Japan has significant role to play in restoring world order

Although Japan’s economic recovery from the pandemic remains somewhat fragile, the country is accelerating the normalization of social and business activities, which is set to give the economy a boost. Earlier this month, the government relaxed face mask

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday (March 20) announced a new plan to promote an open and free Indo-Pacific, promising billions of dollars in investment to help economies across the region in everything from industry to disaster

It used to be fashionable to criticize Japan for its stagnant economic growth, falling and aging demographics and insular culture, among others, which had resulted in its declining significance in the global economy and geopolitics. Back in 1998,

Like the nation’s famous cherry blossom trees, business in Japan is opening up after a bleak covid winter.  “Japanese technology companies have long attracted overseas investors and this trend shows no sign of abating,” notes Takeshi Iitani, a

For more than half a century, Japan’s corporate giants have held annual negotiations with labor unions to decide pay increases for the year ahead. Never have those talks meant so much to so many beyond the workers themselves. This year,

Visitors to Japan climbed to nearly 1.5 million in January, the national tourism agency said on Wednesday, showing an accelerating recovery in tourism after the government scrapped COVID-19 curbs in October. The number of foreign visitors for both

Increasing the value of people. This is one of the most essential things a country and a company can do to increase its value, while maintaining its economic strength in these times of rapid change, when the power

Japanese power utilities are stepping up efforts to cut thermal coal import costs by switching to lower quality grades and widening import sources, company officials said, as Tokyo looks to fight inflation and boost energy security. The measures

Core consumer prices in Japan’s capital, a leading indicator of nationwide trends, rose 4.3% in January from a year earlier, marking the fastest annual gain in nearly 42 years and keeping the central bank under pressure to phase

Asian-Pacific markets generally rose on Wednesday, despite the Bank of Japan’s announcement of no changes to its yield curve control policy. The Nikkei 225 in Japan saw the biggest increase, climbing 2.5% to close at 26,791.12, while the

Japan and Germany are coordinating their first top-level intergovernmental talks to be held in Japan in March, according to sources. The two countries intend to strengthen bilateral cooperation to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific and achieve other

Japanese retail sales rose for a ninth straight month in November, data showed on Tuesday, as the lifting of Covid-19 border controls and the government’s domestic travel subsidy helped consumer demand. Data showed that visitor arrivals to Japan jumped to nearly

The Japanese stock market is modestly higher in choppy trading on Tuesday, snapping the three-session losing streak, with the Nikkei 225 moving above the 27,300 level, despite the broadly negative cues from Wall Street overnight, with traders buying

In the 21st century, Japan possesses two digital reputations: it is known as both the innovator and the laggard. Back in the 1980s, Japan was a world leader in memory chips, with a few companies dominating the market,