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Japan bolts whaling commission, but tensions may ease
AFP, Published on 28/12/2018
» WASHINGTON - Japan has made good on years of threats by bolting the International Whaling Commission, but its decision may also offer a way out of tensions that looked inextricable.
Japan anti-trust authorities to investigate tech giants
AFP, Published on 01/11/2018
» TOKYO: Japan's anti-trust authorities will probe whether tech giants such as Google and Amazon are using their market-leader positions to exploit contractors or obstruct competition, the country's fair trade chief said Thursday.
Japan cabinet approves bill to accept foreign workers
AFP, Published on 02/11/2018
» TOKYO - Japan's cabinet on Friday approved a draft bill to bring more blue-collar foreign workers into the country, in a controversial move to address chronic labour shortages.
EEC roadshows for China, Japan, Europe backed today
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 09/11/2018
» Guangzhou: The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Committee is scheduled to approve plans for international roadshows today to attract foreign investment in the government's flagship project.
Japanese, S.Korean trawlers collide in Sea of Japan
Reuters, Published on 15/11/2018
» TOKYO/SEOUL: A South Korean trawler and a Japanese fishing boat collided in the Sea of Japan on Thursday about 330km northeast of an island claimed by both countries, officials said.
$7,000 single-seat EV a hit in Japan
Published on 31/05/2025
» In the rural suburbs of Hiroshima, a Japanese startup is trying to kickstart the country’s electric vehicle market with the smallest, cheapest car it can possibly make.
Ageing Singapore tries to avoid the Japan trap
News, Andy Mukherjee, Published on 20/02/2019
» Japan has aged; Singapore is ageing. Japan's workforce is shrinking; Singapore's has plateaued. Japan's homogeneous society has struggled with immigration; Singapore's island culture has been welcoming of foreigners, though increasingly less so.
US, Japan, S.Korea huddle after N.Korea missile move
Published on 07/03/2019
» WASHINGTON: Washington's North Korea envoy Stephen Biegun was meeting on Wednesday with officials from Japan and South Korea to discuss the outcome of the Hanoi summit last week, amid new evidence that Pyongyang is rebuilding a rocket launch site.
HRW urges Japan to change transgender 'sterilisation' law
AFP, Published on 20/03/2019
» TOKYO - Japan should "urgently" revise a law that effectively requires transgender people to be surgically sterilised if they want legal recognition of their gender identity, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
China, Japan tout ‘recovered’ ties amid global uncertainty
Associated Press, Published on 14/04/2019
» BEIJING: China and Japan have the opportunity to “take charge of the economic field” during a time of worldwide uncertainty, Japan's foreign minister said Sunday, as trade pressures from the United States have prompted both countries to seek alternative markets.