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US CHINA TRADE WAR

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 29, 2020
The WTO and TPP amid the U.S.-China trade war
The TPP may once again gain attention as a multilateral agreement that complements the problem-plagued WTO.
EDITORIALS
Dec 16, 2019
A truce is reached in the U.S.-China trade war
This deal is a victory for the U.S. in only the narrowest of terms.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 19, 2019
China's Industrial Policies Work. So Copy Them
China hawks are chastising U.S. President Donald Trump's "phase one" trade deal because it focuses on increasing U.S. exports while ignoring Beijing's subsidies for favored industries. Instead of seeking to coerce China into abandoning policies that both sides agree benefit its economy, the United States should seek to emulate them.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 5, 2019
Will Japan be a loser in U.S.-China trade war?
Preconceptions and wishful thinking are always the biggest obstacles for understanding reality.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 10, 2019
Political pressures could once again roll back globalization
The U.S.-China trade war will have major consequences.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 6, 2019
'Crazy Rich' Asian beaches go quiet amid Chinese tourism U-turn
From quiet beaches in Bali to empty rooms in Hanoi's hotels, pangs from China's economic malaise and weakening yuan are being felt across Southeast Asia's vacation belt.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 24, 2019
Canon's profit on track to fall by 36%, hit by weak China demand
Canon Inc. said Wednesday its group net profit for this business year is now projected to fall by 36.7 percent from a year earlier, citing weakening demand for cameras in the Chinese market.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 2, 2019
Don't give Trump too much credit for a trade truce
The forces shaping the global slowdown predate both the U.S. president and his Chinese counterpart. The solution will take more than handshakes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 4, 2019
Beijing mulls playing its strongest card: Rare earths
The U.S. imports 80 percent of its rare earths from China, but accounts for just 4 percent of China's rare earth exports. This gives Beijing a significant advantage.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 28, 2019
How will the U.S.-China trade war end?
After 117 consecutive months of economic expansion, the U.S. could soon find itself thrown back into a painful recession, owing to disruptions caused by its own trade policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 21, 2019
Risks of unilateral governance of digital trade
Raising barriers to digital trade risks more than just economic losses.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 20, 2019
U.S. and China recalibrating in their trade talks
The purpose of U.S. President Donald Trump's emerging 'unconventional multilateralism' is to challenge China's neocolonial approach.
EDITORIALS
May 13, 2019
The U.S. and China play a dangerous game
The U.S. commitment to unilateral acts of protectionism and China's determination to build a world-class economy by tilting the domestic business landscape bodes ill for a solution anytime soon.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 13, 2019
U.S.-China trade talks as seen from Tokyo
The longer the showdown between the world's two biggest economies persists, the more divided into two digital economic blocs the global economy will become.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 7, 2019
Will Trump's 'art of the deal' work with China?
Don't expect an early end to the U.S.-China trade war.
COMMENTARY / World
May 7, 2019
The theory that (might) explain Trump's trade war
One school of economic thought argues that bilateral agreements are better than multilateral ones.
EDITORIALS
Feb 27, 2019
Signs of peace in the U.S.-China trade war
An end to the U.S.-China trade war would likely mean a shift in Washington's attention to trade talks with Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 26, 2019
Trump's China trade 'win' will likely cost America
The China deal is exposing Trump's willingness to sacrifice long-standing American ideals for short-term political gain.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2019
Why a U.S.-China trade deal is not enough
The trade war is a manifestation of the strategic competition between the two powers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 8, 2019
Who benefits from Trump's trade war?
The U.S.-China trade war may lead to broader damage, as tit-for-tat tariffs reduce overall exports, undermine total global trade flows and impede world economic growth.
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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.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
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.
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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.
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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.

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