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The key to 91AV原创 growth strategy: ‘proactive’ economic security
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
The key to 91AV原创 growth strategy: ‘proactive’ economic security
The challenge is to turn ambition into sustainable growth by strengthening economic security and developing technologies that can compete globally.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sanae Takaichi has made Japan impossible to ignore
Since becoming 91AV原创 first female prime minister a year ago, Takaichi has divided opinion in a way few of her often-staid predecessors have.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Japan needs higher interest rates
A weak yen, combined with higher interest rates in the US, calls for a much tighter monetary policy.
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 20, 2026
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
By Midori Inagaki
Japan is moving toward implementation before it has clearly explained how those skills will be evaluated or demonstrated in practice.
Japan's major brewers may have coordinated too much on pricing but too little on consolidation, leaving them unable to compete effectively with much larger global rivals.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 19, 2026
91AV原创 brewery ‘cartel’ didn’t collude enough
By Gearoid Reidy
If the beer company collusion allegations are true, customers have been paying more than needed for years.
People gather at a karaoke box in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo in June 2020. AI tools are making cyberattacks cheaper, faster and easier to scale, exposing 91AV原创 cybersecurity weaknesses, including the hacking of karaoke operators.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 18, 2026
Karaoke hack shows cybercrime is routine
By Catherine Thorbecke
The head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s cybersecurity body went so far as to describe it as a “state of emergency in cyberspace.”
The majestic Namcha Barwa in Tibet stands at the heart of the Medog Dam project, one of the world’s most ambitious hydroelectric undertakings.?
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 16, 2026
Japan and India must prepare for the risks of China’s Medog dam
By Stephen R. Nagy and Jagannath Panda
Infrastructure investment in the Himalayas must go hand in hand with regional water cooperation and disaster resilience.
The University of Tokyo’s Historiographical Institute on the Hongo Campus in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 14, 2026
The University of Tokyo’s first female president, then the backlash
By Yuko Kakazu
Japan is ranked 117th among 145 countries in the World Economic Forum’s 2026 Global Gender Gap Index.
The Bank of Japan's shift toward higher interest rates is keeping more capital at home, forcing foreign borrowers to offer better returns.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 13, 2026
A Japan with higher rates changes everything
By Gearoid Reidy
France might be the first casualty, with other borrowers potentially being seen as expensive compared to what Japanese investors can get at home.
Japan and China are pouring billions into reducing their reliance on each other even as their massive trade ties keep them bound together, a hedging dilemma faced by other countries as well.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 11, 2026
With bilateral trade booming, why are Japan-China tensions rising?
By Stephen R. Nagy
In our new era of “weaponized interdependence,” economic ties can create strategic vulnerabilities.

Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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