Vietnam likely to gain $11B from wood, forest products
HANOI, Sep 13, 2019, VNA. Vietnam is likely to reach its export turnover target of…
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.
Seoul files complaint with WTO over Tokyo’s export curbs
SEOUL, Sep 12, 2019, Yonhap. South Korea filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization…
Japan’s PM Abe reshuffles Cabinet in bid to create fresh image
TOKYO, Sep 11, 2019, Kyodo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe carried out a major Cabinet reshuffle…
Powerful Typhoon Faxai kills three, injures 40 and wreaks havoc on Tokyo transport system
TOKYO, Sep 10, 2019, Kyodo, AFP, Jiji. At the Yokosuka base of the Maritime Self-Defense…
Typhoon Faxai lashes Tokyo region with record winds, affecting Singapore flights
TOKYO, Sep 9, 2019, The Straits Times. The Greater Tokyo area encountered its most violent…
RCEP talks to end in November
BANGKOK, Sep 9, 2019, Bangkok Post. Commerce and trade ministers from Asean’s 10 member states…
[Analytics] Japan-Russia talks on peace treaty, Northern Territories have whiff of futility
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sept. 5…
[Analytics] Why China is winning East Asia
The shadow of China is lengthening over East Asia – and a range of dynamics…
‘End of discussion’: Putin emphasizes 1945 as benchmark for Kurils as part of Russia
VLADIVOSTOK, Sep 6, 2019, TASS. Russia sets 1945 as the starting reference point in determining…
Truck may have taken wrong road before crashing with train in Yokohama
YOKOHAMA, Sep 6, 2019, Kyodo. The driver of a delivery truck that got stuck on…
Japan simplifies visa reception for certain categories of Russian citizens
VLADIVOSTOK, Sep 6, 2019, TASS. Japan’s government will simplify the reception of visas for certain…
Train and truck collide in Japan’s Yokohama, 30 injured
TOKYO, Sep 5, 2019, Reuters, AFP. An express train and a truck collided in Japan’s…