Effective 23 July 2023, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (“METI”) imposed export regulations on 23 types of advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The new rules require Japanese suppliers to obtain a...more
On 24 March 2020, Prime Minister Abe and the International Olympic Committee agreed to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for one year until the summer of 2021. This is the first time the games have ever been postponed, and is...more