Gargling solution flies off Japan’s shelves after governor touts anti-virus effect
TOKYO, Aug 5, 2020, Reuters. Japanese drugstores were stripped bare of gargling solution by Wednesday,…
Japan
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.
[Analytics] How ASEAN benefits as Japan shifts production away from China
The Japanese government is encouraging firms to relocate manufacturing from China to Southeast Asia. As…
60 per cent in Japan with cold-like symptoms went to work amid pandemic: Survey
TOKYO, Aug 4, 2020, The Mainichi. About 60 percent of people in Japan who developed…
Philippines begins Avigan clinical trials for Covid-19 treatment
MANILA, Aug 4, 2020, Kyodo. The Philippine government said Tuesday that it has begun clinical…
Japan govt will not ask people to forgo summer travel due to virus
TOKYO, Aug 3, 2020, Kyodo. Japan’s top spokesman said Monday the government has no intention…
South Korean boycott hammers sales of Japanese consumer goods
TOKYO, Aug 3, 2020, Nikkei. Japanese brands from beer to clothes were walloped by a…
Abe to attend Hiroshima, Nagasaki events marking US atomic bombings
TOKYO, Aug 3, 2020, Kyodo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday he will take part…
Thai democracy protesters make Japan cartoon hamster their symbol
BANGKOK, Aug 2, 2020, Reuters. Thailand’s emerging student pro-democracy movement has adopted a Japanese cartoon…
S. Korea’s export slump eases due to reopenings, chips on recovery track
SEOUL, Aug 1, 2020, Yonhap. South Korea’s exports extended their slump to a fifth consecutive…
Japan, UK begin talks with view to scrapping tariffs on Japanese cars around 2026: Jiji
TOKYO, Jul 31, 2020, Jiji/Reuters. Japan and Britain began talks with a view to scrapping…
Japan women, men’s life expectancy in 2019 stays in world top-3
TOKYO, Jul 31, 2020, Kyodo. Japanese women and men retained second and third places, respectively,…
[Analytics] The case for an East Asian ‘climate club’ led by Australia
The Nobel Prize-winning US economist William Nordhaus fired a salvo recently when he published an…