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Japan to host over 200 businesses at conference promoting Ukraine's economic recovery: https://benborges.xyz/2024/02/04/japan-to-host.html

Taiwan 7.7 magnitude earthquake sparks tsunami warning in Japan
Tsunami of up to a metre expected to reach Japan’s southern coast after quake with preliminary magnitude of 7.7 hits near Taipei
It has only been three months since a magnitude-7.6 quake and tsunami killed 244 people and caused widespread damage on the Noto peninsula in Ishikawa prefecture on the Japan Sea coast.
Japan’s biggest earthquake on record was a massive 9.0-magnitude undersea jolt in March 2011 off Ja…

Japan approves up to $3.9B in subsidies to chip venture Rapidus, as the company tries to close the gap with TSMC in cutting-edge fabrication technology (Yuki Hagiwara/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Japan OKs $3.9 Billion in Aid to Chip Venture Rapidus to Catch Up to TSMC
Japan approved up to ¥590 billion ($3.9 billion) in subsidies to chip venture Rapidus Corp., committing more money to its ambition to catch up in semiconductor manufacturing.

Seekabel in der Arktis geplant: Heißer Draht durch die Eiswüste
Far North Fiber soll auf einer rund 15.000 km langen Strecke Westeuropa über Nordamerika mit Japan per Glasfaser verbinden. Im Winter würde das Eis schützen.​

Biden Calls Ally Japan 'Xenophobic' Along With China, Russia (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-02/biden-now-calls-ally-japan-xenophobic-along-with-china-russia
http://www.memeorandum.com/240502/p57#a240502p57

😈 Ex-officials of alleged Chinese police base in Tokyo not indicted
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/26/japan/chinese-fraud-case-suspects-not-indicted/

Ex-officials of alleged Chinese 'police station' in Tokyo not indicted
One of the women was suspected of falsely claiming that her sex-related business was a chiropractic clinic in order to receive COVID-19 subsidies.

White House does damage control after Biden calls Japan and India 'xenophobic' (Christian Datoc/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/2988691/white-house-damage-control-biden-japan-xenophobic/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240502/p51#a240502p51

Apple reports Q2 revenue down 8.1% YoY to $16.4B in Greater China, down 12.7% YoY to $6.3B in Japan, and down 17.2% YoY to $6.7B in the rest of Asia-Pacific (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Techn

Apple CEO calls China 'the most competitive market in the world' as iPhone sales drop
Japan and Asia-Pacific lead revenue decline in the January-March quarter

The vast new ‘whaling ship’ that Japan hopes will revive a shrinking industry
In the new vessel, the whaling industry envisions an age of prosperity and rising demand, ultimately guaranteeing the future of the most controversial ingredient in Japan’s culinary repertoire
The new vessel’s range of 13,000km is fuelling suspicion that,
five years after Japan abandoned its controversial “scientific” hunts in the Southern Ocean and resumed commercial whaling along its own coastl…

Japan and Norway grant $760 million to Ukraine for budget relief: https://benborges.xyz/2024/02/28/japan-and-norway.html