China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi is likely to discuss economic, climate change and pandemic-related cooperation with Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, says Stephen Nagy from the International ... ( read original story ...)
Lessons from Japan: High-income countries have common problems
There are widely applicable lessons to be learnt from the country’s economic evolution since its bubble burst in 1992. But the lessons from recent years are those of economic policies to emulate, as ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Returns for Another Searing, Social Justice Ad for Beats by Dre
Tennis champ, with a "silence is violence" message, is joined by artist-activists Flo Milli and Cordae for new vignettes. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Stocks Sharply Up After Trump Agrees To Transition Aid
Tokyo shares opened sharply higher on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump said he no longer opposed government aid for Joe Biden's transition team, with markets also buoyed by new vaccine news. ( read original story ...)
China’s top diplomat visits Japan amid regional tensions
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi is set to visit Tokyo on Tuesday, marking the first such high-level trip since Japan picked a new leader in September and amid mounting concerns over Beijing's growing ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ramen bars struggle to stay open as COVID hammers small firms
Sixty-year-old Yashiro Haga is folding his Tokyo noodle ramen shop after 15 years in December, unable to overcome the prospect of a lasting customer slump due to the coronavirus crisis. ( read original story ...)
Sushi-Rama and Osaka Ramen Join Forces at Three Locations
Chef/restaurateur Jeff Osaka has been giving RiNo residents and visitors a choice for the past five years, with Sushi-Rama's original location at 2615 Larimer Street and Osaka Ramen's underground ... ( read original story ...)
Match of the Year Contender: Osaka’s comeback against Kontaveit
Naomi Osaka fought back from a set down against Anett Kontaveit before clinching a dramatic decider in the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Open in New York. The gripping contest makes our ... ( read original story ...)
Japan mulls temporary exit of Sapporo, Osaka from ‘Go To Travel’ subsidy program
Japan is preparing to suspend its "Go To Travel" subsidy program to areas including popular tourist destination cities Sapporo and Osaka, given the high number of novel coronavirus cases there, ... ( read original story ...)
Rights experts: Japan’s handling of Carlos Ghosn was wrong
A panel of human rights experts working with the United Nations says former Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn was wrongly detained in Japan and has urged “compensation” and “other reparations” for him ... ( read original story ...)
Iwate reports 1st COVID-19 death; Osaka wants out of ‘Go To Travel’
Iwate Prefecture reported its first COVID-19 death on Nov. 23, while Osaka Prefecture confirmed 282 new infections and wants Osaka city pulled from the government’s “Go To Travel” tourism-promotion ... ( read original story ...)
The Olympic Machine Meets With Protest in Tokyo
Bach vowed that the Tokyo Olympics in the shadow of the coronavirus would “be a light at the end of the dark tunnel.” But anti-Olympics activists in Japan’s capital were not ... ( read original story ...)
Documents show Japan ex-PM Abe’s camp subsidised backers’ party: NHK
Hotel documents show former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe's camp paid part of the expenses for a dinner party held for his supporters the night before an annual cherry blossom viewing party, NHK ... ( read original story ...)
Rights experts: Japan was wrong to detain Carlos Ghosn
A panel of human rights experts working with the United Nations says former Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn was wrongly detained in Japan and has urged “compensation” and “other reparations” for him ... ( read original story ...)
Sapporo readies for temporary exit from Go To Travel subsidy program
Sapporo is preparing to stop taking new bookings under the state-run “Go To Travel” subsidy program given the high number of COVID-19 cases in the city, local government sources said Monday. The ... ( read original story ...)
URGENT: Sapporo eyes temporary exit from travel subsidy program
Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido and its capital are arranging to accept a halt of new bookings for Sapporo under the state-run "Go To Travel" subsidy program given a high number of ... ( read original story ...)