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RECESSION

In a report Friday, Goldman Sachs economists noted that it’s reasonable to expect the Bank of Japan to start gradually selling ETFs in fiscal 2026 to minimize its loss and the impact on the stock market.
BUSINESS
Jul 14, 2025
BOJ finishes offloading bank stocks, bringing attention to ETFs
The BOJ’s holdings of the shares purchased from banks hit zero as of July 10, falling from ¥2.5 billion ($17.4 million) 10 days ago, according to its balance sheet report.
SBI Holdings repaying the public funds on July 31 will mark the end to the aftermath of a financial crisis triggered by the bursting in the early 1990s of the asset-inflated economic bubble in Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2025
SBI to fully repay public funds next month
SBI repaying the public funds would mark the end to the aftermath of a financial crisis triggered by the bursting in the early 1990s of the asset-inflated economic bubble in Japan.
How policymakers have responded to past economic crises, such as the 2008-09 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, will shape their preparedness in dealing with future recessions. 
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2024
Policy lessons from recent economic crises
Eventually, the world will face another recession. How will policymakers use the lessons learned from the 2008-09 financial crisis and COVID-19 pandemic to respond?
Economists often struggle to predict business downturns and different economic theories may apply in different situations.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 27, 2023
What economists got wrong about the Great Recession
Macroeconomics faces challenges and limitations in predicting and understanding economic events.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 21, 2023
2008 bank crisis survivors remember how fast dominoes can fall
Comparisons to that episode have become a little harder to ignore, although authorities are better equipped today to deal with stress in the financial system.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 11, 2022
Bernanke and two academics win Nobel in economics for work on banks’ role in crises
Former Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke and economists Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig were awarded for their influential work on the relationship between banks and economic turmoil.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 2, 2022
Yes, the U.S. economy is likely in recession
The Biden administration and many commentators are at pains to deny that the U.S. is in a recession, but history is not on their side.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2020
How does the COVID-19 recession compare?
Although every recession is different, history offers lessons for the current pandemic-induced downturn.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 8, 2020
Japan first-quarter GDP shrank less than expected but deeper recession looms
The economy is expected to recover only moderately in coming months due to the pandemic's sweeping impact globally and at home.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 22, 2019
U.S. labor market and manufacturing data point to slowing economy
The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits was unexpectedly unchanged at a five-month high last week, suggesting some softening in the labor market.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 18, 2019
Hong Kong job market starts weakening as recession deepens and riots exact toll
After months of political protests and the onset of a recession, Hong Kong's resilient labor market is starting to crack.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 31, 2019
Fed cuts rates again to weather China-U.S. trade war but signals more tentative mood
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut interest rates for the third time this year to ensure the U.S. economy weathers its trade war without slipping into a recession, but signaled it will leave borrowing costs where they are unless things take a material turn for the worse.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2019
$14.5 billion acquisition offer: Louis Vuitton really wants something from Tiffany but timing may be iffy
LVMH is apparently looking to add a new bauble to its collection of luxury industry jewels. It might want to remember that, in jewelry as in corporate acquisitions, the patient shopper often gets a better deal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 25, 2019
Subprime auto giant's loans souring at fastest clip since 2008
A growing percentage of Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc.'s subprime auto loans are turning out to be clunkers soon after the cars are driven off the lot.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 11, 2019
Japan Inc. sees 'Abenomics' sputtering and sales tax hike hurting economy, poll shows
Japanese companies overwhelmingly think the nation's longest postwar expansion is peaking, with two-thirds expecting a tax hike imposed this month by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to hurt the economy, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 10, 2019
Steepest drop in Japan machinery orders for five years raises recession worries
The value of core machinery orders slipped for the second consecutive month in August, suggesting uncertainty over businesses investment and deeper fissures in the broader economy due to slowing global trade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 4, 2019
U.S. manufacturing gauge contracts for first time in three years, fueling recession fears amid Trump's China trade war
A key U.S. factory gauge unexpectedly contracted for the first time since 2016, sending stocks and bond yields lower and boosting expectations for interest-rate cuts as global manufacturing woes deepen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 27, 2019
Trump sees possible U.S.-EU trade deal that would avert auto tariffs in respite for German carmakers
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he thinks the United States will be able to reach a fair trade agreement with the European Union without imposing threatened tariffs on car imports, offering a potential lifeline to German carmakers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 15, 2019
Trump slams Fed chief as inverted yield curve signals global distress
The U.S. government bond market sounded alarms Wednesday as investors fleeing riskier assets drove the 30-year bond's yield to a record low and the 10-year yield fell below the rate on the two-year for the first time since 2007.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 13, 2019
Wall Street slides on geopolitical and recession fears
U.S. stocks dipped in a broad sell-off on Monday as rising geopolitical tensions spooked investors away from equities and the extended U.S.-China trade war stoked fears of impending global recession.
Takaichi poised to become Japan's first female PM after winning LDP poll
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Saturday.
A Japanese ski resort town is roiled by a debate over immigration
A Swedish snowboard instructor works at the Niseko ski resort area on Hokkaido, in Kutchan, in December 2022
Tokyo's newest stationery store sells 'a slower, more human rhythm'
Plotter's signature customizable leather binder is just one of many products contributing to the ongoing boom in the popularity of Japanese stationery.
One dead, one missing in Japan after bear attack
A bear warning sign. More and more wild bears have been spotted in Japan in recent years, even in residential areas, due to factors including a declining human population and climate change.
Japan’s jobless rate edges up to highest in over a year
August’s unemployment figures showed a slight tempering of Japan's job market, but the data still points to overall firmness amid an ongoing labor shortage.
Eat your balloons: The culinary theater of Grant Achatz comes to Tokyo
Avant-garde chef Grant Achatz and his team from Alinea are in Tokyo for a three-week residency.
Japan’s first foreign wine investor plants its roots in Hokkaido
Intrigued by Japanese wines, Burgundy winemaker Etienne de Montille decided to explore Hokkaido's wine scene, eventually setting up his outpost in Hakodate in 2017.
Tea ceremony experts see matcha boom as a big opportunity
Atsuko Mori, founder and director of Kyoto-based tea salon Camellia Tea Ceremony, prepares matcha during a tea ceremony in Kyoto.
The summer kabuki came roaring back
Kabuki has been trying for years to attract a new generation of fans. One way to do this has been to adapt manga and anime franchises, such as “Naruto,” for the stage. 
How Ohtani has boosted Japan's soft power and made LA even more baseball-obsessed
Fans at Dodger Stadium pose in front of a mural highlighting the Dodgers' Japanese stars from past and present during a game earlier this year.

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