Japan

Covid: adapting is the new normal

For better or worse, further variants must be anticipated, writes John Egan. Governments around the world will be holding their breath. Many have taken a big bet that the latest coronavirus variant…


Covid-19 Analytics: 18-01-21 featuring Israel

Here we present our exclusive analysis of the impact of Covid-19 on eight countries plus the entire World. We have followed daily infection rates since the start of the pandemic to the…


Covid-19 Analytics: 11-01-21 featuring Italy

A background to this update can be found in an introductory article to the Chief-Exec.com Covid Analytics platform. This update follows on from that published on January 6.   Featuring Italy Italy…


A future that leaves equality behind

Times are a changing for education, health, employment and income. John Egan reports on the findings of the OECD on emerging inequalities. For a young man born at the turn of the…


Robotics: Beauty and the Beast

Will humans soon be dreaming of electric sheep, asks James Fitzgerald. Beyond the angry headlines on immigration lies a more subtle movement that promises to usher in a population explosion – of…


Japan steps gently into a post-Brexit world

The ascension of President-elect Donald Trump onto the world’s stage last Wednesday dominated the global news. At 4:05pm on the same day, less noticed, the Japanese Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Koji…