Chuyên mục: Japan

Japan pulls out of Vietnam nuclear project, complicating Hanoi’s power plans​

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Reuters.com By Francesco Guarascio and Phuong Nguyen Updated December 8, 2025

Workers repair an electric grid in Hanoi
  • Summary
  • Timeline for Vietnam project too tight, Hanoi envoy says
  • Ties already strained over petrol motorbike ban hurting Honda
  • Demand surging from industry, expanding middle class
  • Extreme weather events also threatening supply

HANOI, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Japan has dropped out of plans to build a major nuclear power plant in Vietnam because the time frame is too tight, Japanese ambassador Naoki Ito told Reuters, potentially complicating Vietnam’s long-term strategy to avoid new power shortages.

Vietnam, home to large manufacturing operations for multinationals including Samsung and Apple, has faced major power blackouts as demand from its huge industrial sector and expanding middle class often outpaces supplies, strained by increasingly frequent extreme weather, such as droughts and typhoons.

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“The Japanese side is not in a position to implement the Ninh Thuan 2 project,” the ambassador to Vietnam said, referring to a plant with a planned capacity of 2 to 3.2 gigawatts. The project is part of Vietnam’s strategy to boost power generation capacity.

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Emergency reserves, high prices, rationing. How did Japan’s rice crisis get this far?

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Japan’s agriculture minister has resigned because of political fallout over his comment that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from supporters as gifts.Read More

Japan’s agriculture minister has resigned because of political fallout over his comment that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from supporters as gifts. (Produced by Elaine Carroll)Read More

A rice field in Mito, Japan, where farmers are being encouraged to grow more of the staple crop to make up for shortages on store shelves, on Wednesday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Elaine Kurtenbach)

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Why China fears an Indo-Pacific alliance

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South China Morning Post – 10-7-2024

Japan and the Philippines have signed a historic defence agreement, allowing both countries to station troops on each other’s soil. The pact is the first of its kind for Japan in the region. At the same time, Tokyo and Manila have been strengthening their alliances with the US and its allies in the region, including South Korea, India and Australia. China, which seeks to extend and maintain its influence in the region, has denounced any alliance-building. Why has the latest agreement sounded alarm bells in Beijing?

China’s slave fishermen and the companies allegedly exploiting Uyghur labour

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Al Jazeera English – 20-6-2024

Fish caught by Chinese vessels and processed in Chinese factories end up on dinner plates around the world.

China’s seafood industry is the world’s biggest, accounting for a fifth of international fishing trade.

But onboard China’s ships and in its processing plants, alleged human rights abuses and labour trafficking are rampant.

With footage filmed over several years on the high seas and additional reporting on land, 101 East investigates the deadly secrets of China’s massive fishing fleet, and the price we pay for seafood.

Two Koreas, Two Development Policies

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How did two countries with the same language, culture, and history turn out so differently?

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North Korean and South Korean leaders walking towards each other with arms extended for a handshake.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, April 27, 2018.

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South Korea is one of the world’s most successful economies. It’s home to billion-dollar corporations like Samsung and produces some of the best high-tech electronics. But just across the border, North Korea is one of the most impoverished countries in the world. How can two countries with the same language, culture, and history—that were, not long ago, one united country—turn out so differently?

North and South Korea had been one nation for over a thousand years. Theoretically, they could have developed similarly after splitting in 1945, at the end of World War II. In fact, North Korea possessed the resources to outpace the south in development. But the political and economic decisions their leaders made destined the countries for completely different futures.

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The Division of the Koreas

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Warren Buffett’s shifting Asian portfolio

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Geopolitics push ‘Oracle of Omaha’ to move away from China and invest in Japan

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KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondentMAY 24, 2023 04:30 JST

OMAHA, U.S. — For Antonius Budianto, an independent stock investor from Indonesia, it was a dream come true to be in Omaha, Nebraska for the first time.

Traveling from East Java with his wife and 14-year-old daughter, Antonius was standing in a queue in front of Omaha’s CHI Health Center at 3 a.m. to grab a seat at the annual general shareholders meeting of investment company Berkshire Hathaway on May 6. Antonius said they wanted to be “as close as possible” to the podium as his two business idols — Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger — sat and took questions from shareholders in the audience and around the world.

Antonius has been investing in listed stocks in Indonesia for over 20 years, faithfully following the Buffett method: focus on a few companies with strong earnings, handsome dividend payments and sound corporate governance, and hold on to them, sometimes for decades. At Berkshire, this strategy has been distilled into the oft-repeated maxim: “Just hold the goddamn stock,” as Munger put it that day.

For his part, Antonius has been making a living as a full-time professional investor since 2010.

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Japan’s quiet leadership as it hosts the G7 summit in Hiroshima

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Mireya Solís, director of the Center for East Asian Policy Studies at Brookings, explains the significance of Japan hosting the G7 summit in Hiroshima, and how Tokyo centers its foreign policy on promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific region. “This is Japan’s grand strategy,” Solís says, “this is really the roadmap that Japan has charted to achieve its security and prosperity.”

Mireya Solís, director of the Center for East Asian Policy Studies at Brookings, explains the significance of Japan hosting the G7 summit in Hiroshima, and how Tokyo centers its foreign policy on promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific region. “This is Japan’s grand strategy,” Solís says, “this is really the roadmap that Japan has charted to achieve its security and prosperity.”

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DOLLAR: Hi, I’m David Dollar, host of the Brookings Trade podcast Dollar and Sense. Today, my guest is Mireya Solís, director of the Center for East Asian Policy Studies here at Brookings. Mireya is a leading expert on Japan’s trade and economic diplomacy, and she has a book coming out this summer on Japan’s quiet leadership. And one aspect of this quiet leadership, or maybe not so quiet right now, is Japan will be hosting the G7 summit in Hiroshima starting on May 19. That’s the main thing we’re going to talk about.

Because of the Memorial Day holiday in the United States, we’re going to push back production one week. So, the next episode will come out on June 5th.

So, welcome to the show, Mireya.

SOLÍS: Thank you so much, David. It’s a pleasure to be here.

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NATO to open Japan office to enable Indo-Pacific consultation, Nikkei Asia reports

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Reuters – May 3, 20239:55 PM

NATO flag flutters at the Tapa military base
A NATO flag flutters at the Tapa military base, Estonia April 30, 2023. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

TOKYO, May 3 (Reuters) – NATO is planning to open a liaison office in Japan, its first in Asia, to facilitate consultations in the region, the Nikkei Asia reported on Wednesday, citing Japanese and NATO officials.

The liaison office will enable discussions with NATO’s security partners, such as South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, with geopolitical challenges from China and Russia in mind, the media outlet reported.

Asked about the report, NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu said the alliance would not go into details of NATO allies’ ongoing deliberations.

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Bóng đá Nhật: Vào đại học để thành ngôi sao

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HUY ĐĂNG 18/02/2023 20:12 GMT+7

TTCT – Hầu hết những cầu thủ trẻ trên khắp thế giới khát khao tìm được một bản hợp đồng chuyên nghiệp ngay từ độ tuổi U18. Nhưng Kaoru Mitoma ngược lại, anh đã từ chối cơ hội sớm đổi đời để vào đại học…

Chính xác hơn, tiền vệ người Nhật chỉ tạm hoãn hành trình cầu thủ chuyên nghiệp. Anh chọn con đường giống như bao cầu thủ chuyên nghiệp khác của Nhật.

Mitoma được xem là một trong những cầu thủ rê bóng hay nhất Premier League hiện tại. Ảnh: REUTERS
Mitoma được xem là một trong những cầu thủ rê bóng hay nhất Premier League hiện tại. Ảnh: REUTERS

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What does Japan’s military expansion mean for the region?

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What does Japan’s military expansion mean for the region? | Inside Story

Al Jazeera English – 19 thg 12, 2022

Japan says the strategic challenge posed by China is the biggest it has ever faced.

Besides Beijing, Japan has two other nuclear-armed neighbours in North Korea and Russia.

It has expressed concerns about intensifying Russian military activity in its far east, even as Moscow presses on with its war against Ukraine.

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Making sense of Shinzo Abe

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On the day of his funeral service, we consider the full legacy of Japan’s longest-serving prime minister.

A tribute to Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister.
A tribute to Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister.Credit…Kimimasa Mayama/EPA, via Shutterstock
David Leonhardt

By David Leonhardt

Nytimes – July 12, 2022

Shinzo Abe could sometimes look like yet another one of the world’s modern breed of nationalist leaders, alongside Viktor Orban in Hungary, Vladimir Putin in Russia, Xi Jinping in China and Donald Trump in the U.S.

Abe came from a family of Japanese nationalist politicians, including a grandfather whom the U.S. accused of war crimes during World War II. Abe himself downplayed Japan’s wartime atrocities and spoke of the importance of patriotism and “traditional values.” Above all, he pushed his country to shed its post-1945 pacifism and become more militaristic.

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PODCAST – Asia Stream: Asia’s Inflation Dilemma

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Rising prices are hurting wallets across the world. The crisis is particularly bad in Sri Lanka and Turkey, and in Japan, people are facing inflation for the first time in decades.

Nikkei staff writersMay 20, 2022 07:38 JST

NEW YORK — Welcome to Nikkei Asia’s podcast: Asia Stream.

Every episode, Asia Stream tracks and analyzes the Indo-Pacific with a mix of expert interviews and original reporting by our correspondents from across the globe.

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New episodes are recorded biweekly and are available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all other major platforms, and on our YouTube channel.

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Giáo dục Nhật Bản: Trẻ mẫu giáo chia cơm, lớp 1 dọn sân bóng rổ

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VNN – 01/11/2021    07:00 GMT+7

Phạm Mạnh Hùng – Viện Kinh tế và Chính trị thế giới, nghiên cứu chuyên sâu về nhân lực, nhân tài, lãnh đạo học, chuyển đổi số

Người Nhật được thế giới nể phục không chỉ vì tạo nên những kỳ tích công nghệ và kinh tế mà còn vì những đức tính cao cả, tinh thần tự lập, kỷ luật, tập thể…

Đó là kết quả của nền giáo dục chuẩn mực không chỉ dạy kiến thức mà còn rất chú trọng “dạy người” từ sớm.

Ứng xử lịch thiệp

Nền giáo dục Nhật vận hành theo nguyên lý lấy “đạo đức làm nền tảng”, “mỗi người học sẽ trở thành một cá nhân hoàn thiện đạo đức”. Bởi vậy, ngay từ mẫu giáo, trẻ em đã được rèn luyện, thực hành các quy tắc ứng xử lịch thiệp từ các hoạt động hàng ngày như biết nói lời cám ơn và xin lỗi, biết chia sẻ trách nhiệm trong tập thể, tính tự lập và tinh thần trách nhiệm với công việc…

Giáo dục Nhật Bản: Trẻ mẫu giáo chia cơm, lớp 1 dọn sân bóng rổ
Học sinh tự dọn dẹp lớp học

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21.000 người tự tử thời dịch, Nhật thúc đẩy các biện pháp chống cô đơn

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22/02/2021 15:07

TTO – Trong bối cảnh số người tự tử tăng lần đầu tiên sau hơn 1 thập kỷ trong thời gian áp dụng các biện pháp chống dịch COVID-19, Nhật Bản đã bắt tay điều tra và hành động chống sự cô đơn.‘

21.000 người tự tử thời dịch, Nhật thúc đẩy các biện pháp chống cô đơn - Ảnh 1.
Gần 21.000 người Nhật tự tử trong năm 2020 – Ảnh: Japan Times

Báo Japan Times ngày 21-2 dẫn thống kê của cảnh sát Nhật Bản cho biết có 20.919 người tự kết liễu cuộc sống trong năm 2020, tăng 750 trường hợp so với năm trước và là lần tăng đầu tiên trong 11 năm qua. Trong số đó, tỉ lệ tự tử ở phụ nữ và thanh niên gia tăng đáng kể.

Chính quyền Thủ tướng Yoshihide Suga thời gian qua đã đẩy mạnh việc đối phó với sự cô đơn. 

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An engagement this month spotlighted ongoing collaboration between the two sides in the security domain.

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Japan-Vietnam Defense Ties in the Headlines With Naval Shipbuilding Cooperation
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