How Will China’s Rare Earth Export Controls Impact Japan?

How Will China’s Rare Earth Export Controls Impact Japan?

Advertisement On August 1, Chinese export controls on its gallium and germanium supplies, coming in the form of stricter export licensing requirements, went into effect. Since their announcement in early July, analysts widely perceived the restrictions as a direct response to U.S., Japanese, and Dutch export restrictions on chipmaking tools to China. Japan doubled down … Read more

After 116 Years, Japan Raised Age of Consent for Sex to 16. What Took So Long?

After 116 Years, Japan Raised Age of Consent for Sex to 16. What Took So Long?

Advertisement In the summer of 2021, when COVID-19 and the postponed Olympics were together delivering a heady mix of sweat and headlines in Japan, a 56-year-old male politician from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) — Honda Hiranao — said that it was “strange” that he might be arrested if he had sex with … Read more