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U S DEFICIT

BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 19, 2019
Japan incurs goods trade deficit in May amid U.S.-China tensions
Japan's goods trade balance logged its first deficit in four months in May on sluggish exports to China amid Beijing's economic friction with the United States, government data showed Wednesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jun 1, 2019
The prison inside: Japan's hikikomori lack relationships, not physical spaces
Fifty-three-year-old Kenji Yamase doesn't fit the traditional image of a hikikomori, but then perceptions of Japan's social recluses are changing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 11, 2019
Why the U.S. trade deficit is good news
The U.S. president argues that a rising deficit destroys jobs — but then boasts about low unemployment under his watch.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 11, 2018
U.S. automakers group urges Trump to push harder to open Japanese market
The Trump administration intends to start trade negotiations with Tokyo as early as mid-January, after notifying Congress of its plans in October.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 19, 2018
Japan logged goods trade deficit in October thanks to surging energy imports
Japan posted a goods trade deficit in October as rising energy costs led imports to rise at the fastest pace in nearly five years, according to government data released Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2018
As deficit soars after huge tax cuts, Trump now tells Cabinet to cut budget by 5%
U.S. President Donald Trump, faced with a budget deficit at a six-year high, on Wednesday told his Cabinet to come up with proposals to cut spending by their agencies by 5 percent, but he suggested the military would be largely spared.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 27, 2018
Macron targets French welfare spending as deficit pressure rises
French President Emmanuel Macron's government will tackle social spending in the next wave of its reforms as weaker than expected growth puts pressure on the budget deficit, the prime minister said on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 4, 2018
U.S. trade deficit with Japan not necessarily the bugbear painted by Trump
The protectionist tune on trade that U.S. President Donald Trump often sings is hardly a unique problem for Japanese policymakers who have long faced pressure over Japan's strength in exporting everything from vehicles to video games all over the globe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
May 21, 2018
U.S.-China trade truce may prove fleeting without serious reform
The newly declared economic truce between the U.S. and China will prove temporary if the world's two largest economies fail to deliver on vague commitments to rebalance trade.
BUSINESS
May 18, 2018
China offers Trump $200 billion package to slash U.S. trade deficit: U.S. officials
China has offered U.S. President Donald Trump a package of proposed purchases of American goods and other measures aimed at reducing the U.S. trade deficit with China by some $200 billion a year, U.S. officials familiar with the proposal said.
BUSINESS
Jan 7, 2018
U.S. trade deficit with Japan fell 10.5 percent in November
The U.S. goods trade deficit with Japan narrowed 10.5 percent in November from October to $5.76 billion, due partly to smaller imports of automobile parts, the U.S. Commerce Department said.
EDITORIALS
Dec 25, 2017
More efforts needed for fiscal consolidation
The record-breaking u00a597.7 trillion budget for fiscal 2018 won't put the nation on a steady path for fiscal consolidation.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 10, 2017
Trump had pressed Abe for immediate tangible results on U.S. trade deficit, sources say
During his recent visit to Japan, U.S. President Donald Trump urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to produce tangible results to improve the trade imbalance between the two countries, sources have said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 8, 2017
Japan and the U.S. don't have a trade problem
Japan is a good trade partner and a key source of investment into the U.S. Monetary easing, rather than aggressive jawboning, is the best approach to the imbalances that remain.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2017
METI chief Seko to visit U.S. for talks with Commerce counterpart Ross
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko plans to travel to the United States for talks with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross around March 16, sources said Monday.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2017
U.S. 2016 trade gap with Japan was second-largest; deficit with China is half the total
The U.S. trade deficit in goods with Japan was its second-largest in 2016, totaling $68.94 billion, according to new U.S. government data.
EDITORIALS
Aug 25, 2016
Japan's shaky fiscal consolidation
Instead of selling rosy high-growth scenarios, the Abe adminstration should present a concrete and credible road map for fiscal rehabilitation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 23, 2016
Japan's exports post seventh monthly decline on stronger yen
Exports fell for the seventh consecutive month in April as the yen strengthened, underscoring the growing challenges to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to revive economic growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 10, 2016
Analysts say Sanders plan would hike U.S. incomes but overhauled health care would send deficits soaring
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' tax and benefit plans would raise income for most Americans but his proposal for single-payer health care would help generate record federal deficits, two Washington think tanks said on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 20, 2016
Japan's trade deficit down 88% in fiscal 2015 on cheaper oil imports
Japan's trade deficit in fiscal 2015 through March plunged 88.2 percent from a year earlier to ¥1.08 trillion ($9.9 billion), helped largely by a fall in the cost of crude oil imports, the government said Wednesday.
New JAL chief concerned about yen’s ‘excessive’ weakness
Mitsuko Tottori became Japan Airlines’ first female CEO on April 1, having risen through the ranks as a flight attendant and heading the flight attendant and customer experience divisions.
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.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.

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