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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 2, 2023
Global economy faces tougher year in 2023, IMF's Georgieva warns
The new year is going to be 'tougher than the year we leave behind,' IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Oct 23, 2022
Poor nations face peril over elusive G20 debt relief push
Results under the Common Framework have proven elusive, hampered by a combination of a lack of progress in bringing key creditors around the table and getting them to commit to joint action.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 16, 2022
Guardians of world economy told to ‘buckle up’ as outlook dims
As the talks ended on Saturday, leaders in global finance pondered the impact of recent moves in the U.K., Saudi Arabia, China and Russia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 14, 2022
IMF sees Japan currency intervention as 'signaling' move with short-term impact
Markets are focusing on whether Japan will step in again, as stronger-than-expected U.S. inflation data pushed the dollar to a fresh 32-year high.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 12, 2022
IMF warns ‘worst is yet to come’ as steps to slow inflation raise risks
The IMF cut its forecast for global growth next year to 2.7%, from the 2.9% seen in July and 3.8% in January.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Sep 7, 2022
With an IMF deal in hand, Sri Lanka now courts China and India
To get debt to a sustainable level, Beijing, New Delhi, Tokyo, multilateral organizations and global asset managers must all swallow losses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 27, 2022
IMF top economist sees Japan's monetary easing as appropriate
Top IMF chief downplayed concerns that a weaker yen due to low interest rates in Japan will adversely affect the country's economy by pushing up import prices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 27, 2022
World may be heading toward recession, IMF warns
If the thicket of threats continues to intensify, the world economy faces one of its weakest years since 1970, a period of intense stagflation across the globe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 25, 2022
U.S. recession would be 'necessary price' to defeat inflation, IMF chief says
For 2023, U.S. growth is expected to slow to 1.7%, but 'narrowly avoid' a recession, according to the annual review of the country's economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 20, 2022
One dead after police fire on Sri Lanka protesters amid IMF bailout talks
Demonstrations have raged across the South Asian island country of 22 million people for weeks over the government's mishandling of the economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 18, 2022
Sri Lanka's reluctance to tap IMF helped push it into an economic abyss
Faced with a rapidly deteriorating economic environment, the government chose to wait, instead of moving quickly and seeking help.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 7, 2022
IMF cuts Japan's growth forecast over hit from Ukraine war fallout
The IMF now expects Japan's economy to grow 2.4% this year, lower than a projection for 3.3% expansion made in January.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 3, 2022
IMF staff cut critical coal language from Japan statement
A copy of an earlier draft stated that Japan should end exceptions to its pledge to halt coal financing and phase out of existing commitments to support coal projects abroad.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2022
There is a big economic and political cost to closed minds
One of the main reasons for the uneven COVID-19 recovery has more to do with politics than economics as support for aggressive nationalistic trade barriers has grown sharply in recent years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2022
China's January factory activity contracts as COVID-19 lockdowns bite
China's factory activity contracted at the sharpest rate in 23 months in January, underscoring the huge economic costs from the country's 'COVID zero' approach.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 26, 2022
Slowdowns in U.S. and China will hold back global growth, report says
Higher inflation, supply chain chokepoints, and pandemic-related shutdowns and worker shortages continue to afflict rich and poor nations, the IMF said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2022
IMF chief urges debt-laden nations to act now to avoid problems
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said that her worry is greatest for low-income countries because 60% are in debt distress or in danger of reaching that point.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 30, 2021
Sri Lankan ministers plan meeting to consider seeking IMF bailout
Sri Lanka struggles with limited options to address upcoming debt maturities.
Naked man’s rampage in Saitama linked to one fatality and 10 injured
Police believe Daisuke Nishimura may have been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest, including a fatal hit-and-run and multiple assaults.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Japan brings forward deadline for electronic travel authorization system
Japan is planning to implement by March 2029 a new online screening system in which foreign visitors who don’t need a visa apply for a certification before entering the country.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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