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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 8, 2013
Anshu Jain brings Deutsche Bank to world as client's man
Twelve days into his job as co-CEO of Deutsche Bank AG, Anshu Jain stood beside Germany's finance minister and in front of video images of lush forests and rolling rivers as hundreds of businessmen sang the national anthem.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
May 7, 2013
Anticipation: How high will mortgage interest go?
After 20 years housing loan interest rates are ready to rise.
COMMENTARY / World
May 6, 2013
New opportunities for ADB
Once again a leader from Japan has the opportunity to bring the Asian Development Bank into the modern world and to elevate the organization above backroom deals.
JAPAN
May 3, 2013
Nation's first egg bank deluged with donors
Japan's first egg bank for infertile women is expected to log its first donors this month, with 38 out of 100 applicants already selected.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 16, 2013
World Bank pushes Asia stimulus end
Asia's emerging economies should consider reining in monetary stimulus to curb the risks of asset bubbles and inflation as policy easing in developed nations, including Japan, spur capital inflows, the World Bank said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 13, 2013
Regional bank debuts nation's first drive-through branch
Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank, headquartered in Gifu Prefecture, unveiled a drive-through branch Friday in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, that allows customers for the first time in Japan to use teller windows and ATMs without getting out of their vehicles.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 11, 2013
Japan: a most interesting story in economics
Regardless of whether the Japanese economy makes a Keynesian recovery or enters a gargantuan sovereign debt crisis, there will be lessons for all.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Apr 8, 2013
Team Abe's grand plan leaves ghosts in charge of a haunted house
As I observe Team Abe in action at the helm of the Bank of Japan and elsewhere, a rather terrifying passage from a poem by William Hughes Mearns comes to mind:
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2013
Cyprus mess portends unsafe world for deposits
The controversy over a Cyprus bailout plan the past week raises fears that future financial crises in Europe will trigger bank runs by worried depositors.
EDITORIALS
Mar 20, 2013
BOJ must proceed with caution
The Bank of Japan has agreed to adopt a 2 percent inflation target, but the BOJ is asking for trouble if it makes such a price rise its ultimate goal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2013
Top finance official eyed for ADB slot
The government will field leading financial official Takehiko Nakao as a candidate to replace current Asian Development Bank chief Haruhiko Kuroda, who has been nominated to be the new governor of the Bank of Japan, sources said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 7, 2013
Mr. Kuroda's high hopes
Bank of Japan presidential nominee Haruhiko Kuroda tells confirmation lawmakers that he will do anything he can to push Japan off its deflation path.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 6, 2013
BofA surge affirms Buffett bet as Moynihan's gaffes fade
Brian Moynihan was impatient. It was August 2011, and the Bank of America Corp. chief executive officer was reviewing plans to impose a $5 monthly fee on debit-card users.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 21, 2013
From ADB to BOJ: a 'twofer' for Abe?
As President Barack Obama struggles to get his Defense and Treasury choices in place, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has his own personnel challenges.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 19, 2013
Abe's pick for BOJ chief coming soon
With Masaaki Shirakawa stepping down as governor of the Bank of Japan on March 19, three weeks earlier than scheduled, the process to select his successor is accelerating.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 12, 2013
ADB president Kuroda downplays speculation over central bank role
Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda voices support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's financial policies but keeps mum about speculation he may become the next Bank of Japan governor.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 10, 2013
Gold rush: Japan Inc. flocks to Myanmar
Political reforms are happening because the military/political leaders wanted to end their nation's isolation and benefit from having a more prosperous economy.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 7, 2013
'Abenomic' hopes and fears
"Abenomics" is now a buzzword at home and abroad. Even before taking office, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had strongly demanded that the Bank of Japan take action to end deflation and set an inflation target that would drive the yen lower.
EDITORIALS
Jan 23, 2013
Manipulation of a key index
Even during Japan's bubble economy of the late '80s, average annual inflation was 0.7 percentage point shy of the just-adopted 2 percent target.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2012
Award-winning Born a global success
Participants from around the world attending the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group in Tokyo were treated to award-winning sake during a hospitality event in the glitzy Ginza shopping district on Oct. 11.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Japan’s record-low children population weighs on growth
The number of children 14 years old or younger fell for the 43rd straight year to around 14.01 million as of April 1.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
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.

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