The Japan Times - Japón
12/04/2021
Política
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Salud
Michelle Fay Cortez
Asian nations scale back AstraZeneca rollout amid safety woes
Countries across the Asia Pacific are demurring on AstraZeneca PLC’s COVID-19 vaccine, or restricting its use, in moves that may delay protection for the region amid concerns that the shot could trigger a rare and potentially deadly blood clotting condition.
05/03/2021
Política
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Política Internacional
Blinken, Austin to visit Japan, South Korea this month
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin plan to visit Japan and South Korea this month for foreign policy and security talks, three government sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.
26/02/2021
Política
The Japan Times - Japón
Salud
Cautious Asian nations start deploying vaccine now proven elsewhere
After sitting on the sidelines as the U.S. and Europe plowed headlong into vaccinating against COVID-19, the parts of the world that contained the novel coronavirus most successfully are now starting to administer shots.
09/02/2021
Economía
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Economía Internacional
Japan's 2020 overtime pay marks fastest fall in 11 years amid pandemic
Average overtime pay in Japan in 2020 fell 12.1% from the previous year, the sharpest drop in 11 years, as the coronavirus pandemic forced many businesses to cut their operating hours, government data showed Tuesday.
02/02/2021
Política
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Política Internacional
Japan defense official warns Myanmar coup could increase China's influence in region
The world’s democracies would risk pushing Myanmar into the arms of China if their response to the coup closes channels for communication with the Southeast Asian country’s powerful generals, Japan’s deputy defense minister said on Tuesday.
29/01/2021
Política
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Política Internacional
YOICHI FUNABASHI
Will Biden’s emphasis on alliances go anywhere?
U.S. President Joe Biden has promised that re-engaging with the world and prioritizing alliances will top his administration’s diplomatic agenda. During his campaign, Biden fiercely criticized the Trump administration’s disregard for alliances, claiming that it had seriously undermined the status and influence of the United States on the world stage.
12/01/2021
Política
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Política Internacional
YUICHI HOSOYA
How Japan can lead a free and open Indo-Pacific
The year 2020 was filled with geopolitical and geoeconomic changes that represented a major shift in world history, with the COVID-19 pandemic and the U.S. presidential election leading the way.
12/01/2021
Economía
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Economía Internacional
HEIZO TAKENAKA
Will Japan’s economy improve in 2021?
The Japanese economy is slowly recovering. In the second quarter of 2020, GDP growth rate was a grim -28%. The third quarter showed a recovery of 23%, but there are still many problems
07/01/2021
Política
The Japan Times - Japón
Relaciones Bilaterales
Japan and Uruguay sign pact to tackle customs offenses and facilitate trade
Japan and Uruguay signed a pact Thursday aimed at promoting cooperation in simplifying customs procedures and cracking down on the infringement of intellectual property rights and the smuggling of drugs, guns and goods.
06/01/2021
Política
The Japan Times - Japón
Economía
Japan and Mexico agree to expand membership of TPP free trade pact
The Japanese and Mexican foreign ministers agreed Tuesday to coordinate on the steady enforcement of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and expand the 11-party free trade agreement’s membership.
18/12/2020
Política
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Política Internacional
KAZUHITO YAMASHITA
Biden should look to Obama's Asia-Pacific trade strategies
Much has been made of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) since it was signed in November. After all, participating countries account for 30% of the world’s GDP. Conspicuously absent was the United States.
10/12/2020
Política
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Política Internacional
Jesse Johnson
No mention of China or Asia as Biden touts pick for Pentagon chief
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has called his pick for defense secretary, retired Central Command chief Gen. Lloyd Austin, a “trailblazing leader” with “deep experience … in critical Pentagon roles.” But there were two words noticeably absent from Biden’s announcement of his choice: “China” and “Indo-Pacific.”
02/12/2020
Política
The Japan Times - Japón
Salud
Japan ready to approve COVID-19 vaccines, following Britain
The Japanese government is ready to approve COVID-19 vaccines, a senior official suggested Wednesday, following news that Britain has approved a vaccine jointly developed by U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc. and Germany’s BioNTech.
02/12/2020
Economía
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Economía Internacional
RCEP: Big numbers, bigger potential
The signing last Sunday of the RCEP, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, is a significant achievement. Eight years of negotiation yielded an agreement whose members account for 2.2 billion people and about 30% of the global economy. By those measures, it is the largest trade deal in history.
20/11/2020
Política
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Política Internacional
MICHAEL MACARTHUR BOSACK
Japan's need for a clear U.S. commitment over the Senkakus
During a telephone conversation between senior defense officials last week, Washington reiterated its position that the Senkaku Islands fall under the United States’ scope of alliance commitments to Japan.
16/11/2020
Política
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Política Internacional
Mark Leonard
Building back a better trans-Atlantic alliance
Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S. presidential election has been met with a wave of relief across Europe, where many feared that a second term for Donald Trump would have threatened the very survival of the European Union. Biden offers at least the prospect of restoring a more traditional trans-Atlantic relationship. Many assume that the United States will return to leading the liberal international order, with Europeans playing a supporting role through diplomacy and soft power. Batman and Robin are back.
16/11/2020
Economía
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Economía Internacional
YUKO TAKEO
Japanese economy rebounds from record slump as pandemic pain eases
Japan’s biggest expansion in more than a half century outpaced expectations as exports and consumption powered growth, though the recovery is likely to cool this quarter as the virus sets new infection records at home and overseas.
13/11/2020
Política
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Política Internacional
IAIN MARLOW y KARI LINDBERG
Trump’s Taiwan and Hong Kong support poses early test for Biden
After Donald Trump’s election in late 2016, the U.S. president-elect took an unprecedented phone call from Taiwan’s leader Tsai Ing-Wen, shattering decades of diplomatic protocol and prompting angry protests from China.
13/11/2020
Economía
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Economía Regional
Japan to stay in step over fiscal stimulus with U.S. under Biden
Japan will seek to keep in step with the new U.S. administration under President-elect Joe Biden in taking fiscal stimulus steps to revive the pandemic-hit world economy, while watching whether Washington will seek to return to a Trans-Pacific free trade pact it quit three years ago, Japanese officials say.
10/11/2020
Política
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Relaciones Bilaterales
LINDA SIEG
Japan should brace for 'leaderless era' as U.S. turns inward, Suga adviser says
A prominent economic adviser to the prime minister says Tokyo should prepare for a “leaderless era” as U.S. global leadership gradually withers, and expand other strategic ties while bolstering its security alliance with Washington.