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EDITORIALS
Jan 26, 2018

Trump takes a hard line on trade

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on solar panels raises the prospect of retaliation and shows a disregard for the WTO's dispute settlement mechanism.
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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 21, 2017

Saudi Arabia's populist temptation

A sharp fall in oil revenues has rendered Saudia Arabia's long-standing political order unsustainable.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 17, 2017

Why Japan's low birth rate makes economic sense

Japan's shrinking population may present a hidden advantage to navigating this century's artificial intelligence revolution.
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BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2017

China emerges as job market of choice for analysts fleeing EU's MiFID II

Karen Tan finished her master's degree in mathematics at the University of Cambridge three years ago and set her sights on a career in U.K. finance.
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 30, 2017

Heading for a NAFTA showdown?

U.S President Donald Trump's war over the North American Free Trade Agreement is heating up.
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BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2017

Automakers launch coalition to get Trump to back off trade talks, say 'we're winning with NAFTA'

Major automakers, suppliers and auto dealers launched a new coalition on Tuesday to urge U.S. President Donald Trump not to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 31, 2017

As Houston eyes immigrant labor to rebuild, Texas prepares to implement Trump's crackdown on sanctuary cities

In the coming weeks, as Houston turns its attention to rebuilding areas devastated by Tropical Storm Harvey, people like Jay De Leon are likely to play an outsized role — if they stay around.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jul 25, 2017

The Democrats are a lost cause

As long as the Democratic Party's leadership is owned by big-monied special interests, it will never give the people what they want and need.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 8, 2017

Living doll: Licca-chan's legacy lives on

As Takaratomy's popular toy celebrates its 50th birthday, we examine how it has evolved over the past five decades to reflect the times.
EDITORIALS
Jun 6, 2017

The tight labor market and stagnant wages

Despite the tight labor market, wage growth remains stagnant and personal consumption weak.
EDITORIALS
May 27, 2017

Limiting universities in Tokyo

The government needs better ideas than limiting universities' expansion options if it wants to halt the population flow into the Tokyo area.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 9, 2017

South Korean President-elect Moon's main policy pledges

South Korean liberal human rights lawyer Moon Jae-in won the presidency in an election on Tuesday, exit polls showed, ending nine years of conservative rule.
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WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2017

Full transcript of Donald Trump's inaugural address

President Donald Trump's inaugural address, as delivered:
EDITORIALS
Jan 11, 2017

Trump meddling in Toyota's affairs

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's tweet criticizing Toyota Motor Corp.'s plan to build a new car plant in Mexico for exports to the North American market — threatening a heavy border tax if the top Japanese automaker goes ahead with the plan — is an unacceptable act of intervention in private-sector...
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2016

Trump may hand China economic leadership

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to make America great again. But his economic policies are likely to have the opposite effect
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2016

Trump's dangerous economic nationalism

If Donald Trump fulfills his economic nationalistic pledges, he will redefine America's global role in a fundamentally deceptive and destructive way.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 1, 2016

Quest for artificial intelligence highlights lack of critical thinking skills in humans

Thanks to the relentless work of dedicated engineers, artificial intelligence, or AI, becomes smarter by the day.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 28, 2016

Jaguar Land Rover wants to make electric cars in Brexit U.K.

Jaguar Land Rover Ltd. said it intends to build electric cars in the U.K. if the government can overcome shortfalls in available energy and infrastructure investment, potentially giving Britain a manufacturing boost as it leaves the European Union.
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 31, 2016

Why the presidential campaign was so nasty

A new book explains the role of a monstrous disconnect between economic realities and political imperatives.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 4, 2016

Is immigration the answer?

A migration policy is being deployed to combat acute labor shortages in sectors of the Japanese economy, but migrant workers won't be enough to solve the long-term challenges of Japan's demographic implosion.
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JAPAN / Society
Sep 24, 2016

The future looks bleak for Yokohama's day laborers

Once a bustling town of casual workers, Kotobukicho is now a community of aging welfare recipients.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2016

Age of Asian sweatshops coming to an end?

Automation is replacing human labor in Asian garment factories, but workers who lose their jobs face an uncertain future.
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BUSINESS / Tech / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Jul 12, 2016

How can I help? Chatbots offer full customer support with no call waiting

Just as text messaging has become a mainstream form of communication, attention is shifting to the chatbot as the next big thing for information management and customer service.
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BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jul 9, 2016

Nonstop growth, inept management were constant problems throughout the bj-league's 11 seasons

Second in a two-part series
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2016

Trump's economic policies a recipe for disaster

Some politically neutral economists have looked at Donald Trump's economic policies. What they found should scare the daylights out of you.
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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 11, 2016

Abenomics' failure and the curse of 'Japanization'

The word "Japanization" refers to Japan's prolonged stagnation — a malady that was on everyone's mind at the recent G-7 summit. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made the right call in postponing the planned tax hike, but the feeble opposition can be forgiven for pouncing on his abrupt volte-face, which is...
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WORLD / Politics
Apr 25, 2016

Revived Pennsylvania rust belt looks to test Trump's appeal

With a rusting steel mill in its center, this Pennsylvania city would seem fertile ground for Donald Trump's campaign and its vision of a declining America that only he can fix.
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2016

Republicans dig in as North Carolina businesses, amid mounting losses, urge anti-LBGT law be axed

North Carolina business leaders on Tuesday called for a repeal of a new state law they blamed for mounting economic losses as opponents cancel jobs and events over concerns that it discriminates against gay and transgender people.

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