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Japan PM stresses US role in Asia-Pacific security
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stressed on Friday the importance of close ties with the United States for regional ...
Japan has no choice but to strengthen defence, foreign minister tells new Trump administration
Japan will continue to strengthen its defence capabilities given the security situation in East Asia, Japan's foreign ...
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Japan’s elderly are lonely and struggling. Some women choose to go to jail instead
Workers help them bathe, eat, walk and take their medication. But this isn’t a nursing home – it’s Japan’s largest women’s prison. The population here reflects the aging society outside ...
Japan's Nidec posts 5% rise in third-quarter operating profit
Japanese electric motor maker Nidec posted a 5% rise in third-quarter operating profit on Thursday to 54.5 billion yen ($348 ...
Yoon Suk-yeol detained, Pete Hegseth’s Asean gaffe, Japan sex scandal: 7 Asia highlights
From the arrest of South Korea’s Yoon to a Japanese pop star’s sex scandal, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia ...
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Asia week ahead: Japan’s month-end data, plus China’s PMI
There will be the usual month-end data dump from Japan. Inflation, labour, industrial production and retail sales will be ...
Japan exports rise 2.8% in Dec, beat forecasts
Japanese exports rose 2.8% year-on-year in December, up for a third straight month, data from the Ministry of Finance showed ...
The richest country in Asia worth £24tn - more money than Japan and India combined
This country has the the largest nominal GDP in Asia and the second-largest globally, behind the USA with $30.33 trillion (£24 trillion).
Prime Video Taps Amazon Music’s Keisuke Oishi to Head Japan Operations
Prime Video has named Keisuke Oishi as its new country manager for Japan, effective Jan. 20. The veteran Amazon executive, ...