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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 6, 2017
Japan's pension fund, the world's biggest, faces yen risk as Trump rally fades
The world's biggest pension may find that when it comes to returns on its $1.3 trillion in assets, Donald Trump giveth and taketh away.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 28, 2017
Decoupling is hard to do for Japanese stocks still tied to the yen
Japan's stock market is again showing itself handcuffed to U.S. growth prospects and its own currency.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 22, 2017
Japan's weak yen could trigger a trade war
All bets may be off if Trump labels Tokyo a currency manipulator, a move that may force Abe's hand on reform.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2017
Tokyo returns to world's 10 priciest cities as Asia dominates list
Tokyo returned to the ranks of the world's 10 costliest cities in 2017 as Asia's representation expanded, reflecting the region's rising clout in the global economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 22, 2017
Corporate Japan stacks up cash, skimps on pay raises
With profits soaring, Japanese companies' record-breaking cash pile rises ever higher. That's bad news for the economy, which is relying on exports to sustain a modest recovery as consumers struggle with stagnant wages.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 20, 2017
Responding to Trump's currency accusations
It's wrong for the U.S. to dictate Japan's monetary policy.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 13, 2017
Deja vu as currency traders forced to brush up on trade data skills
Currency traders accustomed to analyzing the Fed's dot plot and monthly U.S. jobs figures to divine the direction of the dollar are having to learn, or in some cases re-learn, a forgotten skill: how to scrutinize trade data.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 13, 2017
Trump-Abe rapport won't stop yen from passing 100, JPMorgan says
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's success in avoiding any clash over exchange rates with U.S. President Donald Trump at a summit meeting hasn't resolved underlying conflict, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2017
A year later, Japan banks brave negative rates thanks in part to Trump
Japan's biggest banks have navigated through a year of negative interest rates and choppy financial markets with their profits intact, thanks at least in part to Donald Trump.
EDITORIALS
Feb 3, 2017
Trump's irrational currency remarks
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should correct U.S. President Donald Trump's misguided views on Japan's currency policy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 31, 2017
'Fear gauge' up as Trump travel curbs send stocks, dollar down sharply
Major world equity markets fell on Monday and the dollar slipped against the safe-haven yen after new U.S. immigration curbs stirred concerns about the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's policies on global trade and the economy.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 18, 2017
Trump's options for weakening dollar extend far beyond tweeting
Donald Trump may have a point: the dollar is indeed strong. Judging from the Federal Reserve's own trade-weighted dollar index, the U.S. currency is now around 7 percent above its four-decade average.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 13, 2017
Why the bulls are wrong about the yen's rise
The yen has started 2017 strongly, but the Bank of Japan is likely to stick with its super-loose money program rather than dismantle it.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 11, 2017
Analyst who got 2016 rate right now sees yen weakening to 125
The strategist who defied Japan's biggest investors to correctly predict the yen's weakness in 2016 is forecasting more losses for the currency in the new year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 4, 2017
Economists see growth on horizon for 2017
Economists say growth is expected on the back of the weak yen and due to government steps to stimulate sluggish consumption.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 22, 2016
Trump tantrum a double-edged sword for Japan
The yen's 17 percent slump is a win for Japan's exporters, but it may take the onus off Abe to deliver tough reforms.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 20, 2016
Bank of Japan caps tumultuous year with upgrade to outlook
The Bank of Japan closed a tumultuous year for monetary policy with an upgrade to its assessment of the economy while keeping its yield-curve and asset-purchase programs unchanged.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 19, 2016
Japan's volatile year in business: negative rates, Brexit and Trump
For investors in Japan's markets this year, it's been a case of one shock after the next in a pattern that might have prepared them well for the era of Donald Trump and his reputation for the unexpected.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 6, 2016
Trump's stimulus plan may give Japan a welcome tailwind in 2017
For now, the global winds are at Japan's back.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 18, 2016
Trump win gives Kuroda breathing room, ex-BOJ executive says
Donald Trump's election win has given Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda room to breathe by easing concerns that the yen will strengthen, a former BOJ executive says.

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