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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2023

BOJ watchers see earlier policy shift after December’s surprise

While a survey of 43 economists showed all but one predicting the central bank to leave policy unchanged next week, some 38% of respondents now forecast moves either in April or June.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 13, 2023

World economy walks tightrope between recession and soft landing

A variety of factors are combining to dissipate some of the gloom that engulfed financial markets at the end of 2022.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 28, 2022

Haruhiko Kuroda spent 2022 showing the courage to be disliked

Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda ticked nearly everyone off in a chaotic year. He won't care.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2022

Shipping’s oil era is coming to an end

It's a good start, but reducing shipping's carbon footprint it's not the holy grail of decarbonization. That would entail plugging the industry into the emerging hydrogen economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 14, 2022

Bank of Japan policy review likely in 2023, economists say

All 47 economists polled expect no change in the BOJ's negative interest rate and yield curve control program at the end of the two-day gathering on Dec. 20.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 14, 2022

Fed to downshift to half-point hike but points to higher peak

The tricky part for Chairman Jerome Powell will be convincing investors that this isn't a dovish pivot and that officials won't prematurely end their assault against inflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 5, 2022

The year’s big yen short set for a dramatic U-turn in 2023

Analysts' bullishness is a marked change in tune from September, when hedge funds couldn't get enough of shorting the yen — a high profile casualty of the BOJ's ultradovish monetary policy.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2022

From Kyoto Protocol to ‘fossil’ awards: Japan’s climate image stained by inaction

A quarter century after Japan hosted the COP3 climate talks where the Kyoto Protocol was adopted, the country's record at the national level is a study in contrasts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 1, 2022

U.S. Fed chair signals rate hikes will slow, likely next month, but continue

Policy-sensitive two-year Treasury yields fell on Powell's remarks, erasing increases on the day, and the dollar slipped in value against major rivals on foreign-exchange markets.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Nov 18, 2022

Celebrities give a needed boost to Japan’s podcast industry

Companies are putting in greater efforts to make the podcast medium mainstream by teaming up with high-profile names such as Hideo Kojima to drive a shift in listener interest.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 8, 2022

High-tech tensions in the Japan-U.S. relationship

Diverging perceptions between Japan and the United States of China business opportunities on technology spell trouble.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2022

Vulnerable yen’s bigger problem now importers, not speculators

Japan's need for foreign goods creates constant demand for dollars that is insensitive to yield differentials, technical levels and expectations for monetary policy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2022

Production returns to Japan as firms review supply chains and take advantage of weak yen

The historic depreciation of the yen may become a major turning point for manufacturers that long ago moved much of their production operations overseas.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 17, 2022

Tokyo traders speculate on possibility of stealth intervention in yen

By one estimate, authorities may have spent around u00a51 trillion to support the currency.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 1, 2022

Can’t go forward, won’t go back: Truss’s government off to disastrous start

Less than a month in No. 10 Downing Street, Liz Truss and her team have already adopted an us-against-the-world mentality.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 22, 2022

U.S. Federal Reserve intensifies its battle against inflation

The central bank raises interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point, causing markets to slump. Officials expect further increases.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 8, 2022

Yen dips even as Japan says all options on table over currency's slide

Japan's chief foreign exchange official sent the country's strongest warning yet on the yen's movements, but the government's policy appeared largely unchanged.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Sep 2, 2022

Yen at ¥140 piles pressure on Japan’s unified policy front

As angst among households and businesses continues to rise over soaring energy and import costs, cracks may begin to emerge in the united front the government and BOJ have so far shown.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2022

Yen at risk of further declines after breaching key ¥140 level

The slide in the yen reflects a growing split between the Bank of Japan, which is keeping policy loose to bolster the economy, and the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 25, 2022

Bank of Japan chief would hold easing policy even if inflation hits 3%, survey shows

Most analysts said that a further acceleration to 3%, the highest since 1991 excluding tax-hike years, wouldn't increase the likelihood of policy change before Kuroda's term ends in April.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2022

Poorer nations face unrest as wealthy countries snap up fuel

Already, gas deliveries that were scheduled for Pakistan or India are being redirected to Europe, where buyers are able to afford higher prices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 18, 2022

China’s lure for European companies outshines flaring tensions

Investment from the European Union into China was up 15% in the first half of 2022 compared with a year ago, data has shown.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 13, 2022

New-look Padres on mission to slay 'dragon' in Los Angeles

San Diego's bold moves at the trade deadline made it clear that they're all-in on the dragon chasing.
The U.S. dollar struggled to make headway as an unprecedented two-day surge in its Taiwanese counterpart spilled over to other regional peers.
BUSINESS / Markets
May 6, 2025

Dollar under pressure as Asian counterparts charge higher

The Taiwan dollar on Monday surged to a three-year high of 29.59 per dollar, having leapt 8% in two days.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda speaks during a conference hosted by the bank's Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies in Tokyo on Tuesday. Ueda gave the yen a boost by clearly indicating his intention to continue raising the benchmark interest rate if the economy improves as expected.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 27, 2025

Yen rises as Ueda indicates BOJ is still eyeing more rate hikes

The yen rose as high as 142.12 against the dollar immediately after Ueda's remarks.
A Donald Trump 2024 campaign hat on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
BUSINESS / Markets
May 29, 2025

'It’s called negotiation': Trump bristles at ‘TACO trade’ betting on him backing down

The acronym — which stands for Trump Always Chickens Out — was coined by a Financial Times columnist and has since been adopted by traders.
Junko Koeda, one of the latest members of the Bank of Japan's policy board, speaks during an interview at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 9, 2025

New board member hints at possible raising of BOJ's price outlook

Junko Koeda, a former Waseda University economics professor, on Monday gave her first media interview since joining the board in March.

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