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Vai alla Scheda Paese »That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Business confidence among eateries in Japan climbed to a record high after the latest coronavirus state of emergency was lifted, government data showed Wednesday.
The deeper-than-expected contraction of 3.6% suggests the economy may have been weaker than first thought before the summer’s state of emergency was lifted at the ...
The world's third-largest economy has lagged other nations in its recovery from the health crisis, mostly due to sluggish consumption.
JAPAN’S NEW imperial era began in spring 2019, when a nondescript man in a dark suit revealed its name: Reiwa. The first character, rei, means “auspicious” or “orderly”; wa means “harmony” or “peace” (officials chose “beautiful harmony” as the English rendering). For the first time the name came not from ...
“THE MOST decisive mark of the prosperity of any country is the increase of the number of its inhabitants,” wrote Adam Smith in “The Wealth of Nations” in 1776. Later David Ricardo and Thomas Malthus traded barbs over whether the food supply would keep up. By 1937 John Maynard Keynes ...
TAKEUCHI MASANOBU has a message for his compatriots: “If you order something, it arrives on time, if you go to the convenience store, you have cheap, good, food—that’s all sustained by foreigners.” Across Japan, foreigners are key in industries from farming to retailing. Vietnamese can be found in the fields ...
“ONLY THUMBS stood up from the flatlands—the chimneys of bath-houses, heavy house safes and an occasional stout building with heavy iron shutters,” wrote Russell Brines, the first foreign journalist to enter Tokyo after the second world war. From a pre-war population of 7m people, only 3.5m were left. As Tokyo ...
TOKYO: Kirin Holdings Co said on Monday it has filed for commercial arbitration to terminate its joint venture partnership with Myanma Economic Holdings Public Co, calling for a "fair and just" process to end its deal in the beer business with the Myanmar military-linked entity.
The reserves have run out due to the spike in employment adjustment subsidy payments resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, making a premium hike inevitable.
A survey by Teikoku Databank Ltd. indicates that more managers are prioritizing higher wages to attract and retain workers amid the country's longtime labor shortage.
The Treasury Department said that Japan and China remain on the list, but refrained from labeling any major U.S. trading partner as a manipulator.
While the practice is hardly unique to Japan, its prevalence in the world's No. 3 economy is a notable legacy of years of deflation.
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Uruguay's Ministry of Economy and Finance on Thursday issued a press release announcing that the transaction was completed on Wednesday (01). The statement highlighted that, despite living in a context of uncertainty and volatility both regionally and globally after the emergence of the Omicron variant ...
Like many countries, Japan has pledged to go net carbon neutral by 2050, but its borrowing practices differ from those in France, Germany, Italy and ...
The Japanese communications ministry decided Friday to oblige broadcasters to regularly report on investments made by foreign shareholders.
Trade ministers from Japan, the United States and the European Union pledged Tuesday to work together to deal with "non-market" practices to ensure fair competition.
In the April to June period of 2020, the Japanese economy contracted an annualized nearly 30% from the previous quarter, the sharpest such shrinkage on ...
While capital spending was up for the second straight quarter, growth remained slow as some firms hesitated to invest amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Concerns over the variant have prompted major companies to cancel overseas business trips and firms are wary of COVID-19 restrictions being reimposed on social activities.
TOKYO: Japan will reinstate tough border measures, barring all new foreign arrivals over the Omicron Covid variant, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Monday, just weeks after a softening of strict entry rules.
Public recognition of the retail bonanza has soared in recent years, with major franchises rolling out discount campaigns.