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Offbeat · JapanJapanese citizens will all have the same family name in 500 years’ time unless married couples are permitted to use separate surnames, a new study has suggested as part of a campaign to update a civil code dating back to the late 1800s.See the Story
Everyone in Japan will be called Sato by 2531 unless marriage law changed, says professor
41% Center coverage: 22 sources
Tsai Ing-Wen · PhilippinesUnsubstantiated report says Tsai Ing-wen plans to flee in a U.S. plane if war erupts with China. Another story said Tsai had given her confidants VIP "runaway" passes. They are among the many unsupported tales of Tsai's preparations to escape harm.See the Story
Chinese state media stoked allegation Taiwan's president would flee war
62% Center coverage: 8 sources
Europe · KyivKYIV, Ukraine—In the capital of war-torn Ukraine, the keeper of a Japanese cultural exchange center keeps its doors open, hoping to offer the students a haven of normalcy, despite the personal danger to himself.See the Story
Powerlifter from Japan maintains culture center in Kyiv during war | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
Asia · JapanThe Bank of Japan announced March 19 it will end negative interest rates and review other ultra-loose monetary policies that have been in place for more than a decade to buoy the stagnant economy.See the Story
In major shift, BOJ decides it will end negative interest rates | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
Aichi Prefecture · Aichi PrefectureKOMAKI, Aichi Prefecture—Visitors might laugh or blush in embarrassment over the artifacts displayed at the “breast temple” here, but they quickly stifle their giggles when they see the serious demeanor of chief priest Morio Okada.See the Story
Priest pushes serious image at ‘breast temple’ in Aichi Prefecture | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch
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Business · JapanJapan's biggest companies agreed to raise wages by 5.28% for 2024, the heftiest pay hikes in 33 years, the country's largest union group said on Friday, reinforcing views that the county's central bank will soon shift away from a decade-long stimulus programme.See the Story
Japan union group announces biggest wage hikes in 33 years, presaging shift at central bank
46% Center coverage: 11 sources
Business · JapanJapan has avoided falling into a technical recession after its official economic growth figures were revised. The revised data shows gross domestic product (GDP) was 0.4% higher in the last three months of 2023 compared to a year earlier.See the Story
Japan avoids technical recession as economic growth figures revised
58% Center coverage: 31 sources
Wang Yi · ChinaChina’s foreign minister accused the U.S. on Thursday of devising tactics to suppress China’s rise and criticized the Biden administration for adding more Chinese companies to its sanctions lists. Wang Yi, speaking to media during the annual meeting of China’s legislature, said China’s relations with the U.S. have improved since Presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden met in November, but America has not fulfilled its promises. “If the U.S. always says one thing and does another, where is its credibility as a major power? If the U.S. gets nervous and anxious when it hears the word ‘China,’ where is its confidence as a major power?” he said. “If the U.S. is obsessed with suppressing China, it will eventually harm itself.”See the Story
China accuses US of devising tactics to suppress China despite improvement in relations
45% Center coverage: 45 sources