Tag - trade

 
Menu
Search
 
April 29, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

TRADE

COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 3, 2017
Will Japan get Trumped next?
U.S. President Donald Trump seems intent on losing friends and alienating allies, placing U.S.-Japan relations on shaky ground.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2017
Trump's pointless, senseless war on Mexico
If Donald Trump starts a trade war, all the NAFTA countries will be losers, even if he — through his incendiary and distorted rhetoric — is a political winner.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2017
Lawyers say U.S. tax plan would break WTO rules
A proposed U.S. corporate tax reform would almost certainly contravene international trade rules if implemented, lawyers have said, risking the biggest dispute in the history of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2017
Japan cautiously watching how Trump agitates the trade waters
As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration struggles to deal with U.S. President Donald Trump, local government leaders around the country, many of whom are members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, are expressing caution and concern about what Trump has said and plans to do. They are also reminding...
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jan 30, 2017
Japan breathes new life into regional, non-U.S. trade pact
With U.S. President Donald Trump's formal decision to withdraw from the long controversial American-led Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, attention in the Asia-Pacific region is turning toward making renewed efforts to complete a separate multilateral trade agreement that excludes the U.S. — the...
WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2017
Trump's stance on climate threaten to worsen relations with China
President Donald Trump's vow to pull back from climate-change efforts endangers one of the few areas where China and the U.S. have seen eye to eye, exacerbating tensions as he takes on more contentious subjects.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 28, 2017
U.S. economic momentum faces wild card in Trump trade policy
The U.S. economy entered 2017 with a solid head of steam, driven by consumer spending and a pickup in business investment. President Donald Trump could add to that momentum — or kill it, if trade tensions keep flaring.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 28, 2017
Trump's unpredictability already troubles U.S. friends
President Donald Trump's "America First" rhetoric and confrontational negotiating style have sparked frantic calls to the White House and Congress from diplomats and lobbyists concerned that the United States no longer has their back.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2017
America starts making China great again
By pulling the U.S. out of the TPP, Trump has hurt American business, pulled the rug out from under U.S. allies and damaged American prestige in the most economically critical region in the world.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 26, 2017
Abe warms to bilateral trade deal with U.S. but vows to still protect farmers
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday gave the clearest indication yet that Tokyo may accept Washington's departure from the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jan 26, 2017
Abe's Trump dilemma: Getting Japan to buy U.S. cars
As Japan races to preserve U.S. trade ties after President Donald Trump withdrew from a Pacific trade pact, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces a dilemma that has plagued Japanese leaders since the 1980s: How to convince his citizens to buy American cars?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 25, 2017
China foreign minister says Beijing wants to manage disputes with Washington
China wants dialogue with the new U.S. administration to manage disputes and promote bilateral relations, but only on the basis of respecting each other's core interests, like the "one China" principle, China's foreign minister said.
EDITORIALS
Jan 24, 2017
Worrisome U.S. trade policy
U.S. President Donald Trump is proving to be a man of his word — to the consternation of U.S. trade partners.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
California says it overtakes Japan to become world’s No. 4 economy
Vehicles travel along the 110 freeway in downtown Los Angeles. California's GDP has overtaken Japan's to become the world's fourth largest economy, according to the U.S. state.
Arunima Mazumdar: ‘Japanese literature has a niche but deeply engaged readership in India’
Arunima Mazumdar, a New Delhi-based communications professional, began sharing her love of Japanese literature online in 2022. The platform has grown into a robust community known as Dokusha Book Club.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.
Japan struggles with gray zone of AI deepfakes exploiting children
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
‘Wildcat Dome’ challenges Japan's historical narratives
On the surface, "Wildcat Dome" tells a personal story of damaged children — now adults — bound together by tragedy. Underneath, there’s a constant undercurrent of political consequence, invisible and pervasive like radioactive particles.
Reclaiming Sanya, one meal at a time
Magokoro Yoshihira (center) is the managing director of Yui Associates, which operates the neighborhood fixtures of Sanya Cafe and Juyoh Hotel. Yusuke Takahashi (left) met Yoshihira during a difficult period in his life and now works as the cafe’s chef. Nancy Anne (right) has worked for over 10 years at Juyoh Hotel and enjoys the multicultural environment.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Smile! It’s ‘Sanrio Time,’ now and ever after
Smile! It’s ‘Sanrio Time,’ now and ever after

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER