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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 19, 2017
Manufacturing surge, labor crunch show U.S. economic health, Fed says
A pickup in manufacturing, "widespread" reports of labor shortages and improving business investment set the stage for the Federal Reserve's December rate hike amid signs of steady economic growth across the country, the Fed reported Wednesday in its latest Beige Book compendium of economic conditions....
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 27, 2016
Hiking Japan's autumn trails provides a great escape
Picture your workday, and then your week. Imagine the discomfort of the morning train or the slow crawl of traffic. Think about your place of work.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2016
On streets of Tokyo, opinion divided over tax-hike delay
Passers-by polled by reporters in Tokyo on Wednesday were split over the prospect of another delay to the consumption tax hike.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 1, 2016
Abe delays tax hike weeks before election
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday announced he is pushing back a second-stage hike in the consumption tax, from April next year to October of 2019.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 1, 2016
As voters welcome Japan's tax-hike delay, experts warn on costs
Economy mavens are split over the merits of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to delay the consumption tax hike to 2019.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 30, 2016
LDP grandees fall into line on postponing second-stage tax hike
Despite their earlier opposition, top executives in the Liberal Democratic Party effectively endorse Abe's plan to shelve the planned second-stage hike of the unpopular consumption tax.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 27, 2016
G-7 broadly agrees on ways to spur growth
Leaders agree to better cooperate on fiscal measures, but they remain sharply divided on how much each country should spend.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 30, 2015
Fed signals plans to set rate hike stage with just a phone test, for now
The Federal Reserve has set up a new system for holding press conferences by telephone, increasing the central bank's flexibility to explain an interest rate hike in months when one of its quarterly press sessions is not already scheduled.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 7, 2015
Weak job data ease rate hike jitters, lift Wall Street
U.S. stocks rose on Monday as expectations the Federal Reserve will push any interest rate increases further into the year offset concerns over Friday's surprisingly weak jobs report.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2015
Tepco to mull rate hike if it can't restart Niigata nuclear complex
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it will need to consider raising electricity rates for the first time since 2012 unless it can restart the world's biggest nuclear plant.

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