The new North American free trade agreement that goes into effect Wednesday, July 1, 2020 was touted by U.S. President Donald Trump as an engine of American job creation. But Japan’s automakers are largely opting instead to keep operations in place and pay Mexican workers more or even just pay tariffs. The US-Mexico-Canada Agreement requires […]
Japanese meteorologists promise that this year from July to September, average temperatures across the country will be higher than usual. The Japan Meteorological Agency said on Wednesday, June 24 that two higher pressure areas — one from the Pacific Ocean and the other from the Tibetan Plateau — will overlap near Japan in the next […]
People in many parts of Asia and Africa observed a partial solar eclipse on Sunday, June 21st. The Moon started passing directly between the Sun and the Earth at around 4 p.m. on Sunday, Japan time. The celestial show lasted for two and a half hours and was the first partial solar eclipse that could […]
On Monday, May 25, the Japanese authorities have decided to cancel the emergency state (ES) in the country, that was established on April 8, and then expanded on the whole country on April 16 due to the threat of the spread of a new coronavirus. According to official figures, the number of people infected with […]
Three major types of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) have spread across the world, recent studies show. There are more than 4.6 million confirmed cases of the virus worldwide as of Saturday, April 16, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. has the most cases with over 1.4 million, followed by Russia with […]
China’s direct investment in the United States has fallen sharply in recent years amid a growing trade dispute between the world’s two biggest economies. Chinese investments totaled $1.8 billion from January through May, representing a 92-percent drop against the same period a year ago. That’s the lowest level in seven years. The negative sentiment prevailed, […]
Japan’s national debt has hit a new high for a fourth straight year. The Finance Ministry says government debt stood at ¥1,114.54 trillion, or about $10.45 trillion, at the end of March 2020. That’s an increase of about 104.85 billion dollars from a year earlier. Thus, the national debt more than doubles the size of […]
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