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U S RECOVERY

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EDITORIALS
Mar 10, 2021
The crisis a decade ago remains relevant today
As we commemorate those losses, we must also remember the heroes of that day and those that followed, men and women who scrambled to combat an unfolding catastrophe.
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COMMENTARY / Japan / Remembering 3/11
Mar 9, 2021
From shock to resignation: Japan’s responses to 3/11
March 11 had enduring impacts on Japan, but they aren't at all obvious.
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COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Oct 29, 2020
Designing a vision for Japan's green recovery
The time has come for the nation to show a clear stance on nuclear energy while assessing its possible value.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 20, 2020
Recovering from COVID-19: The risks we must anticipate to build back better
We can no longer wait for the right moment to time such reforms, but we can still make sure they are the right ones.
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Rugby
Oct 12, 2019
Canada, Namibia hoping to end RWC campaigns with triumph in Kamaishi
Canada and Namibia are both looking to finish their Rugby World Cup campaigns on a winning note by posting their first victory of the tournament on Sunday.
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Rugby
Aug 2, 2019
Kamaishi draws strength from traditional ties to rugby
"Kamaishi has the rugby power."
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Rugby
Jul 27, 2019
Stadium built on grounds of tsunami-hit Iwate Prefecture schools hosts Japan-Fiji rugby match
Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium in disaster-hit Iwate Prefecture held its first international rugby match Saturday, delighting an emotional crowd made up of residents of the area and fans from all over.
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Rugby
Jul 3, 2019
Temporary stands completed at Kamaishi's Rugby World Cup stadium
The construction of two temporary stands at the new rugby stadium in Kamaishi, northeastern Japan, has been completed ahead of this year's Rugby World Cup, the operator of the facility said Wednesday.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 1, 2017
80 years on, mystery of U.S. aviatrix Amelia Earhart's disappearance over the Pacific remains unresolved
On June 28, 1933, Nellie Simmons Meier sat at her desk and cast an expert eye over the imprint before her, searching for telltale signs much as she had done since she first started such readings as a young girl.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 1, 2015
Land prices rise in 10 prefectures, but overall trend is down
Land prices in Japan rose in 10 prefectures over the year to Jan. 1, the National Tax Agency said in an annual report released Wednesday. In the previous year of measurement, prices rose in eight prefectures.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 29, 2015
Salarymen's allowances lowest in three decades as living costs rise
Salarymen's allowances have fallen to their lowest level in 33 years even as the cost of lunch has surged, showing the pinch felt by workers that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is counting on to drive a recovery in the economy.
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JAPAN / 3/11 STILL BEING FELT
Mar 9, 2015
Some Tohoku disaster areas on fast track to rebuilding while others stuck in slow lane
A 3-km-long conveyor belt system is spearheading the reconstruction effort in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, but other areas aren't so lucky.
EDITORIALS
Oct 7, 2014
A resurgent U.S. economy
The U.S. economy is posting the strongest growth since the end of 2011, outpacing the forecasts and confounding experts who saw a country that had lost its vitality.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2014
Europe could jump-start a sustained recovery
Europe has a real chance to conclude a bargain if member countries implement fiscal and structural reforms in exchange for short-run relaxation of fiscal constraints focusing on growth-oriented investments.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 27, 2014
The slow recovery from a calamitous slump
What does slow recovery from a calamitous slump look like? In the U.S., you see women's pay catching up with men's and steady gains in full-time employment. But middle-class incomes have dropped to levels of the late 1980s or early 1990s.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 26, 2014
Government retains view on economy but wary of shock from tax hike
The government on Tuesday kept intact its relatively upbeat assessment of the economy in its monthly report for August, but it expressed concern over the aftermath of the consumption tax hike to 8 percent.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 19, 2014
BOJ exec shrugs off tax increase slowdown fears
A Bank of Japan policymaker Thursday shrugged off the possibility that the consumption tax hike on April 1 could significantly slow the economy, echoing the central bank's bright projections.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2014
Only amnesiacs could laud this recovery path
American graduates this season are entering an economy where more than 40 percent of recent college grads are either unemployed or in jobs that do not require a college degree. Barack Obama seems to suffer from amnesia concerning the policies that produced the robust recovery from the severe recession of 1981-82.
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BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
May 12, 2014
Weak exports, not tax hike, could shake BOJ
The Bank of Japan is increasingly confident that the economy is weathering the recent tax increase and on its way out of deflation, but another threat to that optimistic scenario is lurking in the form of weak exports.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2014
Reducing shock to businesses after a disaster
The downturn in automobile and information and communications technology manufacturing after Japan's 3/11 tragedy underscore the critical importance of building business resilience to lower disaster risk and ensure trade flows that keep the APEC economies moving in an era of production interdependence.

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