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  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    Olympic Games
    Japan insists Tokyo Olympics will go ahead despite pandemic

    Government pushes back on reports games set to be cancelled because of Covid-19

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    Trade Secrets
    Japan-South Korea dispute at risk of worsening this year Premium

    Fears grow that souring of relations between Tokyo and Seoul will develop into trade crisis

  • Sunday, 10 January, 2021
    Japan aims to deploy unmanned fighter jets in 2035

    Aircraft designed to counter China’s superiority in numbers

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    South Korea Politics & Policy
    South Korea ‘comfort women’ ruling risks deepening Japan dispute

    Seoul court’s fines reignite tensions as Biden looks for greater co-operation between Asian allies

  • Thursday, 7 January, 2021
    Japan declares state of emergency in Tokyo as coronavirus cases surge

    Economists cut first-quarter growth forecast almost to zero but expect ‘robust pick-up’ in the spring

  • Monday, 4 January, 2021
    Suga warns Tokyo faces state of emergency as Covid cases soar

    Japan unlikely to roll out vaccinations until end of February, says prime minister

  • Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
    Japanese business & finance
    Top Japan law firm to let foreign lawyers become equity partners

    Shift by Anderson Mori & Tomotsune aimed at luring top global talent as cross-border M&A booms

  • Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
    Yoshihide Suga
    Suga’s popularity takes a dive after steak supper with celebrities

    Domestic tourism campaign and rising Covid cases pile pressure on Japanese leader

  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    Japan plans hiring spree of tech experts for digital agency

    Tokyo will hire 500 technologists in bid to transform government services, minister says

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  • Sunday, 6 December, 2020
    Japan warns against allowing EU to set emission rules

    Suntory’s chief executive says country risks losing competitive edge if international standards are set by European regulators

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    Olympic Games
    Tokyo taxpayers to bear brunt of Olympics delay

    Organisers agree budget that makes it significantly more likely the games will go ahead next year

  • Sunday, 29 November, 2020
    Leo Lewis
    Japanese legal reforms can only go so far despite Ghosn case

    UN report on ex-Nissan chairman’s detention highlights problems but the pressure against change is huge

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    China and Japan to resume coronavirus-hit business travel

    Governments also forge ahead with multilateral trade deals as they seek to strengthen ties

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    Investors support Potus transfer, French tech taxes, bank dividends

    Stocks surged to new highs on Tuesday as a smooth transition of power in the US cleared

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Japan to ditch ‘hanko’ seal in drive to digitise bureaucracy

    Minister aims to sweep away tradition of authorising documents with personalised stamp

  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    InterviewCoronavirus pandemic
    Japan looks to avert Covid-19 lockdowns and keep economy open

    Doctor leading response warns against high-risk situations such as drinking parties

  • Thursday, 12 November, 2020
    Asia maritime tensions
    Biden says US-Japan defence treaty applies to disputed Senkaku Islands

    Early signal to allies that US president-elect is planning a hard line against Beijing

  • Monday, 26 October, 2020
    Japan to be carbon neutral by 2050, insists prime minister

    Yoshihide Suga says ‘next-generation’ solar panels will help break reliance on fossil fuels

  • Friday, 16 October, 2020
    Fukushima nuclear accident
    Japan plans to release Fukushima water into Pacific Ocean

    Disposal of contaminated water from nuclear plant expected to provoke international concern

  • Thursday, 15 October, 2020
    Japan’s labour market faces shake-up after Supreme Court rulings

    Contract workers must be paid same allowances as salaried staff but need not be given same pensions and bonuses

  • Tuesday, 6 October, 2020
    Trade Secrets
    UK cheesemongers could find mould on tasty trade treaty with Japan Premium

    Deal allows British farmers to use up quotas unfilled by the EU — but will there be any left?

  • Monday, 5 October, 2020
    Science Council scandal threatens Yoshihide Suga’s honeymoon period

    Japanese prime minister has refused to appoint 6 professors to an advisory body

  • Monday, 5 October, 2020
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    Japan business lobby denies climate change sabotage claim

    Keidanren director Masami Hasegawa says decarbonisation is not the only goal that matters

  • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
    FT MagazineLeo Lewis
    Japan’s digital leap forward — and about time too

    New PM makes tech transformation a flagship policy in paperbound society

  • Sunday, 27 September, 2020
    News in-depth
    Japanese PM Suga shrugs off poll lead and turns back on early election

    New leader to focus on reforms and governing rather than seeking electoral mandate

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