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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 15, 2020
The jailed activist left a letter behind. The message: Keep fighting.
Outspoken Vietnamese journalist and activist Pham Doan Trang was arrested on charges of making and disseminating propaganda against the state.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2020
Japan to sign agreement allowing arms exports to Vietnam, report says
The deal, likely to be inked during Suga's trip to the region next week, would bolster the defense capabilities of Indo-Pacific nations to counter Chinese maritime moves.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2020
Suga eyes Vietnam and Indonesia for first overseas trip as PM
The plan to visit the Association of Southeast Asian Nations members comes as Japan seeks to strengthen ties with countries in the region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 26, 2020
COVID-19 brings three-decade economic boom to a sudden halt in Vietnam
For the past three decades, Vietnam has known only good — or great — economic news. The nation's consistent growth as an exporter pushed many into the middle class.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2020
Japan and Vietnam ink first maritime patrol ship deal as South China Sea row heats up
Tokyo signed a u00a536.6 billion loan agreement with Hanoi for six new Japanese-made vessels in a boost to its maritime law enforcement capabilities in disputed waters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Aug 10, 2020
'China literacy': Vietnam's key to combating COVID-19
Both the government and people saw the shadow of China in the background of the battle to beat the coronavirus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2020
Japan subsidies to cut China reliance set to boost Southeast Asia
'Even before coronavirus and the U.S.-China trade war struck, there was a shift away from production in China,” said a Japan External Trade Organization official.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 6, 2020
Toyota launches its first hybrid car in Vietnam
Toyota Motor Corp. has launched the Corolla Cross SUV in Vietnam, its first hybrid vehicle to be sold in the Southeast Asian country.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2020
What does Vietnam think of America's Indo-Pacific strategy?
The South China Sea is where the rubber meets the road for U.S.-Vietnam security ties, and in this regard, Hanoi has gone as far as it is comfortable.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 30, 2020
Japan to allow back foreign residents who left before entry ban
The planned change in Japan's border control policy will also be accompanied by stricter entry procedures.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 29, 2020
Vietnam says all areas now at risk of coronavirus infection
Vietnam, virus-free for months, was bracing for another wave of COVID-19 infections on Wednesday after state media reported new cases in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and the Central Highlands linked to a recent outbreak in the central city of Danang.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 26, 2020
East Asia's new edge
A deep determination to battle against great odds may explain why East Asia has so far responded much better to the COVID-19 pandemic than most Western countries.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jul 25, 2020
Water wars: Mekong River another front in U.S.-China rivalry
The Mekong River has become a new front in the U.S.-China rivalry, environmentalists and officials say, with Beijing overtaking Washington in both spending and influence over downstream countries at the mercy of its control of the river's waters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 25, 2020
Vietnam back on coronavirus alert after first local infection in three months
Vietnam was back on high alert for the novel coronavirus on Saturday after medical officials in the central city of Danang detected the nation's first locally transmitted case in three months.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 26, 2020
With coronavirus under control, Vietnam and New Zealand see different travel trends
Laura Douglas' tourism start-up, a farm surrounded by snow-tipped mountains in southern New Zealand, was attracting hundreds of mostly foreign visitors a month until the coronavirus pandemic brought it to a sudden halt in March.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2020
First Japan-Vietnam flight takes off after virus restrictions eased
Travel from Japan to Vietnam resumed Thursday in a first step after the easing of travel restrictions imposed to fight the novel coronavirus.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2020
Travel from Japan to Vietnam to partially resume as virus curbs eased
Travel from Japan to Vietnam will partially resume this week, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday, marking the first step in easing travel restrictions aimed at stemming the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2020
Japan may let in quota of 250 businesspeople from four countries daily
Authorities aim to begin the measure this summer, by mutual agreement with Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Vietnam.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 4, 2020
Cheap holidays target locals across tourism-reliant Southeast Asia
With cash flow drying up at Thailand’s popular beach resort of Phuket, hotels are racing to restart tourism — starting with local travelers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2020
Japan may ease ban on entry from Thailand, Vietnam, Australia and N.Z.
Lifting the ban for business visitors is being eyed as a first step and Tokyo is reportedly negotiating conditions with the four nations.

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