Yuri Okina tops shortlists of potential female candidates to replace Haruhiko Kuroda as Bank of Japan governor. Akio Kon/Bloomberg Over the next few weeks, Tokyo financial circles will buzz with intri...
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It’s Been A Year To Forget For Leaders Of China, Japan, Korea
Protesters shout slogans during a protest against Chinas strict Covid measures on November 28, 2022 in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images The old adage that “misery loves company” took on a who...
U.S., South Korea working to rectify problems on EV subsidies: Korea minister
South Korean and U.S. officials are working toward a “concrete proposal” to resolve their differences over electric vehicle subsidies, South Korea’s trade minister told CNBC. “...
Yen’s 24% Plunge Is Crisis Warning World Can’t Ignore
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s approval rating is down around 40%. RODRIGO REYES MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images The only thing in Tokyo falling more dramatically than the yen is Prime ...
Elon Musk Trumps Warren Buffett In Today’s Japan
Shinzo Abe grabs a ride with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a Model S P85D at Tesla’s headquarters in Palo Alto, California in 2015. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images With all due respect to Shinzo Abe’...
Japan’s ‘Womenomics’ Needs Reboot To Boost GDP By 15%
Female passengers board a “Women Only” carriage at a metro station on in Tokyo, Japan. Junko Kimura/Getty Images As Japan mulls how to reinvigorate its economy in the post-Shinzo Abe era, ...
Thousands Of Mourners Gather In Tokyo To Bid Farewell To Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Topline Thousands of people lined the streets and several dozen dignitaries gathered in Tokyo Tuesday to pay their final respects to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated by ...
Yamagami Tetsuya ‘Intended To Kill’ Shinzo Abe–Here’s What We Know About The Shooter
Topline The man who shot and killed former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Friday was a former member of the Japanese Navy who owned handmade guns and explosive devices and intended to kill the cou...
Here’s How Japan’s Low Gun Death Rate Compares To The U.S. And Other Countries
Topline Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s assassination Friday is particularly shocking because it happened in a country with among the world’s most stringent gun controls and lowest deaths ...
Japan’s Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Shot While Giving Campaign Speech
A general view shows workers at the scene after an attack on Shinzo Abe at Kintetsu Yamato-Saidaiji station square in Nara on July 8, 2022. STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images Former Prime Minister Sh...
SoftBank’s $100 Billion May Get Dwarfed By Tokyo’s $1.6 Trillion Fund
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has pledged to open a path for the Government Pension … [+] Investment Fund to invest support the country’s startups. KIYOSHI OTA/POOL/AFP via Ge...
Ghost Of John Maynard Keynes Haunts Japan’s Economy
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gestures as he speaks during a news conference at the prime … [+] minister’s official residence in Tokyo on October 4, 2021. TORU HANAI/POOL/AFP ...
China Now Has Company In Showing Japan Who’s Boss
Fumio Kishida attends a debate ahead of the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) leadership election on … [+] September 12, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Charly Triballeau – Pool/Getty Images Ja...