Japan is seeking 6.7 billion yen (US$43 million) in next financial year’s initial budget to combat a longhorn beetle that is destroying cherry trees and threatening agricultural production, ecosystems and the country’s
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world’s largest with $1.8 trillion in assets, is considering a move into impact investing, a strategy that targets both financial returns and measurable social or
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Editor’s Note: This column was originally published in The Conversation. We are republishing it as part of our syndication with them. Under the slogan “#ChangeLDP”, Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has elected Sanae
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Sanae Takaichi is on track to make history as Japan’s first female prime minister after being elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Saturday. The victory positions her to
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Prime Minister ISHIBA Shigeru of Japan held a summit meeting today with Anura Kumara Disanayaka, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, as part of President Disanayaka’s official visit to
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Japan is set to provide Sri Lanka with free surveillance drones under its Official Security Assistance (OSA) program, a move aimed at strengthening regional security as concerns
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A Japanese man who spent six years in prison in China on espionage charges has warned that ordinary citizens risk detention if they come into contact with Japan’s intelligence services. Speaking with
More Japan’s latest 20-year government bond auction on Wednesday attracted the strongest demand in four years, as higher yields enticed investors even amid political turmoil, Bloomberg reported. The auction drew a bid-to-cover ratio
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The U.S. Army has deployed its Typhon ground-based missile system in Japan for the first time, marking a significant step in Washington’s military presence in the Indo-Pacific region. Analysts view the move
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For nearly eight decades, Chiyoko Iwanaga has carried the scars of Nagasaki’s atomic bombing—both visible and invisible. Now 89, she continues to fight for recognition and support from the Japanese government, alongside
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi toured a Tokyo Electron semiconductor factory in Japan’s Miyagi prefecture on Saturday, signaling a push for closer technology and investment collaboration between the two nations, Bloomberg reports.
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Hamamatsu, a city long regarded as one of Japan’s key industrial powerhouses, is turning to immigration in an effort to counteract a shrinking population and an exodus of young workers to Tokyo.
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policy is designed to bring manufacturing jobs back to American soil, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an exclusive interview with Nikkei. Speaking 200 days into the
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“If you had been here on that day and at that hour, if you had seen the hell that opened up on Earth before our eyes, if you had even a glimpse
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Ayano Hirashima was just eight years old when she became a living witness to one of the darkest turning points in human history—not once, but twice. On the morning of August 6,
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A harrowing and long-suppressed chapter of Japan’s wartime past is finally coming to light, as survivors and campaigners in the village of Kurokawa shed silence over the fate of 15 young Japanese
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