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ECONOMY

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 29, 2020
Japan bankruptcies seen rising to seven-year high amid pandemic
A global economic slowdown triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic is causing companies to go out of business around the world.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 29, 2020
World urged to rebuild greener, more equal economies after coronavirus
Plans to rebuild shattered economies after the new coronavirus pandemic offer a chance to create greener, fairer societies amid growing anger worldwide at rising inequality, the civil society group CIVICUS said on Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 28, 2020
Three ways Congress can save the U.S. economy
These measures can work no matter what your ideology.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 27, 2020
The right economic response to the COVID-19 crisis
Extraordinary measures are needed.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 27, 2020
Abe Cabinet OKs another ¥117 trillion package to fend off COVID-19 fallout
The new package is aimed at further shoring up steps to help individuals and companies that are financially struggling due to the coronavirus.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 26, 2020
BOJ governor says ready to do more for economy after emergency lifts
Haruhiko Kuroda said Japan's economy and price growth would remain weak for the time being, sticking to his pessimistic view.
BUSINESS / Markets
May 26, 2020
Virus turmoil wipes out year’s growth for Australia pensions
Assets under management fell 7.7 percent to 2.73 trillion Australian dollars ($1.8 trillion) in the three months to March 31.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 25, 2020
Japan government considers further pandemic relief of more than ¥100 trillion, report says
The package would be funded by a second extra budget for fiscal 2020 and follow the record u00a5117 trillion spending plan deployed last month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
May 25, 2020
Even as virus eases, the worst may be yet to come for Abe
Japan's coronavirus emergency was coming to an end, but Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's political troubles may be just beginning.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 24, 2020
It's time to face the real risks posed by COVID-19
The economic and social damage caused by anti-infection measures is far more harmful than the virus.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 24, 2020
Good riddance to China's scrapped growth target
These figures had outlived their usefulness and only fueled cynicism about accuracy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / EXPLAINER
May 24, 2020
New lows: What do near-negative oil prices mean for Japan's economy?
The benchmark U.S. oil price fell below zero last month for the first time in history.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 22, 2020
Japan finance and BOJ chiefs vow in rare meeting to use all tools to combat virus fallout
The pair vowed to deploy all necessary fiscal and monetary policy tools to combat the widening fallout from the pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 22, 2020
As inflation turns negative, BOJ keeps focus on helping businesses
Data released earlier in the day showing the nation's key inflation rate falling below zero for the first time in more than three years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 22, 2020
Elderly workers, once key to Abenomics, suffer as businesses close
In a country with the world's oldest population, elderly workers fill roles as shop clerks, cleaners and taxi drivers.
Luxury Tokyo penthouse sold for over $65 million in new record
Sales of luxury properties in Tokyo, like Azabudai Hills’ Aman Residences, have pushed up average real estate prices in the capital.
Bags of rice at half price will hit stores by early June, Koizumi says
Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi visits a supermarket to check the prices of rice on Friday in Koto.
Lessons from India-Pakistan war: Were China's arms overrated?
A Chinese J-10B fighter jet is put on display at the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, China, in October 2016. The short May conflict between India and Pakistan became a live trial for Chinese arms, exposing vulnerabilities in its fighter aircraft and air defense systems.
U.S. Marine arrested for Okinawa hit-and-run that injured four
Members of the Okinawa Prefectural Police and the U.S. military conduct a joint patrol in the city of Okinawa in April. Prefectural police arrested a U.S. Marine for an alleged hit-and-run case on Sunday.
Ukraine's key allies no longer limiting range of weapons, Germany's Merz says
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz takes part in a discussion during the opening of the 'Re:publica 25' digital conference in Berlin on Tuesday.
As ASEAN touts unity, Philippines seeks consensus on South China Sea
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (center), locks hands with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (left) and Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah during a group photo at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
Eagle nest discovery sparks opposition to megasolar project
The white-tailed eagle's wintering grounds include Hokkaido, northern Honshu, the Russian coast, the southern Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kuril Islands.
Fighters already showing last season's playoff run was no fluke
Fighters starter Hiromi Ito pitches against the Hawks in Fukuoka on April 29.
A moving meditation: Finding serenity in tea ceremony across space and time
Drawn to tea ceremony while volunteering at a Japanese garden in Phoenix, Arizona, Michele Laudig (right) came to learn a “common language of movement and ritual” that brought her into new communities in New York City and Tokyo.
Are microplastics hurting our fertility?
A worker sorts plastic waste for recycling at Minato Resource Recycle Center in Tokyo in 2019. Japan has been criticized by environmental groups for its strategy on plastics, which is heavily reliant on recycling instead of reduction.

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Construction equipment sits idle in a park near Shiba Toshogu shrine in Tokyo's Minato Ward. While Japan has a history of treating its trees with reverence, green coverage is said to be lacking in most of the major cities.
Do Japan's trees no longer occupy the sacred space they used to?
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