Big problems can require multipronged solutions. In Japan, better train service and tiny cars helped bring down traffic fatalities. ( read original story ...)
Japan lifts Covid-19 ban on international cruise business
The ban was enforced in March 2020 after the 2,670-berth Diamond Princess (built 2004) was quarantined at the Port of Yokohama with a massive Covid-19 outbreak. The incident was eventually to claim ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese capital always had art, ‘we just didn’t know how to present it’, says Art Week Tokyo founder
The Japanese capital is not known as a hub of contemporary art, but Art Week Tokyo is changing perceptions by making it easier to see exhibitions. ( read original story ...)
Japan to reopen to cruise ships after 2 1/2-year ban
Japan is lifting a more than 2 1/2-year ban on international cruise ships that was imposed following a deadly coronavirus outbreak on the cruise ship Diamond Princess at the beginning of the pandemic ... ( read original story ...)
Inpex to trial blue hydrogen and ammonia production in Japan
Japan's biggest oil and gas explorer, Inpex Corp , said on Tuesday it will build facilities to produce hydrogen and ammonia using its domestically produced natural gas in Kashiwazaki, northern Japan, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Kishida calls for French cooperation on free, open Indo-Pacific
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told French President Emmanual Macron on Tuesday that Tokyo hopes to strengthen cooperation with France toward achieving a "free and open Indo-Pacific." ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Economy Shrinks Unexpectedly, Hit by a Weak Yen and Rising Inflation
Japan’s economy, the world’s third largest, unexpectedly shrank in the three-month period from July to September, as a weak yen and high inflation eroded Japanese consumers’ buying power and sapped ... ( read original story ...)
Faulty sprinkler system floods 19-story Osaka building
Multiple floors of a building in this city's Suminoe Ward were flooded by a malfunctioning sprinkler system on Nov. 15, forcing many business ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s new daily COVID cases to exceed 100,000 for first time in 2 months -Fuji TV
COVID-19 infections in Japan will exceed 100,000 on Tuesday for first time in two months, Fuji Television reported. Cases have been on the rise in recent weeks in what some authorities have called the ... ( read original story ...)
U.S., Japan and Partners Mobilise $20 Billion to Move Indonesia Away From Coal Power
A coalition of countries will mobilise $20 billion of public and private finance to help Indonesia shut coal power plants and bring forward the sector's peak emissions date by seven years to 2030, the ... ( read original story ...)
Cruise Ships to Return to Japan for First Time Since Early Covid
Foreign cruise ships will be able to return to Japan for the first time since the early days of the pandemic in 2020, when the luxury, 13-deck Diamond Princess was quarantined in Yokohama with ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s bid to introduce English-speaking test in high school exams slammed
A private-sector English-speaking test will be introduced at the Tokyo metropolitan high school entrance exam for the first time in Japan this month, but the initiative to nurture “speaking skills” ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s monetary policy is ‘absolutely not’ getting tighter anytime soon: Financial services firm
Jesper Koll of Monex Group says Japan is a "bastion of stability" and there will be "no change" for the Bank of Japan for at least another nine to 12 months. ( read original story ...)
Japan, US Collaborating on Next-Generation Chips, Nishimura Says
Japan’s trade minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said Japan and the US are working together to make the next generation of semiconductors, while also collaborating with a broad range of Asian nations to ... ( read original story ...)
Bain Capital Asia: Large corporations in Japan are ’embracing change’
David Gross-Loh from Bain Capital discusses their deals in Japan and says it is the beginning of an "important secular trend" for the country's economy. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Economy Contracts Slightly in the Third Quarter
The world’s third-largest economy contracted for the first time in a year, reflecting weak external demand and a sluggish recovery in private spending. ( read original story ...)