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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 30, 2015
The Bank of Japan is China's biggest cheerleader
Unless Japan tends to its own economic problems, it will inevitably get dragged ever deeper into China's.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / ANALYSIS
Aug 30, 2015
China's financial woes draw parallels with Japan's crash in late 1990s
As China's stock markets have lurched wildly, seeding dramatic falls around the world, some have drawn parallels with the global financial crisis of 2008 or the Asian version a decade earlier. They are weak comparisons.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 30, 2015
China's journey from new normal to stock market crisis epicenter
In late January, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shared a proverb with global leaders in a keynote speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 29, 2015
China to flex muscles during World War II parade with display of high-tech weapons
From ballistic missiles to fighter jets, China has rolled out a host of high-tech weaponry ahead of a parade next week commemorating victory over Japan in World War II, in a signal of Beijing's growing confidence in its military might.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2015
Troubles in Russia, China slow Kremlin's pivot to Asia
A growing economic crisis in Russia and a growth slowdown in China that has rattled world markets means about $113 billion worth of joint projects ranging from gas pipelines to power grids have been stalled or delayed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 28, 2015
Dow wows with second-biggest two-day gain since '08 as data shine, rate-hike fears fade
Wall Street rallied more than 2 percent on Thursday as strong U.S. economic data and hints that a September interest-rate hike was unlikely fueled optimism that the worst of recent market turmoil was over.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2015
Global economy is heading for a perfect storm
A perfect storm composed of three financial crises is poised to batter the global economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 27, 2015
Market mayhem shakes brokers out of usual August lull
On Daiwa Securities Group Inc.'s Tokyo trading floor, Yukio Ikehata is spending more time listening to clients than processing orders to buy stocks.
EDITORIALS
Aug 26, 2015
Sources of turbulence not gone
Developments in the Chinese economy need to be closely watched not just for their stock market repercussions but also for their impact on Japan's growth.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 26, 2015
Food and fuel behind the inter-Korean blowup?
The latest military standoff on the Korean Peninsula likely had far more to do with North Korea-China relations than ties between Pyongyang and Seoul.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 26, 2015
India, Australia to hold naval drills with eye on China
India and Australia will hold their first ever joint naval drills next month, as the two countries seek to deepen defense ties and counter China's growing sway in the Indian Ocean.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 26, 2015
China slide turns Wall Street rally into rout; Dow down 10.5% in five sessions
A rally on Wall Street evaporated on Tuesday and stocks ended with deep losses as concerns about China's economy outweighed lower valuations that some earlier saw as bargains.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 25, 2015
China, North Korea to open border trade zone in October
China and North Korea will open a border trade zone in October, Chinese state media said on Tuesday, the latest effort to boost economic ties despite tension between the countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2015
The value of China's devaluation
China's currency devaluation has advanced its strategic goal of turning the RMB into an international reserve currency — and, in the long term, into a credible global challenger to the U.S. dollar.
EDITORIALS
Aug 25, 2015
Market turbulence and the yuan
Japan should brace for a 'China shock' to the global economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 25, 2015
China stocks extend biggest plunge since 1996 on support doubts
Chinese shares plummeted to extend the steepest four-day rout since 1996 on concern the government is abandoning market support measures.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 25, 2015
Senior North Korean official to attend China WW II parade next week
A senior North Korean official will visit China next week to attend a military parade in Beijing marking 70 years since the end of World War II, a top Chinese diplomat said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 25, 2015
U.S. markets falter after volatile day of trading
U.S. stock indexes plunged almost 4 percent on Monday as investors, rattled about China's economy, sold heavily in an unusually volatile session that confirmed the benchmark S&P 500 was formally in a correction.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 24, 2015
China to grant rare prisoner amnesties for war anniversary
China plans to grant prisoner amnesties to mark this year's commemorations of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, only the eighth time this has happened since the Communists took power in 1949, state-controlled Xinhua News Agency said on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 24, 2015
Abe won't visit Beijing for WWII parade
Contrary to earlier media reports, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided not to visit China in early September, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
A street in Suttsu, Hokkaido, with a sign put up by an anti-nuclear organization. The small community is considering hosting a facility that would hold nuclear waste.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.

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