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On April 1-3, 2019, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada was proud to lead, with strong support from the private and public sectors, Canada’s first women-only business … companies that provide services, products, and solutions for the elderly and aging in Japan. Japan has the highest …

The “Chinese debt trap” narrative has gained traction in … reasons to look more closely at such lending arrangements. For example, a recent study of Chinese debt contracts … and the Russia-Ukraine war, including its high consumer prices, rampant inflation, and declining foreign revenue from …

Amid heightened diplomatic tensions between Canada and India — and against the backdrop of geopolitical and geo-economic shifts driven … , the Indo-Canadian Business Chamber , and the Council for Strategic and Defense Research  in New Delhi, India, to …

On a late  December evening in 2022 , as the sun dipped below the horizon over the Korean Peninsula, a … streak of light tore through the twilight sky, captivating and confounding onlookers in South Korea, China, Japan, and Russia. Mistaken for an unidentified flying object by many observers, this …

Emeritus, Institute of Asian Research, Co-Director, Centre for Japanese Research, University of B.C. Yves Tiberghien is a Professor of Political Science, Director Emeritus of the Institute of Asian Research, and Co-Director of the Center for Japanese Research at the …

In 2020, as the pandemic came knocking at Canada’s door, a parallel ‘shadow pandemic’ of hate and discrimination reared its ugly head and exposed the … adults who self-identified their ethnicity as East Asian for an in-depth conversation on Canadian society, diversity …

David Lederhendler Founder and CEO, Yeji Data Lab David Lederhendler is the Founder and CEO of Yeji Data Lab, a Montreal-based firm specializing in scalable AI solutions for ports, terminal operators, freight forwarders, …

The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada is pleased to share the project launch webinar for our new Mapping the Asia Pacific's COVID-19 Response … dynamics, all with the intention of identifying policy 'best practices' in the Asia Pacific that can inform Canada’s …

The reciprocal tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald … high tariffs initially imposed on the region can best be explained through political reasoning. The tariffs – which ranged from 49 per cent for Cambodia, 48 per cent for Laos, 46 per cent for Vietnam, …

In April, the United States imposed a baseline 10 per cent tariff on … all imports, with higher country-specific rates proposed for its major trade partners. Japan was hit hard: it faces a … 25 per cent tariff on all Japanese steel products and the increase of aluminum tariffs to 25 per cent, have …