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Rows of coffee and tea plants at the Tianyuzhuang coffee plantation in Pu'er, in China's southwest Yunnan province, on April 1.
BUSINESS / Markets
Chinese tea hub branches into coffee as tastes change
For centuries, Pu'er in Yunnan province has given its name to a type of richly fermented tea, but growers are increasingly branching out into a historic rival.
BUSINESS / Markets
Shrinking South Korea exports send global warning on Trump tariffs
The data will be closely watched for clues on how Trump’s new levies are playing out in the real world.
BUSINESS / Markets
World’s economic chiefs to face Trump’s trade war in Washington
Finance chiefs want an off-ramp from the worst global trade crisis in a century. This week they’re heading toward its epicenter.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a U.S. Democrat from Massachusetts, speaks on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. Warren says a series of rash actions by the U.S. president are seeding uncertainty across the economy.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 21, 2025
Wall Street ‘cops are gone’ after Trump overhaul, Democratic senator warns
By Justin Sink
The moves to purge federal regulatory agencies would leave consumers and markets vulnerable to fraud and corruption, Sen. Elizabeth Warren says.
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister and top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Friday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 20, 2025
Japan mulls reviewing car safety rules to strike deal with Trump
By Hideyuki Sano
The report comes after Japan’s chief negotiator Ryosei Akazawa kicked off tariff discussions with U.S. counterparts in Washington last week.
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 18, 2025
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla creator Toho
By Kazuaki Nagata
Investor sentiment may favor Japanese companies that continue to issue earnings forecasts, especially during this period of uncertainty and market volatility.
RBC BlueBay Asset Management has shifted to an overweight position in 30-year bonds, as it believes the Bank of Japan may not be in a hurry to raise rates.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 18, 2025
BlueBay piles into Japanese bonds, ditching bets on deeper fall
By Naomi Tajitsu
The firm has shifted to an overweight position in 30-year bonds over the past week as the U.S. trade war darkens the economic outlook.
Workers iron items of clothing at a Thai Son S.P. Co. garment factory in Binh Thuan province, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on April 10.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 17, 2025
Vietnam’s factory-based growth model at risk in global trade war
By Nguyen Xuan Quynh and John Boudreau
For factory owners, what happens beyond a 90-day pause in tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump is a big question mark.
A sign outside the headquarters of JP Morgan Chase & Co in New York in 2013
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 14, 2025
JPMorgan analyst says he now tempers public comments on U.S. tariffs
By Scott Murdoch
Michael Cembalest, chair of market and investment strategy and a Wall Street veteran, said he had not been able to fully express his views.
A pedestrian walks past an electronic board showing the morning numbers on the Tokyo Stock Exchange along a street in the Japanese capital on Friday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 13, 2025
Punch drunk traders across Asia ready for another week of drama
Even though investors were fearful of events last weekend, the reaction in markets was more extreme than many countenanced.

China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
California says it overtakes Japan to become world’s No. 4 economy
Vehicles travel along the 110 freeway in downtown Los Angeles. California's GDP has overtaken Japan's to become the world's fourth largest economy, according to the U.S. state.
Arunima Mazumdar: ‘Japanese literature has a niche but deeply engaged readership in India’
Arunima Mazumdar, a New Delhi-based communications professional, began sharing her love of Japanese literature online in 2022. The platform has grown into a robust community known as Dokusha Book Club.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.
Japan struggles with gray zone of AI deepfakes exploiting children
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
‘Wildcat Dome’ challenges Japan's historical narratives
On the surface, "Wildcat Dome" tells a personal story of damaged children — now adults — bound together by tragedy. Underneath, there’s a constant undercurrent of political consequence, invisible and pervasive like radioactive particles.
Reclaiming Sanya, one meal at a time
Magokoro Yoshihira (center) is the managing director of Yui Associates, which operates the neighborhood fixtures of Sanya Cafe and Juyoh Hotel. Yusuke Takahashi (left) met Yoshihira during a difficult period in his life and now works as the cafe’s chef. Nancy Anne (right) has worked for over 10 years at Juyoh Hotel and enjoys the multicultural environment.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.

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