a handful of women to lead a big Japanese company, wants to see more opportunities for women in management and more business for her ... ( read original story ...)
Yen Rises on Report of Japan Govt Move for More Flexible Inflation Target
The yen was last 0.6% stronger at 135.91 per dollar, after having touched a high of 135.80 earlier in the session. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is aiming to make the BOJ's 2% inflation target a more ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo couple caught making stickers with police mascot flipping bird
It’s widely known that just about everything in Japan has a mascot character associated with it, from train stations to hemp. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is no different with Peopo-kun ... ( read original story ...)
Majority of Japanese oppose raising taxes to fund military expansion -Kyodo
The majority of Japanese people do not support raising taxes to fund military expansion, Kyodo reported on Sunday, citing a survey the news agency conducted after the government announced Japan's ... ( read original story ...)
More year-end parties in east Japan pref. this year, but most companies still abstaining
According to a survey by Tokyo Shoko Research's Maebashi office, 61.6% of businesses in Gunma Prefecture are not planning to have year-end parties, a 14.1-point drop from 2021. Th ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka plans for its casino debut
Osaka has been vying for years to build a casino ... "I do believe that the business is perfectly viable without the Chinese tourists." About a day after Yoshimura spoke, China moved definitively ... ( read original story ...)
COP15: Japan commits 1 billion yen to make sustainable use of nature
At biological diversity meeting, Japan, Keidanren Committee on Nature Conservation, UNDP, others have announced 4th phase of community development and knowledge management for Satoyama Initiative ... ( read original story ...)
Japan rolls out new defence policy with focus on free and open Indo-Pacific
Japan is finding itself in the midst of the most severe and complex security environment since the end of WWII with mounting threats from China and North Korea ... ( read original story ...)
SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY GROWTH PRESENTS KEY OPPORTUNITY FOR JAPANESE MANUFACTURERS
Backed by its historical expertise in semiconductor production and a large network of equipment, component and material makers, Japan is set to play a vital role in the future of the semiconductor ... ( read original story ...)