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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 7, 2013
APEC's CEOs urged to keep faith in 'Abenomics'
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tried Monday to persuade Asia-Pacific business leaders to have confidence in his economic strategy, pledging to concurrently pursue growth and fiscal discipline while its central bank buys up government debt to artificially stoke 2 percent inflation.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 6, 2013
Abe off to Bali for APEC, TPP meetings
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left for Indonesia on Sunday to join key defense and trade meetings with Asia-Pacific leaders, where cooperation on creating free trade areas will top the agenda.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 5, 2013
APEC ministers call for region's greater economic integration
The trade and foreign ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum on Saturday jointly called for the region's further economic integration as talks on key free trade deals continued on the Indonesian island of Bali.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 5, 2013
China naval activities raised at APEC
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida expresses concern about China's increasingly assertive naval activities at a ministerial meeting of the APEC forum in Indonesia.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 4, 2013
Xi starts regional charm offensive
Kuala Lumpur AFP-JIJI
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 3, 2013
APEC ends prep session without timeline for connectivity target
Senior officials of the 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum concluded preparatory talks Wednesday at a beach resort in Bali, Indonesia, without agreeing on a timeline for creating a "well-connected" region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2013
Japan's inclusion in FTA talks 'changes balance'
As a major economy with considerable influence in the Asia-Pacific region, Japan has a key role to play in setting the rules in multiple regional free trade agreements, the head of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation secretariat said.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 5, 2013
APEC mulls infrastructure advances
Transport ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum gathered Thursday in Tokyo to discuss ways to enhance transportation and increase the free flow of people, goods and capital across the region.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 21, 2013
APEC ministers discuss free trade as TPP remains in focus
Trade ministers of the APEC forum discussed free trade and ways to facilitate investment as their two-day gathering kicked off Saturday in Indonesia.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 19, 2013
TPP in sharp focus as APEC ministers meet
As APEC trade ministers meet in Indonesia this week to discuss strengthening regional trade links, Japan will enter another critical phase for joining the talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which involves many members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
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A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.

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