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.

Japan, IOC agree to postpone Tokyo Olympics for one year

TOKYO, Mar 24, 2020, Kyodo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee President Thomas…

Go World Amateur Championship in Russia to be postponed

MOSCOW, Mar 24, 2020, Pan Pacific Agency. The 41st Go World Amateur Championship (WAGC) will…

Tokyo Olympics 2020 will be postponed: IOC member exclusively to USA Today

NEW YORK, Mar 24, 2020, USA Today. Veteran International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound told…

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Olympic flame to be carried by car instead of torchbearers in Japan

TOKYO, Mar 24, 2020, Kyodo. The Tokyo Games organizing committee plans to transport the Olympic…

International Olympic Committee accepts delay of Tokyo Olympics now a possibility

GENEVA, Mar 23, 2020, Kyodo. The International Olympic Committee said Sunday it will assess a…

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Stay home ‘or share Italy’s Covid experience’: Thai scientist

BANGKOK, Mar 23, 2020, Bangkok Post. People must stay home and not socialise, or Thailand…

Canada says it won’t participate if Tokyo Olympics go ahead as planned

TORONTO, Mar 23, 2020, AP. The Canadian Olympic Committee says it won’t send athletes to…

China’s coastal city donates 700,000 masks to Europe, Japan

FUZHOU, Mar 22, 2020, Xinhua. The city of Fuqing, eastern China’s Fujian Province, will ship…

Calls for 2020 Olympic postponement are growing in America and Europe, IOC chief rebuts them

TOKYO, Mar 22, 2020, Kyodo. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on Saturday rebutted growing…

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