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Japan’s nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday it would order Chubu Electric Power to submit a detailed report on falsified seismic data and pause its review of the utility's application to restart its only atomic plant.
For decades, shareholder activists in Japan struggled to make headway, often facing deeply entrenched resistance from companies as well as cultural and legal obstacles. Now, as Japan’s stock market hits successive record highs and the number of buyouts continues to soar, they have to reckon with a new and pervasive problem: their recent success.
South Korea appears happy to engage in what some have called “shuttle diplomacy” between its quarreling neighbors—and stands to reap some benefits.
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A week in which longtime tensions between neighbors China and Japan ratcheted up economically and politically is drawing to a close with no sign of improvements
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will host a summit with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday to ensure stable and friendly ties as her country faces growing tension with Beijing
Japan and South Korea leaders got jamming to K-pop beats, social media buzzes with jokes and praises
Drawing a parallel with bilateral ties, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on X that South Korea and Japan had learned to respect each other's differences and adjust to one another's rhythm, deepening cooperation over time.
Japan declined on Wednesday to comment on the Bank of Japan's absence from a statement by other central banks supporting U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, following the Trump administration's threat of criminal indictment.
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