
News by Country: Japan
28 July 2020
Japan
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Japan’s lower house
passes 2nd extra budget for virus package (Kyodo News, 10 June 2020)
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Number of job losses during pandemic
surges past 20,000 (Asahi, 10 June 2020)
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Japan considering
virus relief payments to overseas residents (Japan Times, 10 June 2020)
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5,000 nonregular
workers in Japan laid off due to coronavirus fallout (Kyodo News, 9 June 2020)
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Japan’s Q1 GDP shrinks less than initial
estimate but still faces steep recession (Asahi, 8 June 2020)
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Homeless initially
excluded from blanket cash handout program in Kochi (Kyodo News, 4 June 2020)
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Cabinet accused of wasting more funds on
virus countermeasures (Asahi, 4 June 2020)
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Pandemic leads to 30% rise in
applications for public assistance (Asahi, 2 June 2020)
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Ministry takes heat for handling of
small business subsidy program (Asahi, 2 June 2020)
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COVID-19 crisis sends more than 200
companies into bankruptcy (Asahi, 4 June 2020)
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April tax revenues see biggest monthly
drop in over a decade (Asahi, 1 June 2020)
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Medical waste disposal workers brave
infection, heatstroke (Asahi, 1 June 2020)
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Japan’s new working
visa falls far short of expectations in 1st year (Kyodo News, 29 May 2020)
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Largest plunge in job postings ever in
Japan amid pandemic (Asahi, 29 May 2020)
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Coronavirus changing
landscape of Japan’s sharing economy (Kyodo News, 28 May 2020)
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Coronavirus to cut
foreign visitor’s spending in Japan by 22 bil. (Kyodo News, 27 May 2020)
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Handouts of up to 1.5 million yen in
cards for those in entertainment (Asahi, 27 May 2020)
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Japan eyes fresh 117 trillion yen
stimulus to combat pandemic pain (Asahi, 27 May 2020)
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Japan aims to revive
virus-hit tourism industry by footing bill (Kyodo News, 26 May 2020)
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Lifting of emergency
over coronavirus leaves businesses with mixed feelings (Kyodo News, 26 May 2020)
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Abe declares
coronavirus emergency over in Japan (Kyodo News, 25 May 2020)
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Kyoto hotels hit by
90% slump in foreign stays as pandemic takes toll (Kyodo News, 25 May 2020)
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Japan mulls giving
200,000 yen per staff at hospitals treating virus (Kyodo News, 24 May 2020)
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Job-seeker harassment
coming under increased scrutiny in Japan (Kyodo News, 23 May 2020)
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Economic gloom as 10,000-plus made
jobless due to coronavirus (Asahi, 23 May 2020)
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Coronavirus worsens
lives of Japan’s elderly workers as pandemic shuts businesses (SCMP, 22 June 2020)
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BOJ to provide 30
tril. yen to aid virus-hit small firms (Kyodo News, 22 May 2020)
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Only top 30% of
foreign students to be eligible for gov’t handouts (Kyodo News, 21 May 2020)
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Recession-hit Japan’s exports, imports
fall due to pandemic (Asahi, 21 May 2020)
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Japan’s rigid
coronavirus travel ban leaves foreign workers in a quandary (SCMP, 20 May 2020)
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Recession-hit Japan’s exports, imports
fall due to pandemic (Asahi, 21 May 2020)
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Over 3 mil. jobs could
be lost in Japan due to coronavirus (Kyodo News, 20 May 2020)
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Gov’t OKs cash
handouts to struggling students amid pandemic (Kyodo News, 19 May 2020)
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Temp workers’ jobs in peril, but
ministry lacks clear picture (Asahi, 18 May 2020)
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Public housing
inquiries top 1,100 in Japan as pandemic leaves people homeless (Mainichi, 18 May 2020)
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Japan’s initial goal
of V-shaped recovery not on horizon (Kyodo News, 18 May 2020)
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Japan slides into
recession as economy shrinks 3.4% (Kyodo News, 18 May 2020)
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Japanese firms
cautious about new-grad hires on unclear virus impact (Kyodo News, 17 May 2020)
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COVID-19 doctors lack
fresh masks, hazard pay-union survey (Canada.com, 17 May 2020)
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1st workers’ comp. OK’d for
those who test positive through working (Asahi, 16 May 2020)
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Abe’s signature
virus-relief cash program faces barrage of criticism (Kyodo News, 15 May 2020)
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Coronavirus could last years, says
economist urging more tests, support (Asahi, 15 May 2020)