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Japan’s economy shrinks for the first time in 3 quarters

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more on Japan: https://sc.mp/0caj Japan’s economy contracted by 2.1 per cent during the third quarter of 2023, following an expansion in the previous two quarters. Analysts fear the country might slip into a recession. The contraction was sparked by a combination of high inflation, slowing exports and low pay rises that led to weak domestic…

Why is Japan’s Yasukuni Shrine so controversial?

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more about the Yasukuni Shrine controversy: https://sc.mp/oend Yasukuni Shrine in the Japanese capital Tokyo has long been a place of controversy since it enshrines the nation’s 2.5 million war dead including 14 Class-A war criminals. Since 1975, several prime ministers and cabinet members have visited Yasukuni in an official capacity, sparking anger in China and…

IN A MINUTE: Chinese students re-enact killing of Japan’s Shinzo Abe #shorts

Secondary school pupils in the northeastern Chinese city of Zaozhuang re-enacted the moment former Japanese leader Shinzo Abe was shot dead. The play, staged on October 10, 2023, has sparked intense online debate. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Follow us on: Website: https://scmp.com SCMP Knowledge: https://www.scmp.com/knowledge Facebook: https://facebook.com/scmp Twitter: https://twitter.com/scmpnews Instagram: https://instagram.com/scmpnews Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/south-china-morning-post/

Japan’s population is getting old, faster

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more on this: https://sc.mp/b3wr In Japan, more than 1 in 10 people of the country’s 124 million population are now aged 80 or older, according to a new report published by Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs on August 18, 2023. Japan’s fast-ageing population has forced the government to raise healthcare and pension spending. It has…

Japan’s Mt Fuji is in a ‘critical situation’

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube For more on this: https://sc.mp/6zzc Japan’s famous Mt Fuji is facing a “critical situation” as a recent surge in tourists has led to rising levels of pollution, authorities warned. The 3,776-metre (12,388ft) mountain was listed as a Unesco World Heritage site in 2013, under the condition that Japan would solve three problems, including overcrowding and the…

Can China learn lessons from Japan’s ‘lost 30 years’?

More on China’s economy: https://sc.mp/6qnt Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube China and Japan have ended up on very similar economic trajectories, since both countries emerged from relative obscurity to become major powerhouses through aggressive reforms and investments. In the process, the nations each have accumulated huge amounts of debt and asset bubbles. In the 1990s, the situation became unsustainable in Japan…

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