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Japan starts handing up to $19,000 cash benefits to virus-hit small and midsize firms
TOKYO, May 8, 2020, Kyodo. The Japanese government on Friday began issuing up to 2…
International tourism to plunge up to 80 per cent due to coronavirus: UN
MADRID, May 8, 2020, AFP. The number of international tourist arrivals could plunge by 60…
[Analytics] How will Covid-19 reshape Asia’s energy future?
While the global coronavirus pandemic continues to have significant macro-level political and economic impacts on…
Online booksellers struggling to meet demand from Japanese readers
TOKYO, May 7, 2020, Kyodo. As more people turn to internet shopping with physical stores…
[Analytics] Managing supply chain risk in a post-COVID-19 world
The coronavirus pandemic has called into question several assumptions which have underpinned global trade for…
Coronavirus-linked bankruptcies rise sharply in Japan
TOKYO, May 6, 2020, Kyodo. Bankruptcies due to the effects of the new coronavirus sharply…
[Analytics] Coronavirus highlights Abe’s leadership failings
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s leadership capacity is being called into question in relation to…
72 per cent in Japan see animal market closure key in curbing pandemics in the future: WWF
TOKYO, May 4, 2020, Kyodo. Seventy-two percent of Japanese believe a closure of illegal and…
PM Abe to extend Japan’s state of emergency through May 31
TOKYO, May 3, 2020, Kyodo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to extend Japan’s state…
[Analytics] The deeper roots of Chinese demonization
Fasten your seat belts: the US hybrid war against China is bound to go on…
Japanese aquarium urges public to video-chat eels who are forgetting humans exist
TOKYO, May 1, 2020, The Guardian. When the garden eels at a Tokyo aquarium remove…