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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Dec 13, 2014
Wall Street scores in Washington, eyes more anti-reform victories
Five years after President Barack Obama slammed Wall Street "fat cat" bankers, some of the nation's biggest banks this week successfully lobbied Congress to roll back a hotly debated provision in the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2014
For whom the Berlin Wall fell?
A quarter century after the fall of the Berlin Wall, democracy and prosperity have not really arrived for most people in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2014
Eastern Europe's 25 years of transition
Four key ingredients contributed to Central and Eastern Europe's successful transitions after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 11, 2014
China stock market-opening deal sends shares to one-month high; ruble surges
World equity markets hit their highest level in more than a month on Monday, lifted by a deal to give global investors easier access to China's $3.9 trillion stock market and more gains in U.S. equities.
EDITORIALS
Nov 10, 2014
Wall long gone but vacuum remains
The commemoration of the collapse of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, reminds us of the power of the elemental yearning for freedom as well as the failure of our leaders, in the quarter-century since, to build a world that better responds to that driving force.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 8, 2014
Novelist Murakami hails Hong Kong democracy protesters in German award speech
Haruki Murakami compares pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong to ex-East Germany residents confined by the Berlin Wall and Palestinians trapped in the Gaza Strip.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 6, 2014
Wall St. up after midterm polls, ADP data; Dow hits record
U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, with the Dow advancing to a record after the Republican Party took control of the Senate in the midterm elections, as expected, and following a stronger-than-anticipated report on the labor market.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 31, 2014
Wall St. up on GDP, earnings; fund yearend lifts winners
U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, boosted by a strong reading on quarterly economic growth and by another round of upbeat earnings reports, including Visa, which accounted for nearly 140 points in the Dow industrials.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 14, 2014
Wall St. drops in late selloff; energy, airlines fall
U.S. stocks dropped more than 1 percent on Monday, with the S&P 500 closing below a key technical support level, as declines in energy and airline shares led a late-day selloff.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 6, 2014
Hewlett-Packard plans to split into two companies, WSJ reports
Silicon Valley stalwart Hewlett-Packard Co , which has struggled to adapt to the new era of mobile and online computing, plans to split into two companies as it looks to put more focus on the faster-growing corporate services market, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 27, 2014
NRA gives go-ahead to No. 1 ice wall
The country's nuclear watchdog has decided to allow Tokyo Electric Power Co. to start building an underground ice wall at the wrecked Fukushima No. 1 plant in June despite previous safety concerns.
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2014
Europe's economic Iron Curtain
Twenty-five years after the Berlin Wall fell, a just-released set of gloomy economic forecasts demonstrate how the countries formerly under Moscow's sway are still painfully connected to Russia and to one another.
JAPAN
May 2, 2014
Nuclear expert doubts ice wall will solve Fukushima plant leaks
An international nuclear expert expressed skepticism Thursday about Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s plan to set up an experimental ice wall to ultimately stop radioactive water from escaping from the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2014
Abe adviser says WSJ article on military buildup is false
Etsuro Honda, a key economic adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, denies stressing that one of the main goals of 'Abenomics' is for Japan to build up a more powerful military and stand up to China, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Feb 8, 2014
Jonah Hill: 'I like to understand people's lives'
I'm excited that 'Wolf' is a film that is as aggressive and unapologetic as it is, and is being received as well as it is.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2013
Abe's overture to Wall Street lost in translation
Something was definitely lost in translation when Shinzo Abe spoke in New York on Thursday. First, Japan's self-described reformist prime minister raised the specter of Gordon Gekko, the greed-is-good villain of Oliver Stone's 1987 film "Wall Street." Speaking at the New York Stock Exchange no less, a place that's been trying to weed out insider traders since the 1980s, Abe declared without irony: "Today, I have come to tell you that Japan will once again be a country where there is money to be made, and that just as Gordon Gekko made a comeback in the financial world . . . so too can we now say that Japan is back."
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2013
Abe pitches deregulation, women workers to Wall Street
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Wall Street on Wednesday that alongside his push for deregulation and empowering women to spur the economy, Japan will contribute to nuclear safety technology by overcoming the Fukushima crisis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2013
'Freddy vs. Jason' maker documents new horror: Fed's role in meltdown
Flashback to Christmas 2002. America was recovering from the twin shocks of the tech bubble crash and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The stock market was rising, real estate was heating up and optimism was rebounding.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 17, 2013
Yomeimon yields paintings hidden for two centuries
Renovation work at the famed Yomeimon Gate of Toshogu Shrine in the tourist city of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, has revealed wall paintings hidden for more than 200 years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 20, 2013
What the Bloomberg terminal scandal reveals about the media and its money-making ways
The chatter across the world of financial journalism over the last few days has been the story of Bloomberg reporters accessing information about subscribers of the firm's financial data service that those customers thought should remain secret. The episode contains some important lessons for how the media business is evolving.
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.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
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.
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.

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