Japan

  • Aug 17, 2021
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Olympics and GDP growth will not rescue Japan's Suga

The Olympics have passed without incident and the economy has edged back into growth

Japan
  • Aug 16, 2021
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Apricot undersea cable will spotlight Taiwan risks

Facebook and Google plan to invest in a undersea internet cable to connect Japan and Taiwan with South-east Asia

International
  • Aug 10, 2021
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Asian investments target large Latin American markets

Japan and South Korea have a strong presence in Latin America in strategic industries, despite pandemic-related drop-off

Latin America
  • Jul 23, 2021
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Philippines will slowly strengthen hand against China

Manila has again postponed termination of a key pact with Washington and is deepening security ties with Tokyo

Philippines
  • Jul 21, 2021
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China, not the West, leads Japan's trade rebound

Japan’s June exports gained 37.2% from a year ago and 7.6% from two years ago

Japan
  • Jul 20, 2021
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Western attribution of Microsoft hack pressures China

A broad coalition of advanced economies has jointly called out China for the highly damaging Microsoft Exchange hack

International
  • Jul 15, 2021
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Tokyo election outcome weakens Suga's prospects

In the Tokyo metropolitan assembly elections, the ruling party has fallen far short of the majority it expected to win

Japan
  • Jul 13, 2021
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Tokyo is formalising its stake in Taiwan's security

The Japanese government's annual defence report links Japan's national security to the fate of Taiwan

Japan