Japan’s PM Suga instructs study on carbon pricing to reduce emissions
TOKYO, Dec 21, 2020, Kyodo. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday instructed the industry…
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Japan is an economy of 127 million people and one of the 12 founding members of APEC. In 1989, Japan’s real GDP was USD 4.4 trillion, and its real per capita GDP was USD 36,000. By 2016, its real GDP grew to USD 6 trillion, while its per capita GDP to USD 48,000. It is the world’s third largest economy.
Japan PM Suga eyes study on carbon pricing to cut emissions
TOKYO, Dec 19, 2020, Kyodo. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is expected to ask his…
Japan to suspend travel subsidies over holidays amid virus surge
TOKYO, Dec 14, 2020, Kyodo. The Japanese government will temporarily suspend its subsidy program for…
US will not punish athletes for social justice protests at Olympics
TOKYO, Dec 12, 2020, Kyodo. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee said Thursday it will…
No reset in sight for US-China relations: Economist
BEIJING, Dec 10, 2020, CNBC. Hope is fading for a significant change in U.S.-China relations…
Japan to keep tax cuts for home, car buyers to help virus-hit economy
TOKYO, Dec 10, 2020, Kyodo. Japan’s ruling coalition approved a tax reform package for fiscal…
Japan to fund AI matchmaking to boost birth rate
TOKYO, Dec 8, 2020, BBC. Japan plans to boost its tumbling birth rate by funding…
Japan space agency hails return of asteroid dust on Earth
TOKYO, Dec 7, 2020, AFP. Japan space agency officials on Sunday hailed the arrival of…
Japan, US conduct joint military drills amid China’s assertiveness
TOKYO, Dec 7, 2020, Kyodo. Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. military on Monday…
Support for Japan’s cabinet plunges to 50 per cent: Poll
TOKYO, Dec 6, 2020, Kyodo. The approval rate for Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s Cabinet has…
Postponement costs for Tokyo Olympics, Paralympics to total $2.83B
TOKYO, Dec 4, 2020, Kyodo. The organizers of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics reached an…
In Japan, more people died from suicide last month than from Covid in all of 2020
TOKYO, Nov 29, 2020, CNN. Eriko Kobayashi has tried to kill herself four times. The…