Monday Most Japanese companies, government offices to have final working day of year. Temporary halt on government's Go To Travel domestic tourism subsidies to be in place through Jan. 11. The measure aimed at curbing the further spread of the novel coronavirus by not ...
Monday Cabinet to approve drafts of initial budget for fiscal 2021. The initial budget for the year starting in April will total around ¥106.61 trillion, a record high for the ninth straight year, as the Cabinet plans to add ¥5 trillion to reserve funds ...
As negotiations stall, how much does Japan actually pay to host U.S. forces?
With Trump having lost the election and time running out to strike a deal, the Japanese government is looking at a one-year extension of the current agreement.
Monday Bank of Japan to release December tankan business sentiment survey. Economists estimate the diffusion index showing confidence among major manufacturers will improve for a second straight quarter to minus 14, after falling to an 11-year low of minus 34 in the June survey due ...
Monday Cabinet Office to release preliminary composite indexes of economic indicators for October. The International Olympic Committee to hold online governing board meeting through Dec. 11. Tuesday Cabinet Office to release revised gross domestic product data for July-September quarter. Japan's economy expanded an annualized real ...
Monday Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to release preliminary industrial production index for October. In September, industrial output rose 4% from the previous month for the fourth straight month of increase due to the auto sector's continued recovery from the novel coronavirus pandemic. Japan and ...
Monday Labor Thanksgiving Day. Tuesday Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to make two-day visit to Japan. Wang will hold talks with his counterpart, Toshimitsu Motegi, to discuss the restart of business travel and major political issues, including tensions surrounding the Senkaku Islands, claimed by China. ...
Monday NASA to launch SpaceX spacecraft with Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi and three other astronauts aboard. The U.S. space agency will launch the spacecraft developed by SpaceX, founded by billionaire Tesla Inc. co-founder Elon Musk. The launch was pushed back one day due to ...
What the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy brings to Suga's table
Powerful advisory group is now the administration's 'command center' for economic and strategy debates.
Monday Cabinet Office to release preliminary composite indexes of economic indicators for September. Bank of Japan to release summary of opinions from Oct. 28-29 Policy Board meeting. SoftBank Group Corp. to release earnings for 1st half through September. In the quarter ended in June, SoftBank Group posted ...
Monday Japan Automobile Dealers Association to release sales figures for October. Tuesday Culture Day national holiday. Government to announce recipients of annual fall decorations. Popular boy band Arashi to stream postponed concert at new National Stadium. A live event was planned for May to set the mood for the ...
Monday Extraordinary Diet session to be convened. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will deliver his policy speech at the opening. During the session running through Dec. 5, the opposition camp is expected to grill him over the government response to the coronavirus pandemic as well ...
