Japan has budgeted $2.2 billion to encourage its manufacturing firms to leave China as pandemic-driven shortages highlight supply chain risks. The funds to get companies to move away from China come from Japan’s massive COVID-19 emergency relief package, Bloomberg reported. Some $2 billion has been allocated for firms repatriating to Japan, while the remainder is […]
Japan Olympics Official Tests Positive For COVID-19 As Training Camps Canceled Across Country…
The deputy head of Japan’s Olympics Committee has coronavirus after reportedly experiencing a mild fever on Sunday after returning from a trip to Europe and the United States, according to the Wall Street Journal. Kozo Tashima, who is also the president of Japan’s Football Association, was in Orlando, Florida on March 5 where he watched […]
Lebanon Receives Interpol-Issued Wanted Notice for Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn…
Lebanon’s justice minister said Thursday that Lebanon has received an international wanted notice from Interpol for Nissan’s ex-chair Carlos Ghosn. Albert Serhan told The Associated Press in an interview that the Red Notice for the former automotive titan was received earlier Thursday by the prosecution. Interpol’s so-called Red Notices are requests to law enforcement agencies […]
Ghosn’s Great Escape – Turkey Arrests Pilots Over Ex-Nissan Chairman’s Illegal Transit Through Istanbul…
Nissan Chief Carlos Ghosn ‘Hid inside a Double Bass Case’ Hiring Militia Dressed as Musicians to Smuggle Him Out of Japan…
Former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn was smuggled out of Japan while under house arrest by hiding in a musical instrument case in a plan masterminded by his wife, a Lebanese TV news channel claims. The 65-year-old reportedly dodged police surveillance at his Tokyo home with the help of a team of ex-special forces soldiers disguised […]
U.S. Signs Trade Agreement with Japan…
The United States and Japan signed on Oct. 7 a trade agreement that would open up markets to 7 billion dollars worth of U.S. agricultural goods. “This is a huge victory for America’s farmers, ranchers and growers. And that’s very important to me,” President Donald Trump said in a signing ceremony at the White House. […]
Lawyers Appeal Acquittal of Energy Bosses over Fukushima Disaster…
Japanese lawyers Monday appealed a ruling clearing three energy firm bosses of professional negligence in the only criminal trial stemming from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown, a court official said. The three men were senior officials at Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi plant, and had faced up to five […]
President Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Sign “Stage-One” of U.S-Japan Trade Agreement – Video and Transcript…
President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan sign “stage-one” of a U.S-Japan trade agreement negotiated by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Foreign Minister Motegi; both are very strong negotiators. The agreement has been in the works for several years as President Trump and PM Abe both held firm to positions that […]
U.S., Japan Initial Trade Deal Boosts U.S. Farm Exports…
Japan May Be Forced to Dump Radioactive Fukushima Water Into the Pacific…
Radioactive water from Japan’s destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant may have to be dumped into the ocean, the country’s energy minister reportedly said Tuesday, igniting concern and anger from nuclear safety experts and Japan’s neighbors in the region. The electric utility overseeing the crippled power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company, or Tepco, is running out […]
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