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The European Central Bank has signaled the need for coordinated fiscal and monetary efforts, with expectations for rate cuts amid rising inflation.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 27, 2024
Winter is coming for the euro in more ways than one
The European Central Bank has signaled the need for coordinated fiscal and monetary efforts, with expectations for rate cuts amid rising inflation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2022
The 2% inflation target should be consigned to history
It's time for rigid inflation targets to be scrapped and for more flexibility to be breathed into monetary frameworks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2022
Financial illiteracy is not why people struggle
It's human nature to pay the creditors who shout the loudest rather than tackling financial problems in an organized fashion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2021
Young talent isn’t following the money to Wall Street
The talent pool is being drawn elsewhere. Traditional investment banks can't win them back just by upping starting salaries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2021
Beijing's big tech crackdown means a bad summer for investors everywhere
Beijing's crackdown over the weekend on for-profit school tutoring is just one part of a much wider reshape of the tech economy in China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 18, 2021
Europe's debt avalanche is just about to start
For supporters of EU integration, it's clearly a signal of intent that Brussels intends to be treated in the same way as the established major bond-issuing nations
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 19, 2021
Banker bonuses always send a powerful message
Banking is a competitive sport where the star players will go wherever they feel there are the fewest barriers to their own wealth.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2020
City of London wants to clean up the world
After many previous efforts to spur carbon trading failed amid a lack of clear government policy, this might be one of the better chances to get a market going.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 6, 2020
A currency war is the last thing the world needs
The Federal Reserve's recent shift to an even more dovish stance looks set to exacerbate the dollar's decline.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 6, 2020
Europe has a weak dollar problem
It's hard to criticize Europe for its relatively sound management of the COVID-19 crisis, but a strong euro won't help its export-led economic model.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 27, 2020
Germany's Bund may be about to lose its crown
The EU's new pandemic bond will represent a challenge to Europe's undisputed credit market champion.
Human error caused JAL jet collision at Haneda Airport: safety board
The wreckage of a Japan Airlines plane after a collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft, at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Jan. 5, three days after the crash.
North Korean hacker group behind DMM Bitcoin’s cryptocurrency leak
A North Korean hacker group is believed to have planted a virus on the computer of an employee at Ginco — a company that was entrusted with the deposit and withdrawal of DMM Bitcoin’s virtual currency — through a fake job recruitment message sent via LinkedIn.
Residents of Shizuoka live longest healthy lives in Japan, ranking shows
The nationwide average for men's healthy life expectancy decreased 0.11 year from the previous survey, three years earlier, to 72.57 years, while that for women rose 0.07 year to 75.45 years.
High levels of PFAS found in water from 44 private suppliers across Japan
The Self-Defense Forces facilities are believed to have become sources of PFAS contamination because they used firefighting foam containing the toxic chemicals in the past.
Health ministry urges caution as flu cases rise nationwide
From Dec. 9 to Dec. 15, there were 94,259 flu cases reported across some 5,000 hospitals and clinics nationwide, according to the health ministry.
High levels of PFAS found in water from 44 private suppliers across Japan
The Self-Defense Forces facilities are believed to have become sources of PFAS contamination because they used firefighting foam containing the toxic chemicals in the past.
For baseball fans, 2024 brought The Summer of Shohei Ohtani
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani reacts to a standing ovation from fans after hitting his 50th home run of the season, against the Marlins in Miami on Sept. 19.
Trump's Pentagon policy pick pushed for Japan to spend 3% of GDP on defense
Elbridge Colby (center) speaks at the Threat and the Strategy panel during the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, in September 2019.
A brief history of ‘osechi ryōri,' Japan's edible tradition for the new year
Japan's traditional New Year cuisine has a long history, though modern developments have led to slight changes in the way things work.
Japan accuses Google of violating antimonopoly law
The Japanese antitrust watchdog said that Google forced smartphone makers to preinstall its search app on their devices, sources say.

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