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Finmin says it cannot tolerate excessive, speculative yen weakening Yen falls beyond 150 to the dollar, 32-year low Market players brace for second round of… Read More »As intervention threat grows, Japan deals with FX speculators ‘strictly’
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The top military officers of Japan, the United States and South Korea have agreed to maintain “effective bilateral and multilateral security cooperation and coordination” to… Read More »Japan, U.S., S. Korea vow to keep effective defense cooperation
It seems that those residing in Japan can start reaffirming their festive and holiday plans with a breath of ease now. The rest of the… Read More »Japan relaxes all COVID-19 travel warnings
In order to tackle challenges emerging from China’s forced unification of Taiwan, Japan can now cut the shackles of its post World War II pacifist… Read More »Japan could rethink its post-WWII “pacifist” posture amid China’s aggression in Taiwan strait
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