Tokyo Review
All posts tagged "coronavirus"
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Economy
No, Japan Is Not Decoupling from China
When the Japanese government announced a subsidy program to encourage Japanese firms to shift production operations out of China, it might have...
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Economy
Will The Coronavirus Pandemic Boost Rural Relocation in Japan ?
Rural Japan has long been trying to attract big-city dwellers to relocate to the countryside. A current wrinkle on these efforts is...
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Sino-Japanese Review
Will Japan Stand by its “Realistic” Engagement with China?
Welcome to installment XVIII (June 2020) of Sino-Japanese Review, a monthly column on major developments in relations between China and Japan that provides...
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Economy
Japan’s Ailing Regional Banks Battle for Survival
In early 2019, a full year before the global coronavirus pandemic caught the world off guard, regional banks in Japan were said...
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17.0KPoliticsTime to Give Japan Credit for its COVID-19 Response
While other nations are praised for controlling the virus, Japan's low COVID-19 death toll is often treated as a mystery at best,...
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6.7KPoliticsCOVID-19, Collective Action, and Japan’s Constitution
Claims that Japan's Constitution forbids a strict lockdown are simply untrue - and such falsehoods provide support for the LDP's revision agenda.
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6.0KPoliticsCOVID19: What Japan Failed to Learn from Fukushima
Comparing the responses to COVID-19 and the 2011 Fukushima meltdowns shows that Japan's government learned few lessons from the disaster nine years...
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Sino-Japanese Review
Will Japan “Decouple” from China?
Welcome to installment XVI (April 2020) of Sino-Japanese Review, a monthly column on major developments in relations between China and Japan that...
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5.4KSecurityThe Self Defense Forces and Japan’s COVID-19 Response
COVID-19 is the first time Japan's SDF has deployed for a health crisis - which may be an important step towards Japan...
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8.3KEconomyCOVID-19 Will Test Japan’s Economy to the Breaking Point
Japan's reliance on food imports and global trade means that the rising death toll from COVID19 is only the start of the...
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4.9KSino-Japanese ReviewThe Promises and Limits of Coronavirus Diplomacy
Welcome to installment XIV (March 2020) of Sino-Japanese Review, a monthly column on major developments in relations between China and Japan that...
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5.8KEconomyBook Review: Japan after the Fiscal Collapse
A timely book argues that Japan's huge public debt makes it vulnerable to financial collapse - and explores possible responses to that...