[Analytics] Can Japan and South Korea cooperate against pandemic?
In 2019 Japan–ROK relations were their worst since the normalisation of diplomatic relations in 1965….
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.
[Special coverage] Secret service enacted an important role in the USSR victory in WWII
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 was a severe test for Soviet state security agencies….
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…
[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…
[Analytics] China has oil and gas trump card on US
The Donald Trump administration is ramping up retaliatory rhetoric against China over its handling of…
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…
[Post-Covid World] Shopping after the pandemic: To buy safer than now
“Post-Covid World” is about inconspicuous changes that model the face of the future. These grains…
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…