December 29, 2020
HEADLINES
Noon news
- December 29, 2020
- , All TV networks
- JMH Summary
HEADLINES
Morning news
- December 29, 2020
- , All newspapers and TV networks
- JMH Summary
INTERNATIONAL
Japan provided info to U.S., UK on Chinese crackdown on Uyghurs
- December 28, 2020
- , Kyodo
- JMH Summary
INTERNATIONAL
Focus: Japan-S. Korea deadlock to continue despite Biden push to mend ties
- December 28, 2020
- , Kyodo News , 10:05 a.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
‘Comfort women’ settlement fails to settle Japan-South Korea row
- December 29, 2020
- , Nikkei Asia , 3:12 a.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Editorial: S. Korea should not be allowed to neglect 2015 comfort women pact
- December 29, 2020
- , The Japan News , 12:20 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Japan, South Korea parliamentarians’ associations hold seminar to improve bilateral relations
- December 24, 2020
- , Sankei , p. 5
- JMH Translation
INTERNATIONAL
Editorial: Japan-S. Korea comfort women accord lesson for Tokyo’s future diplomacy
- December 28, 2020
- , The Mainichi
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
China should stop entering waters around Senkakus: Foreign Minister Motegi
- December 26, 2020
- , Sankei , p. 5
- JMH Translation
INTERNATIONAL
Japan differed from U.S. and Europe’s hard-line policies after Tiananmen incident
- December 28, 2020
- , The Japan News , 8:17 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Into a ‘battlefield’: Embassy rescued Japanese nationals amid sound of gunfire during Tiananmen Square incident
- December 28, 2020
- , The Japan News , 3:20 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
FM Motegi comments on Biden administration, South Korea, China’s interest in TPP
- December 29, 2020
- , Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nikkei
- JMH Summary
INTERNATIONAL
Japan to open consulates in Haiti, Philippines
- December 29, 2020
- , Nikkei
- JMH Summary
ECONOMY
70% of corporate Japan’s leaders want Biden to ease China tensions, Nikkei poll of 100 major Japanese companies
- December 29, 2020
- , Nikkei Asia , 6:12 a.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
Most Japan firms abroad expect return to normal by end-2021, JETRO poll
- December 28, 2020
- , Kyodo News , 8:34 a.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
Yokohama mayor expresses opposition to referendum on casino resort
- December 26, 2020
- , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 22
- JMH Translation
ECONOMY
MIC to reorganize to spearhead expansion of telecommunications technology exports
- December 27, 2020
- , Nikkei , p. 5
- JMH Translation
ECONOMY
Japan firm turns to ammonia as green fuel
- December 28, 2020
- , NHK WORLD
- English Press
ECONOMY
Japanese life insurers stepping up ESG investment
- December 28, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 8:58 p.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
Fukushima town aims for zero CO2 emissions using hydrogen
- December 29, 2020
- , The Japan News , 11:55 a.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
China allegedly taking harder line toward Senkaku dispute
- December 28, 2020
- , Kyodo
- JMH Summary
SECURITY
Ishigaki City Council member’s fishing boat chased by Chinese ships near Senkakus
- December 28, 2020
- , Sankei , p. 1
- JMH Translation
SECURITY
Interview with former MSDF Fleet Commander: China accelerating its maritime expansion
- December 22, 2020
- , Mainichi , p. 9
- JMH Translation
SECURITY
Editorial: Pandemic, fiscal woes call for a halt to swelling defense budget
- December 29, 2020
- , The Asahi Shimbun , 1:26 p.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
Okinawa parents ask Biden to help stop U.S. military flights over local nursery schools
- December 25, 2020
- , Ryukyu Shimpo , p. 28
- JMH Translation
SECURITY
Governors’ association reps submit SOFA revision proposal to MOD and MOFA, visit U.S. Embassy
- December 28, 2020
- , Ryukyu Shimpo , p. 2
- JMH Translation
SECURITY
New SDF missile’s range to reach 2,000 km
- December 29, 2020
- , Sankei
- JMH Summary
POLITICS
Prime minister’s schedule on Dec. 28, 2020
- December 29, 2020
- , Sankei , p. 5
- JMH Translation
POLITICS
Honeymoon over as Suga faces make-or-break moment on virus
- December 29, 2020
- , Nikkei Asia , 8:12 a.m.
- English Press
POLITICS
Suga and Moon slump in polls as COVID surge spurs criticism
- December 28, 2020
- , Nikkei Asia , 5:04 p.m.
- English Press
POLITICS
Strength of in-house groups in House of Councillors
- December 29, 2020
- , Yomiuri , p. 4
- JMH Translation
POLITICS
Japan PM Suga dodges question about next term amid pandemic
- December 27, 2020
- , Kyodo News , 5:11 p.m.
- English Press
POLITICS
Supra-partisan group pushes for Magnitsky-style legislation
- December 28, 2020
- , Sankei , p. 2
- JMH Translation
POLITICS
LDP, CDP agree to enact coronavirus penalties early
- December 28, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 0:27 p.m.
- English Press
POLITICS
INTERVIEW: Hayashi wants general election after LDP chief poll
- December 28, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 9:29 p.m.
- English Press
POLITICS
Editorial: Leadership vital in virus fight on eve of New Year holiday period
- December 28, 2020
- , The Asahi Shimbun , 1:23 p.m.
- English Press
POLITICS
PM Suga rushed to tighten border control with public criticism in mind
- December 29, 2020
- , Asahi
- JMH Summary
POLITICS
Senior opposition lawmaker dies of COVID-19
- December 29, 2020
- , All national papers
- JMH Summary
POLITICS
Support for Suga nosedives as “honeymoon” with media, public ends after three months
- December 29, 2020
- , Nikkei
- JMH Summary
SCIENCE
U.S. military unlikely to administer COVID-19 vaccines to Japanese base workers
- December 29, 2020
- , Okinawa Times
- JMH Summary
SCIENCE
FSA sets up expert panel to discuss decarbonization
- December 26, 2020
- , Yomiuri , p. 7
- JMH Translation
SCIENCE
African variant of COVID-19 detected in Japan
- December 29, 2020
- , All national papers
- JMH Summary
SOCIETY
Many people apparently ignore government’s calls for staying home
- December 29, 2020
- , TV Asahi
- JMH Summary
SOCIETY
Japan gave intel on China’s crackdown on Uyghurs to U.S., Britain
- December 29, 2020
- , Kyodo News , 2:00 a.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
44% of advanced treatment hospitals face difficulty due to virus
- December 28, 2020
- , Kyodo News , 10:56 p.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
Nearly 80,000 coronavirus-linked job losses found in Japan
- December 28, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 5:49 p.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
Editorial: Japan must stop spread of mutated coronavirus through swift detection
- December 29, 2020
- , The Japan News , 12:30 p.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
Group protests over comments by Japan cosmetics firm on Koreans
- December 28, 2020
- , Kyodo News , 6:21 p.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
All sponsors to extend contracts for postponed Tokyo Olympics
- December 28, 2020
- , Nikkei Asia , 12:01 p.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
Infographic: Status of gov’t indicators for COVID-19 in Tokyo (Dec. 28, 2020)
- December 29, 2020
- , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 1
- JMH Translation
SOCIETY
Infographic: 224,488 persons in Japan confirmed to be infected with COVID-19 (Dec. 28, 2020)
- December 28, 2020
- , NHK digital , 11:52 p.m.
- JMH Translation
