Japan’s music industry explores online concerts to cure virus blues
TOKYO -- For concert promoter Hiromichi Hayashi, the live music business this year has been all but dead due to...
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Japan’s coronavirus response walks thin tightrope in foreign PR push
TOKYO -- Japan's "weird" approach to containing the new coronavirus and its results have left many observers baffled. Now as...
Avigan trial to stretch beyond June as Japan’s coronavirus cases plunge
TOKYO -- Potential coronavirus treatment Avigan is now expected to take until July at the earliest to complete a clinical trial,...
Japan’s steepening birthrate decline defies policy support
TOKYO -- Japan on Friday announced its lowest fertility rate since 2007, marking four years of decline and underscoring a...
Japan’s tourism sector sees 1-2 years for rebound: Nikkei survey
TOKYO -- Japan's coronavirus-hit tourism sector expects a rebound to take between one to two years after being hit by huge customer losses, a...
South Korea to resume WTO complaint over Japan’s export controls
SEOUL (Reuters) -- South Korea said on Tuesday that it decided to resume dispute settlement proceedings over Japan's export controls,...
Japan’s judicial diplomacy at crossroads as Laos enacts civil code
TOKYO -- A quarter-century of Japanese "judicial diplomacy" is bearing fruit in Southeast Asia. On May 27, Laos became the...
Japan’s Kubota ties up with Indian peer to make tractors for Africa
OSAKA -- Top Japanese farm equipment manufacturer Kubota is teaming up with Indian peer Escorts to produce cheap machinery for...
Japan’s April production and consumption hammered by coronavirus
TOKYO -- Japan's industrial output in April fell 9.1 percent from the previous month, government data showed Friday, as the coronavirus...
Japan’s IHI, JR West furlough thousands as demand plummets
TOKYO -- Leading Japanese companies including IHI and West Japan Railway have joined the growing ranks of businesses furloughing employees to...
