Tag: Japan

(China/Japan) Efforts made to ease Diaoyu Islands dispute amid Japanese media hype (Wang Qi, Global Times)

China and Japan recently confirmed the importance of downgrading tension in the East China sea, following a new dispute over the Diaoyu Islands and...

(Japan) Suganomics’ performance amid pandemic is vital to Tokyo’s success (Chen Youjun, Global Times)

Maintaining economic growth is seen as a crucial test for the policy-making of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's administration. Revitalizing Japan's economy from the...

(Japan/Southern Kuril Islands) Japanese PM claims Tokyo has sovereignty over Southern Kuril Islands (TASS)

Japan believes talks with Russia should discuss the entire southern part of the Kuril Islands, but according to Tokyo, Japan has sovereignty over these...

(Japan) How Japan can build a sustainable future post-COVID-19 (Makiko Eda, WEF)

The business culture in Japan has been resistant to change. There is a traditional preference for seniority and lifelong employment and a lack...

(Japan/Refugee and Asylum Policy) Rethinking Japan’s refugee and asylum policy (Hirotaka Fujibayashi, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/19/rethinking-japans-refugee-and-asylum-policy/

(Japan/Space Defence Policy) Japan’s space defence policy charts its own course (Saadia M Pekkanen, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/18/japans-space-defence-policy-charts-its-own-course/

(Japan/Russia/Southern Kurils) Japan plans to carry out joint activity with Russia on Southern Kurils (TASS)

Japan plans to carry out joint economic activity with Russia on the Southern Kuril Islands, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Monday during...

JAPAN – Japan’s Suga insists delayed Tokyo Olympics will go ahead in 2021 (Al Jazeera)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga began 2021 promising that the delayed Tokyo Olympics would go ahead in July, even as Japan contends with a...

JAPAN – Japan sets record military budget with stealth fighters, missiles (Al Jazeera)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government approved a ninth consecutive rise in military spending on Monday, to fund the development of an advanced stealth...

JAPAN – Japan’s economy not spared in 2020 (Masahiko Takeda, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/11/japans-economy-not-spared-in-2020/

JAPAN – Suga’s accountability problem (Aurelia George Mulgan, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/08/sugas-accountability-problem/

JAPAN/FRANCE/USA/UK/CHINA- Japan, France, US, UK make hypocritical naval moves against China (Zhang Junshe, Global Times)

The guided-missile frigate Yulin (Hull 569) attached to a destroyer flotilla with the navy under the PLA Southern Theater Command fires its rocket-propelled depth...

SOUTH KOREA/JAPAN – South Korea, Japan to deploy military to combat COVID-19 (Al Jazeera)

South Korea and Japan are deploying their militaries to assist healthcare workers in combatting COVID-19, with South Korean soldiers called in to expand coronavirus...

JAPAN/FRANCE/USA – Japan, France, US plan their first joint military drills in May (Al Arabiya)

US Marines from 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force based Okinawa, Japan, march during the US-South Korea joint military exercises (AP) Japan, France, and the United States...

JAPAN – Japan’s nuclear reactor fleet: The geopolitical and climate implications of accelerated decommissioning (Phyllis Yoshida, Atlantic Council)

As Japan approaches the ten-year anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, nuclear energy accounts for approximately 7.5 percent of Japan’s electricity generation, whereas...

PYRAMIDAL BUSINESS GROUPS – Using regulation to dismantle pyramidal business groups: Evidence from the US, Japan, Korea and Israel (Assaf Hamdani, Konstantin Kosenko, Yishay...

Large business entities are often perceived as valuable players in the economy and the product of bold entrepreneurship and disruptive innovation. Nevertheless, they are...