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OIL PRICES 2

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 16, 2020
Egos and U.S. fracking trigger Russia-Saudi oil price war
The fight between Russia and Saudi Arabia looks like a personal struggle between the leaders of the two countries as well as a broadside at the U.S. fracking industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 15, 2018
'Winter is coming': IMF talks in Bali point to tremors rattling world economy
Woken one night by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake at the IMF annual meetings in Bali, global finance chiefs spent the week assessing the tremors now rippling through the world economy.
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
May 18, 2018
Asia urged to reduce pricey oil dependency as crude hits $80
The cost of Asia's growing thirst for oil will surpass $1 trillion this year, about twice as much as in 2015 and 2016, as oil prices touch $80 per barrel and continental demand hits a record.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 2, 2018
Big U.S. banks accept OPEC was right as they embrace oil near $80
Wall Street's biggest banks have changed sides and are embracing a surge in oil prices.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2017
Attackers blow up Libyan crude pipeline, cutting output by 90,000 barrels per day and sending prices up
Armed men blew up a Libyan pipeline pumping crude oil to Es Sider port on Tuesday, reducing the North African country's output by around 90,000 barrels a day, military and oil sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 20, 2017
Japan logged first trade surplus in six years in fiscal 2016 at ¥4 trillion
Japan posts its first trade surplus since 2011 after low oil prices help reduce the value of its imports.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 8, 2016
Cheap oil boosts Japan's 2015 current account surplus sixfold
The nation's current account surplus grew more than sixfold in 2015 from the previous year to ¥16.64 trillion, boosted by a plunge in crude oil imports and a travel surplus amid the yen's depreciation, government data showed Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2016
Brace for the coming wave of oil-crunch refugees
Oil wealth can be both a blessing and a curse.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 20, 2016
Petroleum's plunge is great news for most of us
The initial shock from the oil collapse might be negative, but it will be outweighed by the positive effects before too long.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 14, 2016
Stocks tumble in Tokyo, largely erasing Wednesday's rebound
Shares fell in Tokyo on Thursday, cutting short Wednesday's rebound, after U.S. stocks tumbled amid declining oil prices and continued anxiety over Chinese growth.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 4, 2015
Consumer confidence rises in October amid cheaper gasoline
Consumer confidence improved in October on the back of lower gasoline prices and more job offers, following a decline the previous month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2015
Japan logs largest January-June current account surplus since 2010
Japan posted a current account surplus of ¥8.18 trillion in the January to June period, the largest since the second half of 2010, as lower crude oil prices pushed down imports and income increased on the back of a weaker yen, the government said Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 4, 2015
Major Japanese firms post robust profit growth in April-June
Major Japanese firms posted robust year-on-year profit rises in the April-June quarter due to the yen's decline, an oil price plunge and fading adverse effects of the consumption tax hike in April 2014, according to data compiled by a major brokerage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 23, 2015
Japan trade deficit shrinks 77% to ¥1.73 trillion
Japan's goods trade deficit in the January to June period shrank 77.4 percent from a year earlier to ¥1.73 trillion ($13.9 billion), due partly to smaller imports on the back of declining crude oil prices, the government said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2015
Oil leaps 5%, most in a month, on Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen
Oil jumped about 5 percent on Thursday, the biggest daily gain in a month, as airstrikes in Yemen by Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies sparked fears that escalation of the Middle East battle could disrupt world crude supplies.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2015
Crude oil trades near two-month high as drilling slows in U.S., Libya pipeline fire slows flow
Oil traded at an almost two-month high in London amid speculation that a slowdown in U.S. drilling may curb production.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 4, 2015
JX Holdings forecasts first full-year loss after crude oil slump
JX Holdings Inc., which gets about 85 percent of its revenue from refining, is forecasting that it will swing to an annual loss of ¥275 billion, after the slump in crude oil led to lower prices for gasoline and other petroleum products.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 27, 2015
An opportunity for East Asia in plunging oil prices
Plunging oil prices present a significant opportunity for most of the region's developing countries to strengthen the competitiveness of their economies and take advantage of the ongoing global recovery.
EDITORIALS
Jan 26, 2015
Making the most of cheaper oil
The steep fall in crude oil prices has certainly benefited consumers, but Japan needs to develop a wise energy policy that shields it from the vagaries of oil-price fluctuations over the long term.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Jan 8, 2015
Big three brokerages paint rosy picture for Japan Inc. in 2015
Some market strategists say major Japanese companies are poised to gain momentum after a solid fiscal 2014 paved the way for reaping even greater windfall from a weaker yen and plunging global oil prices give an extra boost to business activity.

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