Rohan Bhasin

The GDPR framework issued by the European Union has created its fair share of impact on all firms dealing with some form of data in Europe. Many people might think that the GDPR is just an IT issue, but that is the furthest statement from the truth. It has broad-sweeping implications for the whole company, including the way companies handle marketing and sales activities. However, the implications of this framework are not geographically bound by Europe. U.S. news sites have had a different experience with GDPR than European sites. Two months after the law’s enforcement, more than 1,000 news publishers chose to block European visitors from their sites. According to research from ad tech firm Catchpoint. Ad rates have increased 10 per cent in the U.S. since May 25 and dropped in Europe, according to research from analytics firm Ezoic. Rational economic actors will respond in predictable ways to manage such risk. Data-Backed Securities (DBS) might allow organisations to convert u...

Japan emphasises  that the conflict between the Israeli and the Palestinian sides should be resolved only through negotiations, based on relevant UN Security Council Resolutions, the Madrid Principles, the Roadmap, the agreements previously reached by the parties and the Arab Peace Initiative, and that any violent acts must be firmly rejected. Based on the aforementioned position, Japan is actively contributing in the process through three pillars; political dialogues with the parties concerned, promoting confidence-building between the Israeli and the Palestinian sides, and extending economic assistance to the Palestinians. Particularly, Japan will continue its unique efforts such as through the Conference on the Cooperation among East Asian countries for Palestinian Development (CEAPAD) and the “Corridor for Peace and Prosperity” initiative. Japan considers that the international community should actively support for peace in the Middle East. In this context, Japan highly...