TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan is looking to raise its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions-reduction target to at least a 40 per cent cut on fiscal 2013…
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China tells Japan to stay out of Hong Kong, Xinjiang issues
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – China urged Japan to steer clear of “internal issues” including Hong Kong and Xinjiang as Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga prepares to…
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Japan is finding it harder to stay quiet on China's alleged abuse of Uighurs
TOKYO (NYTIMES) – Last summer, Mr Halmat Rozi, a Uighur Muslim living in Japan, received a video call from his brother in China’s western Xinjiang…
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Japan raises alert level after Mount Otake volcano erupts
TOKYO (AFP) – A volcano in southwestern Japan has erupted, flinging large rocks hundreds of metres from the crater and prompting the meteorological agency to…
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Japan faces pressure to join China sanctions before US talks
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is under pressure to join other major democracies in imposing sanctions on China over human-rights violations as…
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South Korea hints it may strengthen military ties with Japan
SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) – South Korea’s defence minister signalled the country may strengthen its military cooperation with rival Japan as the two US allies work to…
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BOJ fine-tunes massive stimulus in long drive to boost prices
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan slightly loosened its grip on long-term interest rates on Friday and laid the groundwork to taper its huge…
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BOJ to loosen grip on yields, lay groundwork for 'stealth' tapering
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan will unveil on Friday a raft of measures to loosen control over asset price moves and make its…
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BOJ seen phasing out guidelines on ETF buying, focus on band on yield moves
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan will scrap either or both of the numerical guidelines set for its purchases of exchange-traded funds (ETF) this…
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Japan to lift Tokyo area state of emergency as planned on Sunday
TOKYO (REUTERS) – The Japanese government’s advisory panel on coronavirus countermeasures on Thursday (March 18) approved a plan to let the state of emergency expire…
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Tokyo Olympics creative head Hiroshi Sasaki resigns over derogatory remark
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Tokyo Olympics creative head Hiroshi Sasaki said he has resigned after making a derogatory comment about a popular female Japanese entertainer, in…
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Japan to lift Covid-19 state of emergency in Tokyo area
TOKYO (AFP) – Japan will lift a virus state of emergency in the Tokyo area, the prime minister said on Wednesday (March 17), less than…
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Sea slugs lose heads to rid bodies of parasites, Japan researchers show
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japanese researchers have shown that a type of sea slug are able to self-decapitate and regrow their bodies, a discovery that could…
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A Village Erased
KESEN, Japan — For centuries, this village rode the currents of time: war and plague, the sowing and reaping of rice, the planting and felling…
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