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Japan PM Suga declares COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo area

TOKYO : Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency for Tokyo and three adjacent prefectures on Thursday (Jan 7) … More

Covid19, Emergency, Japan, Pandemic, Tokyo

What are the top manga titles of all time according to 150,000 Japanese fans?

One Piece, Demon Slayer, Slam Dunk, Detective Conan and Dragon Ball came out on top. Sorry, Doraemon. The Japanese take … More

Detective Conan, Doraemon, Dragon Ball, Japan, Manga, One Piece, Slam Dunk, YouTube

Time for Japanese anime

The new creations perfectly capture the central characters namely Naruto and Sasuke, as well as Boruto and Sarada, among others … More

Animation, Anime, Japan, Seiko

Melted fuel removal at Fukushima delayed by pandemic

TOKYO: Japan’s government and the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant said Thursday (Dec 24) that the removal of … More

Fukushima, Japan, Melted fuel, Nuclear Plant, Pandemic, Tsunami

Twenty years ago Nissan squeezed suppliers, now it needs their help

When Carlos Ghosn arrived at Nissan in 1999, suppliers took the brunt of cost-cutting that helped revive the automaker. Two … More

Automaker, Carlos Ghosn, Collaboration, Japan, Nissan, Suppliers

Japan’s wasabi producers farm ‘green gold’

IZU, Japan: If you’ve eaten sushi, you might assume you’ve tried wasabi. But chances are it was an artificial version that … More

Agriculture, Farming, Food, Japan, Sushi, Wasabi

What Malaysians can learn from asphalt roads in Japan

Whenever I would take a tour group around Japan, I would invariably set a task for the members: Look carefully … More

Japan, Road, Wabi-Sabi

Japan: Breaking the taboo of tattoos

A growing number of Japanese enthusiasts are trying to tackle a 400-year-old taboo associating tattoos with organised-crime gangs such as … More

Irezumi Aikokai, Japan, Tattoo, Yakuza

Japanese woman Hitomi Akamatsu found dead at retreat owned by disgraced Brazilian guru

Police have arrested Rafael Lima da Costa, an 18-year-old who confessed to killing her during a robbery Victim had been … More

Brazil, Japan, João Teixeira de Faria, John of God, Radioactive, Retreat, Spiritual Guru

AirAsia Japan files for bankruptcy

KUALA LUMPUR : AirAsia Group Bhd’s 33%-owned associate AirAsia Japan Co Ltd (AAJ) has filed for bankruptcy proceedings today. In … More

AirAsia, Airlines, Bankruptcy, Covid19, Japan, Lockdown

Meet the other man behind Studio Ghibli’s four decades of Totoro and anime magic

Co-founder and animation producer Toshio Suzuki talks about his close relationship with director Hayao Miyazaki – and why children shouldn’t … More

Anime, children, Japan, Studio Ghibli, Totoro

What is the RCEP trade deal?

HANOI: Backed by China, the sprawling Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is seen as a coup for Beijing in extending … More

ASEAN, Australia, China, Economy, Investment, Japan, New Zealand, RECP, South Korea, Trade

A worried Asia wonders: What will Joe Biden do?

TOKYO (AP) : As Asia comes to terms with the reality of a Joe Biden administration, relief and hopes of … More

China, Diplomacy, India, Japan, Joe Biden, North Korea, Policy, Relations, South Korea, United States

Suga launches charm offensive in Southeast Asia

New PM’s first trip overseas aimed at shoring up support against China in the region In a sign of Southeast … More

ASEAN, Diplomacy, Investment, Japan, Trade, Yoshihide Suga

US Military Bases Are Poisoning Okinawa

The U.S. military has contaminated the drinking water for almost half-a-million Japanese – but Japanese authorities can’t do anything about … More

Contamination, Japan, Military, Nuclear rocket, Okinawa, United States

AirAsia ceases Japan operations

MALAYSIA’S flagship budget airline AirAsia Group Bhd is ceasing its Japanese operations immediately, it said in a Bursa Malaysia filing … More

AirAsia, budget airline, Covid19, Japan, operations, Pandemic

Japanese companies venturing into Malaysia’s digital tech, aviation

KUALA LUMPUR : After decades of focusing their operations on the electrical and electronics (E&E) sector, Japanese companies are now … More

Digital Technology, halal food, Health, Investment, Japan, medical devices

Controversy hits Suga, just 2½ weeks into tenure as PM

TOKYO – Just two and a half weeks into his tenure as Prime Minister, a controversy is already threatening to … More

bureaucrats, Covid19, Japan, Pandemic, Policy, Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga

Yoshihide Suga formally voted in as Japan PM, readies ‘continuity Cabinet’

TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan’s Yoshihide Suga was voted prime minister by parliament’s lower house on Wednesday (Sept 16), becoming the … More

Government, Japan, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga

The unlikely rise of Yoshihide Suga, the son of a farmer who is expected to become Japan’s next Prime Minister

(CNN) : If Shinzo Abe was perhaps born to be Japan’s Prime Minister, the path to political stardom for his … More

Japan, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, Yoshihide Suga

Typhoon Haishen lashes South Korea after battering Japanese islands

Woman in her 70s died of a head injury after falling into a roadside ditch while evacuating from a coastal … More

Disaster, Japan, Meteorology, South Korea, Typhoon Haishen

‘Abenomics’ fell short — Japan’s new prime minister will have to pick up the slack

KEY POINTS  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation citing poor health last week, but his main economic strategy … More

Abenomics, Covid19, Financial, Fiscal, Japan, Pandemic, Policy

Flying cars? Japanese firm says they are almost a reality

It might seem like a flight of fancy, but a Japanese firm says it is one step closer to making … More

Airborne Vehicles, Aircraft, Drone, Flying Cars, Japan, SkyDrive

Rest of Asia Will Miss Abe More Than Japan Will

No leader in recent memory has so completely transformed strategic thinking in Asia A month before he ended his first … More

ASEAN, Asia, Covid19, Japan, Pandemic, Policy, Shinzo Abe, Strategic Thinking

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