Following the 2008 global financial crisis, Fu Ying, then spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, spread the phrase, “China is up, the U.S. is down” across the world with her fluent English.
While the vast area across the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean is being recognized as a unique strategic space, the way of order in this "Indo-Pacific" region has become a major issue for the countries involved.
Since 2000, the Chinese government made overseas expansion its national strategy, with the government taking the lead to boost support for related policies.
Following the 2008 global financial crisis, Fu Ying, then spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, spread the phrase, “China is up, the U.S. is down” across the world with her fluent English.
On December 14, 2021 at Mega Web, Toyota Motor’s showroom in Tokyo’s waterfront district, CEO Akio Toyoda announced the “New EV Strategy” before the full lineup of new electric vehicles (EV).
As characteristics of the U.S industries, we can list mature IT industry and financial systems, labor market flexibility, strong growth of startups, and high technological development and innovation capabilities.
Though mobility as a service (MaaS) using automated driving is currently spreading globally, many attempts at its integration remain as test programs set to test the cost and efficiency of such systems.
Drainage pumps at pump stations are for preventing rivers from flooding. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) is drastically changing the way it orders the pumps.
On February 20, 2022, at the women’s curling finals, Japan’s Loco Solare lost at a score of 3-10 against Great Britain, and took home the silver medal from the Beijing Olympics.
Over the past few times, in my column, I have written from different angles about the economic, political, and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
