Japan

First Quad Leaders Summit Held At White House

President Joe Biden and the leaders of Australia, India and Japan promised Friday to work together for a stable, open and democratic Indo-Pacific in a veiled dig at China during their first in-person summit together.In Biden's latest effort to cement United States (US) leadership in the face of a rising China, the so-called Quad agreed to move ahead on a joint plan to provide COVID-19 vaccines around Asia, launched a new climate initiative and said the four nations would begin holding an

26 September 2021
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Climate Plan: Indonesia Should Learn From Japan

Japan’s success story in implementing the carbon tax and emission trading scheme (ETS) all together can be the best lesson for Indonesia, which its carbon pricing is still up in the air.The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report illustrates that without immediate, rapid, and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, limiting warming to close to 1.5 degree Celsius (°C) or even 2°C will be beyond reach.

16 September 2021
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British Carrier In Japan On Indo-Pacific Mission

Britain's new HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier has paid a port call to Japan, in a mission that adds to pressure from Tokyo, the United States (US) and allies on China over its increasingly assertive regional maritime presence.The Queen Elizabeth is the flagship of the United Kingdom's (UK) Carrier Strike Group (CSG) deployment, which has been making stops around Japan and carrying out exercises along with vessels from allied nations in recent weeks."This port call to Japan

7 September 2021
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How COVID Response Sank Suga

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga came into office pledging to devote himself to tackling the coronavirus, but in the end his response to the pandemic appears to have been his undoing.When Suga took office in September, Japan had already weathered early waves of the virus, settling on a policy that depended on the population being careful while the economy mostly stayed open.And it was the attempt to keep business moving which led to the first crisis of his administration, over a domesti

5 September 2021
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Japan Detects More Moderna Contamination

Two Japanese regions suspended use of some Moderna COVID-19 shots on Sunday after more cases of contamination were spotted, the local governments said.The move came a day after the Japanese health ministry said it was investigating the death of two men who received doses from other tainted Moderna batches – though the cause of death is unknown.Okinawa prefecture, in southern Japan, said it had suspended use of Moderna shots at a major vaccination centre in the city of Naha, while Gunma prefec

30 August 2021
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Japan's Delta Desperation

With the spread of the Delta variant, new COVID-19 infections are rising around the world, and much more so in regions and countries with low vaccination rates. Japan is no exception.

28 August 2021
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Japan Stops Use Of Moderna Due To Contamination

Japan will halt the use of 1.63 million doses of Moderna's COVID vaccine after reports of contamination in several vials, drugmaker Takeda and the health ministry said Thursday.Takeda, which is in charge of sales and distribution of the Moderna shot in Japan, said it had "received reports from several vaccination centres that foreign substances have been found inside unopened vials"."Upon consultation with the health ministry, we have decided to suspend the use of the vacc

27 August 2021
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China Fights COVID Surge, Japan Extends Emergency

Hundreds of thousands of people in China were in lockdown on Friday as the country battled its worst COVID-19 outbreak in months, while Japan – a week into the Olympics – extended its state of emergency due to surging infections.The average number of new daily cases globally jumped by 10 percent over the last week, according to an AFP tally, largely due to the highly contagious Delta variant, after slowing between late April and mid-June.While the Asia-Pacific region has been hard-hit – with

31 July 2021
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WHO Chief: 'World Failing' On COVID

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told Olympic chiefs that "the world is failing" to stop COVID-19 as the pandemic-delayed Tokyo 2020 sports programme got underway on Wednesday.WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said an uneven vaccine rollout risked worsening the crisis, but hoped the Olympics could be a "message of hope" to a pandemic-weary world."The pandemic is a test the world is failing.

21 July 2021
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Tokyo 2020: Does Japan Have COVID Under Control?

With the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics fast approaching, the Japanese authorities have decided to declare a state of emergency in Tokyo.The Olympics begin on 23 July, and the Paralympics starts on 24 August but events in the capital will take place without any spectators.What Is The Situation With Infections In Japan?New infections across Japan have been slowly edging up since late June.On 7 July, the Ministry of Health reported 2,182 new cases, up by more than 524 on the previous day.Howeve

11 July 2021
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The Right Advice For The Pandemic Recovery

Last year, I lost my teacher, friend, and most valued research colleague, and the world lost a brilliant economist. Richard Cooper was one of my supervisors when I was pursuing my Ph.D. at Yale. As a doctoral candidate, I benefited from a veritable “dream team” of economists, each of whom enriched my life and work tremendously. James Tobin pushed me towards deep and creative insights with empirical relevance. Edmund Phelps sharpened my analytical skills.

2 July 2021
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