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'Summer Davos' in China casts spotlight on technological advances beyond Silicon Valley
The award-winning virtual reality film "Tree" offers a rare multisensory experience of becoming a rainforest tree from a seedling in just 15 minutes. Reading a short speech into a microphone analyzes your voice and tells who you are — your sex, height, skull type, ...
Japan is gearing up to accept more foreign workers as its population is on the brink of a steep decline, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Thursday. Kono told a World Economic Forum meeting in Hanoi that Japan gains "value added" by accepting foreign people, especially ...
Trump poised to pitch 'America First' to skeptical Davos elite
U.S. President Donald Trump strode into the lion's den to confront the world's political and business elite on Thursday, as his "America First" administration executes an anti-globalist manifesto in trade, taxes and currency rates. A year after taking office, Trump joined the World Economic Forum ...
It can topple governments, confer international bragging rights and pretty much obsessed the government of China once the country began its long march back to economic prowess. But is gross domestic product outliving its usefulness as a metric of economic size, and is it stoking ...
Japan drops by three to 114th in gender equality rankings by World Economic Forum
Coming in lowest among G-7 peers, Japan’s decline in the 2017 global rankings for gender equality reflects the political empowerment of women in the country.
Japan slips to No. 9 in World Economic Forum's competitiveness index
Japan came in at No. 9 in the World Economic Forum's annual Global Competitiveness Index of 137 countries and regions, down one place from last year's assessment, the organization said Wednesday. The nation saw its ranking drop for the second consecutive year. Although Japan's infrastructure, including ...
Davos conferees look to embrace windfalls from populist political shift, for now
Populism isn't necessarily bad for the global economy. It might even be boosting it — at least for now. That's one conclusion that could be drawn after a discussion Friday on the last day of the World Economic Forum, attended by policymakers including International Monetary ...
Xi takes on Trump over protectionism, makes case for Chinese economic leadership
Chinese President Xi Jinping offered a vigorous defense of globalization Tuesday, pushing back against the "America first" rhetoric of incoming U.S. President Donald Trump and signaling Beijing's desire to play a bigger role on the global stage. Xi's speech to political leaders, CEOs and bankers ...
Xi, unlikely champion for business elites, takes Davos spotlight
When Xi Jinping addresses business elites at Davos, the Chinese president will find himself an unlikely champion of the trade-based global order Donald Trump has derided. His new role could prove to be one of his biggest tests. On Tuesday, Xi will become the first ...
Uncertain future fed by growing populism, protectionism
The year 2017 started with a significant level of uncertainties in global politics and economies — certainly true for the world economies over the last decade since the global financial crisis in 2007 — after the surprising outcome of the U.S. presidential election in ...
Davos participants again this year will have a chance to taste and experience the finest the world of Japanese gastronomy has to offer at the Central Sporthotel Davos on Jan. 18. One of the most-popular events during the World Economic Forum meeting, Japan Night will ...
Sport provides path to economic prosperity, world peace
Recently, "Team Japan" scored quite a few points in leading the world in the promotion of sports and culture to achieve economic prosperity and world peace. The central and local governments, as well as the public sector, worked together in October to bring success to ...
