Commentary / Japan Feb 23, 2018
The lessons of Davos 2018 for Japan
by Heizo Takenaka
The government needs to recognize the difference with other countries in its seriousness toward economic reforms and take much deeper steps.
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Business / Corporate Feb 8, 2018
Better employee training needed to prepare for 'fourth industrial revolution,' Suntory chief says
by Sayuri Daimon
Takeshi Niinami, chief executive officer of Suntory Holdings Ltd., believes that companies and governments need to offer proper training and education to their employees with a long-term view toward new technologies as people still lack the skills needed for "the fourth industrial revolution." "Technology will ...
Commentary / World Jan 29, 2018
Global takeaways from Trump's Davos speech
by John Lloyd
The U.S. president's speech was crafted for a kind of virtual togetherness — a merging of 'America First' with everybody else as partners.
Business / Economy Jan 27, 2018
BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda didn't revise price outlook in Davos remark, central bank says
The Bank of Japan said Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda wasn't revising the inflation outlook when he said in Davos on Friday that consumer prices are finally moving close to the 2 percent target. "There are some indications that wages are actually rising, and some prices have ...
Business / Economy Jan 27, 2018
Trump woos Davos with TPP trade deal shift, says U.S. is 'open for business'
U.S. President Donald Trump took his "America first" message to the world's elite on Friday, telling a summit of business and political leaders that the United States would "no longer turn a blind eye" to what he described as unfair trade practices. Trump became the ...
Business Jan 26, 2018
Trump says U.S. would consider rejoining TPP if the terms are improved
U.S. President Donald Trump says he might rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership if the United States can strike a “substantially better” deal on the free trade pact.
Business Jan 26, 2018
Trump poised to pitch 'America First' to skeptical Davos elite
U.S. President Donald Trump strode into the lion's den to confront the world's political and business elite on Thursday, as his "America First" administration executes an anti-globalist manifesto in trade, taxes and currency rates. A year after taking office, Trump joined the World Economic Forum ...
Business / Financial Markets Jan 26, 2018
President Donald Trump waded into the uproar over the U.S. currency Thursday, saying he wants to see "a strong dollar," countering comments by his Treasury secretary that appeared to signal the opposite and sent the greenback plunging to three-year lows. It was an inauspicious start ...
Business | FOCUS Jan 25, 2018
It can topple governments, confer international bragging rights and pretty much obsessed the government of China once the country began its long march back to economic prowess. But is gross domestic product outliving its usefulness as a metric of economic size, and is it stoking ...
World Jan 24, 2018
Colombia calls for emergency plan for Venezuela over concerns its collapse is imminent
Colombia's finance minister called on Wednesday for an emergency plan to help neighboring Venezuela after what he said will be its imminent collapse. "The collapse of the (Venezuelan) economy is close," minister Mauricio Cardenas said on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, ...
Business Jan 24, 2018
At Davos, Modi calls out isolationist trends as attention turns to how Trump will respond
by Sayuri Daimon
The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum kicked off Tuesday in Davos, Switzerland, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi openly railing against anti-globalization and urging a halt to isolationist trends. "I see that many societies and countries are becoming more and more focused on ...
Entertainment News Jan 24, 2018
Actress Cate Blanchett, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, drew laughs when she jokingly speculated about playing first lady Melania Trump on screen, saying she would not approach such a role from a "Free Melania" point of view. The comment came ...