Conversations on Vietnam Development
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
Tiếp tục đọc “Emergency reserves, high prices, rationing. How did Japan’s rice crisis get this far?”
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Toshiyuki Mimaki: “I thought the prize would go to those working hard in Gaza. In Gaza, bleeding children are being held by their parents. It’s like Japan 80 years ago.” 36,000 tons of explosives were dropped on Hiroshima/Nagasaki 82,000 tons have been dropped on Gaza
A Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, has won the Nobel Peace Prize as fears grow of a new nuclear arms race. The head of the group has compared Gaza today to Japan 80 years ago when the U.S. bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We feature a Democracy Now! interview with Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and an anti-nuclear activist, and get response from Joseph Gerson, president of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, a U.S. nuclear disarmament activist who has spent decades working closely with the group.
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?
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.
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.
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.”
TRANSCRIPT
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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.
Tiếp tục đọc “Japan’s quiet leadership as it hosts the G7 summit in Hiroshima”
Reuters – May 3, 20239:55 PM
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.
Tiếp tục đọc “NATO to open Japan office to enable Indo-Pacific consultation, Nikkei Asia reports”
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.
  By Kentaro Furuya Capt. Kentaro Furuya (JCG) (k-furuya@grips.ac.jp) is an adjunct professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and professor at the Japan Coast Guard Academy.This PacNet was developed as a part of a workshop on potential cooperation among Quad coast guards to implement the FOIP vision organized by YCAPS. The papers were edited by John Bradford (RSIS) and Blake Herzinger (AEI). For the first in the series, click here. |
Originally responsible primarily for maintaining good order and the safety of life at sea in domestic waters, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) has expanded its commitment to international duties to cultivate external relationships and much-needed capacity building in neighboring states. While they began in the 1970s, these international activities have, in recent years, become essential functions in realizing Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP). The JCG’s broad spectrum of capabilities and engagements makes it indispensable across all elements of Tokyo’s broader regional strategy, and its deepening partnership with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) is amplifying its impact. Tiếp tục đọc “The Japan Coast Guard’s role in realizing a Free and Open Indo-Pacific” |
By William Sposato, a Tokyo-based journalist.
JANUARY 9, 2023, 12:28 PM
TOKYO—To get back some of the high-tech mojo that made it an economic powerhouse, Japan is launching an ambitious program to bring back cutting-edge semiconductor manufacturing, a field it ceded to Taiwan, South Korea, and China nearly 20 years ago. But will this new campaign at state-backed industrial policy succeed, and more importantly, is it even the right goal?
Tiếp tục đọc “Japan Bets Big on Bringing Semiconductor Manufacturing Home”On the day of his funeral service, we consider the full legacy of Japan’s longest-serving prime minister.
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.
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.
New episodes are recorded biweekly and are available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all other major platforms, and on our YouTube channel.
Tiếp tục đọc “PODCAST – Asia Stream: Asia’s Inflation Dilemma”
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…
Tiếp tục đọc “Giáo dục Nhật Bản: Trẻ mẫu giáo chia cơm, lớp 1 dọn sân bóng rổ”
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.‘
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.
Tiếp tục đọc “21.000 người tự tử thời dịch, Nhật thúc đẩy các biện pháp chống cô đơn”
Giữa lúc mối đe dọa chủ nghĩa bảo hộ tiếp tục lấp ló từ cuộc chiến thương mại Mỹ – Trung Quốc, một cường quốc thương mại khác là Nhật Bản đã đứng lên trở thành người bảo vệ tự do thương mại.
Hiệp định Đối tác Toàn diện và Tiến bộ Xuyên Thái Bình Dương (CPTPP) giữa 11 quốc gia, đại diện cho 13% GDP toàn cầu và 500 triệu người dân, đã có hiệu lực từ ngày 30/12 năm 2018. Một tháng sau đó, Hiệp định Đối tác Kinh tế (EPA) giữa Nhật Bản và Liên minh Châu Âu cũng có hiệu lực, mở ra một khu vực tự do thương mại lớn nhất trên thế giới – đạt gần 1/3 GDP toàn cầu và 635 triệu người. Tiếp tục đọc “Việc Nhật Bản dẫn dắt thương mại tự do tác động không ngờ đến quá trình cải cách kinh tế của Trung Quốc”
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