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GLOBAL ECONOMY

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 11, 2025
Trump ratchets up U.S.-China trade war with new levies and export controls
The actions signaled the biggest rupture in relations in four months between Beijing and Washington — the world's biggest factory and its biggest consumer.
Employees assemble a Gazon Next truck at Gorkovsky Automobile Plant in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 10, 2025
Russia's industrial titans furlough workers as its war economy stalls
The push to reduce wage bills shows the toll the conflict in Ukraine and the Western sanctions are taking on corporate Russia and on the workers of its heavy industry plants.
Against the yen, the dollar was last up 0.53% at ¥152.7. It earlier reached ¥152.99, the highest since Feb. 14, and has risen from ¥147.44 on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 9, 2025
Yen weakest since mid-February on fiscal fears
The dollar has likely benefited from a lack of U.S. government economic data as the federal government remains shut.
Despite concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and global trade disruptions, the dollar remains dominant in global finance, with the Chinese yuan gaining ground but still far from challenging its supremacy.
COMMENTARY
Oct 8, 2025
Best evidence yet that the U.S. dollar isn’t close to being dead
The dollar was on one side of 89.2% of all trades, up a touch from the 2022 result.
Only a country with absolute indispensability in critical goods — like China — can withstand Donald Trump and America’s tariff onslaught.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Oct 7, 2025
Trump weaponizes American trade policy
The U.S. may have an indispensable domestic market for some trading partners, but China has indispensable goods and America cannot easily substitute for them.
The Daimler Freightliner truck assembly plant in Derramadero, Coahuila state, Mexico
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 7, 2025
Trump announces new 25% large truck tariff starting Nov. 1
It was unclear if a previous Japan-U.S. deal limiting duties on light-duty vehicles would apply under the newly announced tariffs.
An investor watches a board showing stock information at a brokerage office in Beijing.
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Oct 6, 2025
Thriving emerging markets look poised to wrap up banner year
Sentiment has rarely been this buoyant, with an HSBC Holdings survey showing emerging markets fund managers as the most bullish since the start of 2021.
The European Commission's High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas (left) and Commissioner for Trade Maros Sefcovic present EU-Mercosur and EU-Mexico trade agreements in Brussels last month.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 2, 2025
Hit by Trump tariffs, rest of world races to forge new trade alliances
New trade pacts may not fully compensate for losses in commerce with a more protectionist America, but rival economies have been spurred into action nonetheless.
People work at an automotive parts factory in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, on April 11. Export powerhouse Japan saw manufacturing activity shrink in September.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 1, 2025
Asian factories struggle as soft China and U.S. demand takes toll
Export powerhouse Japan and global tech hub Taiwan saw manufacturing activity shrink in September, leaving businesses in Asia on fragile footing.
The U.S. dollar has weakened 9.75% since the start of the year against a basket of major trading partners.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 26, 2025
Global debt hits record of nearly $338 trillion, report shows
Total debt in emerging markets rose by $3.4 trillion in the second quarter to a record high of more than $109 trillion.
A logistics center near Tianjin Port, in northern China. The country's economy is expected to grow 4.9% this year before slowing to 4.4% in 2026.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 23, 2025
Full impact of U.S. tariff shock yet to come as growth holds up, OECD says
In its latest Economic Outlook Interim Report, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said the full impact of U.S. tariff hikes was still unfolding.
Gantry cranes and container ships at the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai on May 14. China is hurtling toward a record $1.2 trillion trade surplus.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 23, 2025
China floods the world with cheap exports after Trump's tariffs
The export surge is causing governments to weigh the potential damage to their domestic industries against the risk of antagonizing Beijing.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2025
Trump to impose $100,000 fee per year for H-1B visas, in likely blow to tech
Trump's threat to crack down on H-1B visas has become a major flash point with the tech industry, which contributed millions of dollars to his presidential campaign.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Chequers, in Aylesbury, central England, on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Sep 20, 2025
Trump’s economic team is short some key players amid staff churn
Vacancies stretch across agencies from the Internal Revenue Service to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, both of which are without permanent leaders.
A view of the city skyline in Shanghai. Threats to the global economic order have come at a furious pace during U.S. President Donald Trump's first eight months in office, but the global economy has kept growing.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Sep 19, 2025
Global economy takes Trump shocks in stride, for now
While many players worry that things could still unravel given the right spark, it is a far cry from the most dour predictions early in Trump's term.
European Commission Executive Vice President Stephane Sejourne
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 14, 2025
EU wants to boost economic security cooperation with Japan
Stephane Sejourne said that together, the EU and Japan should tackle issues such as China's overproduction and U.S. protectionist trade policies.
South Korea’s lack of a free trade deal with Mexico puts it at a disadvantage to Japanese rival carmakers.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2025
Mexican tariffs give Japan’s carmakers an edge over Korean rivals
Higher tariffs are expected to apply to a list of more than 1,400 categories of products coming from countries with which Mexico has no trade agreement.
Geopolitical shifts, technological transformation and climate change are reshaping, not reversing, globalization.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2025
What happens next to globalization?
For starters, the rise of China and other economies is bringing an end to the postwar world order dominated by the United States.
U.S. President Donald Trump South Korean leader and Lee Jae Myung meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Aug. 25.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 10, 2025
U.S. and South Korea in deadlock over $350 billion investment fund
Seoul has been emphasizing to U.S. officials that it cannot accept the same terms as Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge finalized last week.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on April 2.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 10, 2025
U.S. Supreme Court to review Trump tariffs on fast-track schedule
The justices said they will hear arguments in the first week of November, an unusually aggressive schedule that suggests the court will try to resolve the case quickly.
Bear kills another person in Japan in record year for fatal attacks
Police investigate the scene of a bear attack that killed one person and injured three others on Friday in the village of Higashinaruse in Akita Prefecture.
Tokyo launches English-language international school database
A screenshot of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's international schools portal site
Strong quake shakes Hokkaido as authorities urge vigilance
Kunashiri Island is seen across the Nemuro Strait, just before sunrise from Rausu, Hokkaido. A strong earthquake struck the area at a depth of about 40 kilometers early Saturday.
New tourism minister calls concentration of tourists in certain areas 'very serious'
Tourism minister Yasushi Kaneko holds a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Florian Wiltschko: ‘Shinto helps me understand and live within Japanese culture’
Florian Wiltschko’s interest in Shintoism began with a trip to Japan in his teens. He now serves as the supplicant priest at the 355-year-old Hisai Hachiman Shrine in Mie Prefecture.
Ukyo Shuto's run into Japan Series history shows game is about more than speed
SoftBank's Ukyo Shuto rounds first base after hitting a double in the seventh inning at Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka on Sunday.
Spanish artist and Japanese writer duos diversify the manga talent pool in Japan
"Menheim” is a dark fantasy manga with a story that centers on a girl’s quest to find a cure for her ill brother.
Japan’s youth are apathetic toward the climate crisis. Could anime change that?
“Future Kid Takara,” a series of anime shorts to be aired on NHK Educational TV in November, attempts to educate children about climate change.
Loss to Wallabies doesn't dampen Japan’s optimism
Japan's Michael Leitch controls the ball during the match against Australia on Saturday.
Lentil by lentil, Nepali food takes shape in Tokyo
At Nepalico, the "dal bhat" — a Nepali dish consisting of rice and lentils stewed with spices — with chicken curry is the most popular item on the menu.

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