Japan’s Economic Backslide Likely to Take Years to Reverse

Japan’s Economic Backslide Likely to Take Years to Reverse

TOKYO—After nine months of a shrinking economy, Japan has dug itself into a deep hole that it might not emerge from for at least two years. The world’s third-largest economy after the U.S. and China was smaller in real terms in the second quarter of 2020 than it was in the final quarter of 2012, … Read more

View: Multilateral cooperation will be the cornerstone of internet economy

View: Multilateral cooperation will be the cornerstone of internet economy

By Pradeep S. Mehta and Abhishek Kumar Globalisation has had its hey days since 1980s. In 2008, the financial crisis sent a rude reminder that all was not well with how people lived and worked. A decade later trade war between world’s two largest economies brought down the euphoria that the world is an ever-integrating … Read more

Pacifist Japan ruling party proposes strike capability to halt missile attacks

Pacifist Japan ruling party proposes strike capability to halt missile attacks

TOKYO: Pacifist Japan took a step closer to acquiring weapons able to strike North Korea on Friday after a ruling party committee approved proposals to consider acquiring strike capability to halt ballistic missile attacks. Giving long-range munitions to Japan’s Self Defence Forces is a controversial issue for a country that renounced the right to wage … Read more