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Category: Japan

Posted inJapan

Japan gig work shaping and squeezing a new precariat class

Avatar photo by Xiaochen Su October 8, 2024October 12, 2024

On September 12, the Japanese gig work platform provider Timee held its first earnings call since being listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in July. CEO Ryo Ogawa lauded the company’s growth, headlined by 72.6% and 60.6% YoY rises in sales revenue and gross profit, respectively. Highlighting the platform’s 1.2 million and growing membership, Ogawa […]

Posted inJapan

Ishiba’s task: make Japan’s vicious cycle a virtuous one

by Bill Emmott October 7, 2024October 10, 2024
Posted inJapan

Stocks fall, yen rises as Ishiba takes helm in Japan

by Scott Foster October 1, 2024October 7, 2024
Posted inJapan

Who does US want to be Japan’s next leader?

by Daniel Sneider September 13, 2024September 18, 2024
Posted inNortheast Asia

Japan poised for another record-busting defense budget

by Scott Foster September 3, 2024November 17, 2024
Posted inJapan Defense

For Japan’s defense, it matters who’s prime minister

by Grant Newsham August 26, 2024August 29, 2024
Posted inChina-Japan

China isn’t getting the Japan it wants

by Denny Roy August 16, 2024August 21, 2024
Posted inJapan

Why Japan’s Kishida finally called it quits

by William Pesek August 14, 2024August 20, 2024
Posted inJapan

Pro-Israel G7 ambos boycott Japan A-bomb ceremony

by Scott Foster August 9, 2024August 14, 2024
Posted inJapan Defense

Is Japan nearly cured of its nuclear allergy?

by Grant Newsham July 29, 2024August 2, 2024
Posted inJapan

Five Trump 2.0 nightmares for Japan

by Daniel Sneider July 22, 2024July 26, 2024
Posted inJapan

Okinawa rape revives opposition to American bases

by Scott Foster June 29, 2024July 3, 2024
Posted inChina-Japan

Japan’s service firms to hurt the worst in China split

Avatar photo by Xiaochen Su May 31, 2024June 6, 2024
Posted inChina-Japan

Sasakawa keeping China-Japan military lines open

by Scott Foster May 17, 2024May 22, 2024
Posted inJapan

No, Japan’s actually not a xenophobic country

by Noah Smith May 15, 2024May 20, 2024
Posted inJapan

Is the shine coming off Japan’s bullet trains?

by Taku Tamaki April 16, 2024April 22, 2024
Posted inJapan

What the Japanese wabi-sabi esthetic is all about

by Paul S. Atkins March 16, 2024March 16, 2024
Posted inJapan

Japan pumping money into Asia-Pacific’s terror fight

by Tatiana Kanunnikova March 8, 2024March 12, 2024
Posted inJapan

Japan, not quite ‘back,’ has a new fighting chance

by Noah Smith February 26, 2024March 1, 2024
Posted inChina-Japan

China is not turning Japanese

by Han Feizi February 19, 2024February 26, 2024
Posted inJapan

Optical-8: Japan’s satellite eye on China, N Korea missiles

by Gabriel Honrada January 17, 2024January 18, 2024
Posted inJapan

Japan’s economic balancing act teeters toward a fall

by Masahiko Takeda January 2, 2024January 5, 2024
Posted inJapan Economy

How Japan is willingly ceding the future to China

by William Pesek December 30, 2023January 6, 2024
Posted inJapan Defense

Patriot missile exports don’t make Japan serious

by Grant Newsham December 30, 2023January 3, 2024
Posted inJapan Defense

In a reversal, Japan to send Patriot missiles to US

by Scott Foster December 27, 2023January 5, 2024
Posted inJapan

How much longer can Kishida last?

by Purnendra Jain and Takeshi Kobayashi December 22, 2023January 2, 2024
Posted inJapan Economy

Kishida’s stimulus too little, too late for flagging Japan

by Gunther Schnabl December 20, 2023December 23, 2023
Posted inJapan-ASEAN

Japan-ASEAN in a much more muscular embrace

by Richard Javad Heydarian December 18, 2023December 22, 2023
Posted inJapan

Japan quietly and politely hates its tourism boom

by Gabriele Vogt and Sian Qin December 6, 2023December 14, 2023
Posted inJapan

Time for Japan to warmly welcome more immigrants

by Maximilien Xavier Rehm November 24, 2023November 27, 2023

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