Japan

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How Japan can address challenges for female freelancers and ... (World Economic Forum)

Expanding maternity and childcare support to all working women could help Japan tackles labour force challenges such as a declining and ageing workforce.

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Japan Needs Billionaires Like Jack Ma, Not Just More Tourists (Bloomberg)

Returning visitors are discovering that it's just too cheap. The country needs to find out how to extract more value from its hospitality sector.

Launch of the Japan-United States Energy Security Dialogue (US Embassy and Consulates in Japan)

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Geoffrey Pyatt met with Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Director General MINAMI Ryo on ...

Both Japan and the United States pledged to further advance regional cooperation through efforts such as the Japan-U.S. Japan and the United States discussed the need for diverse and secure supplies of energy, noting support for upstream investment in the United States to enhance energy security. They also underscored their resolve to accelerate the energy transition to further these commitments and achieve energy security. The United States and Japan look forward to the December 13 international conference in Paris organized by France and Ukraine aimed at strengthening Ukraine’s civilian resilience. The United States and Japan launched the inaugural Japan-U.S. This inaugural ESD advances commitments made by the United States and Japan under the

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Lessons from one woman's ascent to a CEO job in Japan (Financial Times)

We'll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd news every morning. In the early 1980s when Makiko Ono applied for ...

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Japan business mood up, global slowdown weighs on outlook ... (CNA)

TOKYO : Sentiment of big Japanese manufacturers rose for the first time in four months in December, and the service-sector mood hit a three-year high, ...

For service-sector firms, the March outlook, at +20, was 5 points weaker than the December figure. The service-sector index rose to +25 from the +20 seen in November. The December sentiment index for large manufacturers stood at +8, up from +2 a month earlier, according to the survey, which was conducted from Nov.

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Survey: More major companies pessimistic about Japan's economy ... (Asahi Shimbun)

More than half of leading companies in Japan believe the economy has stalled or is slowly contracting because of rising prices and sluggish consumer ...

economy, a threefold rise from the previous survey. The survey was conducted between Nov. The number of companies that feel the economy is slowly expanding fell to 46 from 59 in the previous survey. Asked to provide up to two sources of concern for the economy, 59 companies cited rising prices of crude oil and raw materials in the November survey. 14 and 25 on 100 major companies. Forty-six companies in the latest survey viewed the economy as flat, up by nine from the previous survey conducted from May 30 to June 10.

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Japan's Rising Defense Budget Is Now Nearly on Par With Russia (Bloomberg)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has ordered a sharp defense spending hike that could see his long-pacifist country's defense budget balloon to near ...

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Japan to earmark 5 tril. yen for long-range missiles over 5 years (Kyodo News Plus)

Japan is considering spending around 5 trillion yen ($37 billion) to develop and deploy long-range missiles from fiscal 2023 to 2027, government sources say ...

[Japan eyes around 43 tril. Around 800 billion yen will be spent on the development of high-speed glide weapons for the defense of remote islands in southwestern Japan and hypersonic missiles that are difficult to intercept, according to the sources. Of the around 5 trillion yen, about 1 trillion yen will be used to extend the range of the Ground Self-Defense Force's Type-12 surface-to-ship guided missiles, and to diversify launch platforms so the projectiles can be fired from ships and aircraft, the sources said.

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Japan plans defence spend that could put it on par with Russia (The Business Times)

JAPANESE Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has ordered a sharp defence spending hike that could see his long-pacifist country's defence budget balloon to near ...

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Japan to defer tax hikes for defense spending until 2027 (The Japan Times)

The delay is planned in light of economic uncertainties stemming from rising prices, while strong opposition from members of the ruling Liberal Democratic ...

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Japan eyes $36bn in spending on standoff missiles, hypersonics (Nikkei Asia)

TOKYO -- Japan's government is considering a 5 trillion yen ($36 billion) allocation for standoff missiles and related weapons as part of a multiyear.

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