Japan

  • Dec 23, 2019
  • 7 min read

EU-Japan partnership could set new global standards

The EU and Japan have created the worlds’ largest free-trade area and established a broad strategic partnership

Japan
  • Dec 20, 2019
  • 7 min read

Japan’s opposition will regroup in 2020

Shinzo Abe will make a final push for constitutional reform next year as his time as prime minister draws to a close

Japan
  • Dec 20, 2019
  • 2 min read

Japan’s Iran outreach may lessen Gulf maritime risk

As President Rouhani visits Tokyo, Japan prepares to deploy a warship to the Gulf of Oman

Iran
  • Dec 18, 2019
  • 2 min read

Japan's exporters face a deeper manufacturing downturn

Japan’s export and import volumes continued to fall in November and the outlook is poor

Japan
  • Dec 12, 2019
  • 2 min read

Japan will expand coal power, despite criticism

Japan is facing criticism at the COP25 climate talks for its commitment to using and exporting coal power plants

Japan
  • Dec 11, 2019
  • 7 min read

Central banks will be slow to drop targeting prices

Calls are mounting for the euro-area, Japanese and US central banks to review their 2% inflation targets

International
  • Dec 6, 2019
  • 2 min read

China-Japan maritime dispute fuels long-term risk

Intrusions by Chinese vessels into waters claimed by Japan have nearly doubled this year

China
  • Nov 28, 2019
  • 2 min read

Joint fund could ease Japan-South Korea tensions

South Korea’s legislative speaker has drafted a bill that aims to settle a dispute with Japan over wartime forced labour

Japan