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POLICY

Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 4, 2020
Will U.S. protests spread coronavirus? Experts say it’s too soon to tell
The demonstrations are a new challenge in efforts to test and trace new infections, a key step to swatting down new clusters of cases.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 4, 2020
New charges in George Floyd case may provide clearer path to conviction
Prosecutors seeking to put a former Minneapolis police officer in prison for the death of George Floyd bolstered allegations on the use of force but stopped short of calling the killing intentional in a move legal experts said could ease the path to a conviction.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2020
Japan's cash balance hits new high as BOJ pumps out money to combat pandemic
The balance of money circulating in Japan's economy reached ¥543 trillion in May, hitting a record high for the second straight month, as the central bank pumped more cash to cushion the blow to businesses and consumers from the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 18, 2020
Central banks have let the genie out of the bottle
If anyone knows how hard it is to roll back extraordinary monetary support, it's Japan.
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
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 13, 2020
Keeping up with the Fed
Economies like Japan will have little choice but to pursue post-pandemic monetary expansion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 11, 2020
Remembering Yukio Okamoto
Japan has lost a true patriot who always did his best for his nation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 8, 2020
BOJ’s monetary easing lags behind U.S. and European central banks
Monetary easing measures adopted by the Bank of Japan lack boldness.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2020
Think the U.S.-China row is bad now? You ain't seen nothing yet
The pandemic has ratcheted Sino-American tensions up to 11.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2020
China wants to rule the waves; here's how the U.S. can stop it
It will take the right kind of 355-ship U.S. Navy to blunt Beijing's goals in the South China Sea and beyond.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 18, 2020
Donald Trump and the great man theory of politics
Trump views foreign leaders who wield dominant power and authority as people who can help him solve international problems.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 16, 2020
Saudi-Russian spat shows Putin is a lot like Trump
The Russian leader's foreign policy is transactional, shortsighted and often counterproductive
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 16, 2020
The Fed's barrage faces some obstacles to success
The U.S. central bank's intervention carries the risk of backfiring.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 11, 2020
A crash course in Coronanomics 101
The effectiveness of macroeconomic tools are limited in the battle against the pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Mar 10, 2020
Bank of Japan prodded to act as COVID-19 spreads, but options limited
Many smaller companies in the tourism, retail and other services sectors have encountered bankruptcy risks as the epidemic disrupts supply chains.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 27, 2020
BOJ board member urges inflation policy review and stronger steps to avert virus-linked recession
A member of its BOJ's Policy Board has called for stronger action by the central bank as the widening fallout from the coronavirus outbreak risks tipping the economy into yet another recession.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2020
Democratic candidates aim to change U.S. foreign policy
The Democratic presidential candidates have no shortage of issues on which to criticize Trump for his handling of foreign policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2020
Hun Sen's political gamble: The COVID-19 epidemic
Cambodia's leader is playing a high-stakes game by downplaying fear of the coronavirus.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2020
U.S. can't afford to lose the Philippines
Cancelling the Visiting Forces Agreement will help al-Qaida and bolster China's hand.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 18, 2020
A more secure Africa is in America's best interests
Terrorism and outside influence threaten to derail the continent's hard-won progress.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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