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Lanka seeks to relaunch stalled Japanese projects to boost sagging economyA senior Japanese parliamentarian, Martsusuta Shinpei of the ruling Liberal Democratic party, recently met Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gun...
India at forefront of helping Sri Lanka, lots of negative news about the country that isn't true: Harin Fernando, minister of Tourism and Lands, Sri Lanka"There are so many airlines flying to Sri Lanka, especially Indigo, Air India and Sri Lankan Airlines. If you really put them all together,...
Japan to lift Covid restrictions on foreign tourists from October"But from October 11, Japan will relax border control measures to be on par with the US, as well as resume visa-free travel and individual ...
Nearly half of Darjeeling tea estates are on saleA liquidity crisis, high wages and falling tea prices are impacting the profitability of Darjeeling planters, forcing them to look out for ...
Will they, won't they? Key questions for the coronavirus-hit, troubled Tokyo OlympicsAs Japanese and International Olympic Committee officials insist the Games will go ahead, here are the major questions surrounding cancella...
Japan's Suga to order new economic stimulus as early as November -NikkeiThe economic measures could focus on supporting tourism and the restaurant industry, which have suffered from declining consumption, the ne...
Japan passes $240 billion virus package including cash handoutsThe 25.7 trillion yen budget includes a wide range of measures intended to prop up the world's third-largest economy, already struggling wi...
2021 Olympics won't provide much economic stimulus for JapanJapan is officially spending $12.6 billion to organize the Olympics, although a government audit report in December said it was twice that ...
Japan sees 51 coronavirus-related bankruptciesThe bankruptcies were mostly in the hotel and restaurant industries such as hot spring hotel operator Fujimi-so in Aichi, central Japan, th...
Jim Rogers expects ‘worst bear market in my lifetime’ in coming yearsThe impact of the coronavirus on economies “will not be over quickly", he said.
Over 60% of Japan firms seeing earnings hit by coronavirus: SurveyOver 60% of Japanese companies said their earnings were being hurt by the coronavirus outbreak, a survey by a private think tank showed on ...
Smartwatches are giving Swiss watches a tough timeWith changing consumers tastes, global shipments of smartwatches surpassed those of Swiss watches in February.
To head the US Federal Reserve is one of the most challenging jobs: Kishore Mahbubani, Lee Kuan Yew SchoolIt is too early to tell about Yellen. My initial impression of her is positive. You only discover a man’s or a woman’s character in a crisi...
- Chinese premier pledges support for euro, EU trade
Premier Wen Jiabao pledged to support a 'stable euro' and ease trade ties with Europe in a bid to smoothen past tensions.
- Asia faces weak recovery from slowdown, IMF says
Most Asian economies face a sharp contraction this year and a weak recovery in 2010 as global demand for the region's exports struggles to ...
- Japan PM formally announces $150-billion stimulus
Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso formally announced 150 billion dollars in emergency stimulus spending to revive Asia's biggest economy as i...
- Japan's land prices fall in 2008, first in 3 years
Japanese land prices fell for the first time in three years in 2008, a government survey showed on Monday, highlighting the impact on the r...