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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2020
U.K. says it aims to join Trans-Pacific free trading group
The United Kingdom announced Wednesday it would pursue accession to a revamped version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 11, 2020
Fed sees zero rates through 2022 and commits to keep buying bonds
All policymakers expect the funds rate to stay near zero through 2021, and perhaps beyond, to address 'considerable risks” over the medium term.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 9, 2020
Time to build the post-pandemic world order
This is not only a battle about now but also over what comes next.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 9, 2020
It's official: U.S. economy entered recession in February
Gross domestic product for the April-June period is expected to show an annualized decline of perhaps 20 percent or more.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 9, 2020
How to stay cool as planet warms? Singapore may have a solution
In Singapore, close to the Equator, temperatures regularly rise above 32 degrees Celsius (90 Fahrenheit) — but inside the soaring glass greenhouses of Gardens by the Bay, the country’s award-winning botanical park, it’s a pleasant 24 degrees.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2020
IPOs revive with Warner Music, NetEase kicking off $6.4 billion week
Warner Music is set to price its IPO of as much as $1.8 billion within the marketed range on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2020
Pandemic opens door to ideas new and old for a better economy
Governments have already cast aside dogmas at least temporarily to protect companies and jobs in the deepest peacetime recession in almost a century.
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.
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
COMMENTARY / World
May 23, 2020
Tropical storms are growing
People who live in areas with extreme weather know storms are getting worse. Now there is hard data to prove it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2020
The new empty argument against trade
The pandemic has not strengthened the case for domestic production over global supply chains
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 19, 2020
What did eight weeks and $3 trillion buy U.S. in fight against virus?
Many analysts fear the country has at best fought back worst-case outcomes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 18, 2020
At a critical moment, the WTO loses its leader
There is a powerful and growing need for an effective world trade body.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 18, 2020
Managing the coming global debt crisis
Suspending developing economies' debt didn't work in the 1980s and it won't work now.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 18, 2020
Unpriceable risk of climate change stalks $31 trillion sovereign debt market
How much growth are societies willing to sacrifice to counter climate change and how will that affect the sovereign debt market?
BUSINESS / Economy
May 18, 2020
World monetary policy stance may not be as easy as it appears
Policy could be tighter than it looks because the pace of government borrowing is surpasing the record stimulus of central banks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 15, 2020
Negative rates unlikely to help in pandemic fight, says ex-BOJ official
There is 'near-consensus' among global central banks that negative rates have huge drawbacks, according to Sayuri Shirai
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 14, 2020
Good clean fun? Holidays reinvented for the coronavirus age
No more feasting from the hotel buffet, showing off your tan under the disco lights or impromptu dips in the swimming pool — holidaying during the coronavirus pandemic will be a more sanitized affair.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 13, 2020
Asia needs a megaphone
The region's rise demands attention to a broader cross section of its thinkers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 11, 2020
‘Hidden’ defaults set to soar as recession squeezes firms worldwide
The COVID-19 outbreak and unprecedented lockdowns prompted the International Monetary Fund to predict that the recession would be the steepest in almost a century.
Transport ministry issues warning to Haneda Airport operator
The operator of Tokyo's Haneda Airport has been warned by the government over its inappropriate transactions.
Xi defiance pays off as Trump meets most China trade demands
Then-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits a school in South Gate, California, in February 2012. Experts say Xi won big in his standoff with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Nissan shares surge as carmaker set to cut 20,000 jobs in huge overhaul
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on cars and car parts imported to the U.S. have been painful to most global brands, but crippling in Nissan’s case.
Japan might be playing long game in U.S. tariff talks
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House earlier this year. Ishiba said Monday that farmers won't be sacrificed for automakers in Japan's tariff negotiations with the U.S.
More details emerge about stabbing near Tokyo University metro station
Yoshitaka Toda, the suspect in Wednesday's knife attack at Todaimae Station on the Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line, leaves a police station in the Japanese capital the same day for a pre-detention medical examination.
Sculpted waves, sleek updos: Showa hairstyles are back in fashion
The larger-than-life hairstyles of Japan's Showa Era are unmistakable — and they're making a comeback.
Consumption tax set to dominate Upper House election debate
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan should produce its own AI defense solutions, Sakana AI CEO says
Sakana AI CEO David Ha speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Nissan gets ‘wake-up call’ with $4.5 billion annual net loss
Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa in Tokyo as the company releases its results
Japan set for bigger role in Philippines after SDF’s debut in key drills
Philippine Army Brig. Gen. Michael Logico, who was involved in managing the latest iteration of the Balikatan U.S.-Philippine drills, told The Japan Times that he expects military ties with Japan to surge even further once Tokyo ratifies a key visiting-forces agreement with Manila.

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