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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 8, 2023

Documents scandal involving Cabinet minister an untimely political headache for Kishida

The economic security minister has come under fire for files an opposition lawmaker says is proof she was involved in pushing for a legal reinterpretation of the broadcasting law.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2023

Wage hikes at Japan’s small firms closely watched for BOJ clues

It’s the salary decisions at smaller companies without unions that will indicate how widespread wage gains really are.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 8, 2023

Fed's Powell sets the table for higher and possibly faster rate hikes

In his first public comments since inflation unexpectedly jumped in January, Powell acknowledged that the ‘disinflationary process’ is not unfolding smoothly.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 8, 2023

U.K. plans to expel asylum-seekers arriving on small boats

The law is the latest in a series of moves by the Conservative government to dissuade people from entering Britain by boat, even though the majority are fleeing war and persecution.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 8, 2023

‘A Kamigata Anthology’: Everyday enjoyments of everyday people

The collection chronicles the rise of the “commoner arts' through genres like travelogs, poetry and easy-reading books that entertained the masses during the Edo Period (1603-1867).
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 7, 2023

China warns U.S. risks catastrophe with moves to ‘contain’ Beijing

Foreign Minister Qin Gang calls Washington’s approach toward Beijing a reckless gamble that threatens the future of humanity.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 7, 2023

Ukraine seeks U.S. cluster bombs to adapt for drone use

Kyiv has urged members of Congress to press the White House to approve sending the weapons but it is by no means certain that the Biden administration will sign off on that.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 7, 2023

Trudeau orders review of alleged Chinese election interference

A series of media reports in recent weeks said Trudeau received intelligence briefings alleging that China meddled in past votes that returned the prime minister to power.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 7, 2023

U.S. House Speaker McCarthy plans to meet Taiwan president in the U.S. in April

The meeting in California with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen could replace the Republican Speaker's anticipated but sensitive trip to the democratically governed island.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 7, 2023

Kim’s powerful sister threatens action ahead of U.S.-South Korea drills

Kim Yo Jong said that Pyongyang is monitoring the maneuvers while remaining on standby to take ‘appropriate, quick and overwhelming action at any time.’
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2023

Kuroda’s decade at the BOJ changed how Japan’s banks make money

Investors prepare for an eventual normalization of monetary policy with BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda, who introduced negative interest rates, set to hand over the reins.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2023

Forget peak oil demand: A thirst for barrels puts $100 in view

With supply buffeted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a slowdown in U.S. shale growth and lackluster investment in production, oil consumption is heading for a record year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Mar 6, 2023

Chinese companies hang onto dollars and hedge to prepare for volatile yuan

Bankers say clients are reluctant to convert export receipts, with more than 30 A-share listed companies signing up to use currency derivatives for risk-hedging so far this year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2023

Trying to replace China’s supply chains? Don’t bother

Vietnamese factories were supposed to save globalization. It doesn’t look like that’s happening.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 5, 2023

A couple in Singapore shared erotic images in a group chat. The fine: $17,000.

Singapore is not an outlier when it comes to obscenity laws, but it often takes a strict stance on violations, even when they occur in the confines of one’s home.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 5, 2023

China defense spending to rise 7.2%, fastest pace since 2019

The defense budget will be closely watched by the U.S. and China's neighbors, including Japan, who are concerned by Beijing's strategic intentions and development of its military.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2023

Japan-U.S. joint military exercise simulates defending and recapturing remote islands

By conducting the drill close to Okinawa Prefecture's Nansei Islands, the two sides demonstrated their cooperation to keep China's maritime presence in check.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 5, 2023

Pyongyang says U.N. should demand end to South Korea-U.S. military drills

The United States and South Korea will conduct more than 10 days of large-scale military exercises in March, including amphibious landings, officials from the two countries have said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2023

Average pay hike demanded by unions in Japan tops 4%

Companies are apparently 'moving to invest in human resources' against a backdrop of rising prices and labor shortages, Rengo President Tomoko Yoshino said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 4, 2023

Anger boils in Greece over deadly rail disaster

Thousands of people demonstrated across Greece to demand justice for at least 57 people killed in the country's worst rail disaster, with some protesters condemning the tragedy as 'a crime.'
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 3, 2023

Belarus court hands Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski 10-year sentence amid crackdown

Two other members of the Bialiatski-led Viasna Human Rights center, Valiantsin Stefanovich and Uladzimir Labkovich, were sentenced to nine and seven years each.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 3, 2023

ChatGPT turns to manga in 'One Piece' author experiment

The AI program has passed exams, penned news articles and produced code. So perhaps it's no surprise that 'One Piece' author Eiichiro Oda has turned to it for inspiration.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2023

Peak emissions are just the start of the climate battle

Fossil-fuel pollution may be declining faster than anyone anticipated, but most of the world's carbon is locked up in places you'd least expect.

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