Already the global leader in accumulating debt, Japan is adding nearly $2 trillion to its mountain this fiscal year with record stimulus packages ... ( read original story ...)
‘Ridiculous’: China, scientists dismiss Harvard study suggesting Covid-19 was spreading in Wuhan in August
Beijing dismissed as “ridiculous” a Harvard Medical School study of hospital traffic and search engine data that suggested the new coronavirus may already have been spreading in China last August, and ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports 18 new coronavirus cases, may lift city alert by Friday
Across Japan, 45 new infections were confirmed Tuesday, raising the total number of cases to 17,929, with 936 deaths. ( read original story ...)
Tencent targets Japanese anime and manga to jump-start global growth
The Chinese firm sees Japan's entertainment exports as being ripe for optimization, with better distribution and marketing generating vastly greater revenues. ( read original story ...)
TUV Rheinland issue first EU MDR certificate for Terumo Corporation
TUV Rheinland Japan Ltd. announced that on May 29, 2020 TUV Rheinland LGA Products GmbH issued TUV Rheinland's first MDR certificates under EU Medical Device Regulation 2017/745, for medical devices ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka in no mood to back down on support for Black Lives Matter
Naomi Osaka, the world's highest paid sportswoman, says the voices of prominent athletes can be more influential than those of politicians and is determined that hers will be heard on the subject of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan MPs Pass Record Coronavirus Budget
Japan's powerful lower house of parliament approved an emergency budget worth nearly $300 billion Wednesday, doubling the scale of measures to pep up the world's third-biggest economy after the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Wants to Take Lead for G7 Statement on Hong Kong: Abe
"Obviously, we acknowledge the G7 has a mission to lead the global public opinion and Japan wants to take a lead in issuing a statement based on 'one nation, two systems' in Hong Kong," Abe told ... ( read original story ...)
America Surrendered The Philippines To Japan, But It Never Forgot Its Duty
But unless the U.S. Navy could instantly resurrect the sunken battleships at Pearl Harbor, the Philippines were doomed. Backed by heavy air support, the Japanese eventually broke through the lines of ... ( read original story ...)
2 Americans accused of aiding Carlos Ghosn’s escape from Japan fight extradition
Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in a box are fighting their extradition to the country, arguing the offense is not a crime there. Michael and Peter Taylor are wanted in Japan on ... ( read original story ...)
Japan April core machinery orders fall 12.0% month/month
Japan's core machinery orders fell 12.0% in April from the previous month, government data showed on Wednesday. Compared with a year earlier, core orders, which exclude those of ships and electricity, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s machinery orders, wholesale prices sink as pandemic hits business spending
Japan's machinery orders slumped in April at their quickest pace in nearly two years, as a drop in demand and company profits caused by the coronavirus pandemic paralysed businesses spending. Separate ... ( read original story ...)
S&P Cuts Outlook on Japan’s Debt Outlook
Follow Bloomberg on LINE messenger for all the business news and analysis you need.S&P Global Ratings revised down the outlook on Japan’s sovereign rating to stable from positive while keeping the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s wholesale prices sink at fastest pace in four years as pandemic hits demand
Japan's wholesale prices fell at the fastest annual pace in nearly four years in May, data showed on Wednesday, as the coronavirus pandemic hit business activity and weighed on global demand for ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s April core machinery orders fall at fastest pace since Sept 2018
Japan's core machinery orders dropped in April at their quickest pace since September 2018 as the hit to business spending from the coronavirus pandemic deepened. By Daniel Leussink TOKYO, June 10 ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese carmaker Honda hit by cyberattack
Japanese carmaker Honda said Tuesday that it has been hit by a cyberattack that disrupted its business in several countries, though it expects the overall impact to be contained. Production in Japan ... ( read original story ...)