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Japan, Vietnam agree to step up defence ties amid rising China influence

Suga said Vietnam, at the centre of the Indo-Pacific, was the most suitable destination for his first trip abroad as Japan''s leader

Japan, Vietnam agree to boost defense ties amid rising China influence

The deal was expected: Japan has been pursuing such agreements in recent years to bolster ties with Southeast Asia and provide a lifeline to its own defense industry

Japan can open probe into any merger involving Fitbit: Antitrust body head

EU antitrust regulators in August launched an investigation into a $2.1 billion deal by Alphabet

Japan's September export declines at a slow pace over shipment recovery

Exports fell for their 22nd straight month, marking the longest run of declines since a 23-month run through to July 1987

On southeast Asia trip, Japan's pragmatic new PM pushes Abe's vision

Japan's new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, left Sunday on his first overseas foray since taking over from his former boss Shinzo Abe last month, heading to Vietnam and Indonesia. The choice to visit Southeast Asia underscores Japan's efforts to counter Chinese influence and build stronger economic and defense ties in the region, much in line with Abe's vision of Free and Open Indo-Pacific" that he has pushed with Washington. ASEAN countries are our extremely important partners to achieving the 'Free and Open Indo-Pacific' that Japan has been promoting, Suga told reporters before boarding his flight to Hanoi. As part of Indo-Pacific nations, Japan is committed to contribute to the region and I will clearly convey this to the people in and outside of our country." His trip also reflects pandemic realities. With the US tied up with the November 3 election, Suga was unable to head to Washington straight away for talks with Japan's most important ally after he replaced Abe, who resigned

Japan's ANA airline secures $3.8 bn loan as Covid-19 travel slump bites

This is the first major subordinated loan package agreed in Japan since the beginning of the pandemic.

Japan's Suga to order new economic stimulus as early as Nov, Nikkei says

The move would signal the government's readiness to deploy more support to cushion Japan's economy from the significant disruption to consumers and businesses by the Covid-19 pandemic

'Quad' nations ready to work with others for free, open Indo-Pacific: US

Washington has been pushing for closer collaboration among the members of the so-called Quad grouping as a bulwark against China's growing regional influence

India, Japan finalise landmark pact to enhance cooperation on 5G tech, AI

Separately, a meeting of the union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved signing of the agreement with Japan

Quad power

The grouping still needs a cohesive agenda and structure

Japan's ANA to seek workers to leave voluntarily, cuts winter bonus to zero

ANA said redundancies would be offered to some of its 15,000 employees but did not give a specific figure

Japan attaches importance to its strategic relations with India: FM Motegi

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Wednesday said he intends to continue working with S Jaishankar to further elevate the Japan-India Special Strategic and Global Partnership

India, Japan hold strategic talks, call for free, inclusive India-Pacific

S Jaishankar and his Japanese counterpart participated in the India-Japan Strategic Dialogue, during which they discussed cooperation in manufacturing, skills, infrastructure and health sectors

Quad nations to boost coordination to counter China in Indo-Pacific

India, US, Japan, Oz to boost coordination to counter China in Indo-Pacific

Covid-19 impact: Japan struggles to fill bullet trains running empty

"I see more cleaning staff getting off trains than passengers," said Taro Aoki, who oversees 18 fast-food outlets in the capital's main inter-city rail terminal

AirAsia ceases Japan operations, says recovery 'extremely challenging'

The low-cost airline has been under immense pressure this year as Covid-19 roils the aviation industry

Japan Sep service activity shrinks at slowest pace since pandemic's start

Activity in Japan's services sector contracted for the eight straight month in September but at the slowest pace since the coronavirus pandemic started wreaking havoc on the economy

Quad nations to focus on ways to thwart China's aggression In Indo-Pacific

In recent months, the stance on China has hardened, especially due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which originated in Wuhan.

How a piece of hardware took down Japan's $6-trillion stock market

A data device critical to the Tokyo Stock Exchange's trading system had malfunctioned, and the automatic backup had failed to kick in

Tokyo Stock Exchange resumes after outage debacle, market steady

The glitch was the result of a hardware problem at the bourse's "Arrowhead" trading system, and a subsequent failure to switch to a back-up