Asia Pacific May 4, 2021
Young people have stepped into the breach, setting up apps to crowdsource aid, delivering key supplies and using social media to direct resources to people in need.
Business May 2, 2021
Japanese companies' employees in Myanmar favor economic sanctions
The results of the online survey, conducted by Japanese who operate businesses in Myanmar, showed that 95.2% of the 145 respondents favored such sanctions.
Business Apr 30, 2021
Japan to boost aid for firms with large facilities under COVID-19 emergency
The employment adjustment subsidy program for companies that put staff on paid leave will also be extended until the end of June.
Commentary / Japan Apr 15, 2021
Japan-U.S. alliance should provide an alternative to China
by Richard Javad Heydarian
A Japan-U.S. alliance should provide an alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, while strengthening the ability of smaller states to defend their territorial integrity.
Business Apr 2, 2021
Government revises policy on aid for restaurants asked to cut hours
Japanese authorities will provide different amounts of support to facilities that accept such requests depending on the size of their operations.
National Mar 31, 2021
"It's not that sanctions are courageous and nonsanctions are not," Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told a legislative committee.
Commentary / World Mar 18, 2021
Tax havens are sabotaging the sustainable development
by Yu Yongding
In 2015, Gabriel Zucman estimated that at least $7.6 trillion of the world’s private wealth was held in tax havens, equivalent to 8% of global household financial assets.
National Mar 16, 2021
The package features a program in which low-income households with children will receive ¥50,000 in cash per child.
National Mar 9, 2021
Japan to give $19 million to aid Rohingya in Myanmar and Bangladesh
Officials said Tokyo would maintain humanitarian assistance to Myanmar even as it condemns the military coup on Feb. 1.
Asia Pacific Mar 8, 2021
Australia has suspended its defense cooperation program with Myanmar, Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne said, amid an intensified crackdown by the country's military on massive protests against last month's coup. Australia will also redirect immediate humanitarian needs to Rohingya and other ethnic minorities, Payne said ...
National Jan 4, 2021
Stuck in Japan amid pandemic, trio of South American artists find fame and sisterhood
by Tomohiro Osaki
Teresa Currea, Clara Campos and Oriana Marin have fostered lifelong friendships and even become local celebrities.
Business Dec 20, 2020
Indonesia launches Japanese-funded port to boost auto exports
Funded by a Japanese official development assistance loan amounting to $968.5 million for the first phase, the port is expected to facilitate the country's exports.