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Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 18, 2023
Canada’s snap retreat from China bank shows divided world
Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced it would halt all activities with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank while the government conducts a review.
EDITORIALS
Jun 24, 2017
Japan and 'One Belt, One Road'
Shinzo Abe's recent warming up to Chinese trade initiatives is the right move.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 28, 2017
ADB faces many challenges ahead as it marks 50th year
The Asia Development Bank can't afford to rest on its laurels.
BUSINESS
May 8, 2017
BOJ chief Kuroda jokes that former job at ADB was more exciting
Haruhiko Kuroda joked that his previous role running the Asian Development Bank was more exciting than the assignment he's taken on as governor of the Bank of Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 6, 2017
Japanese, Chinese finance chiefs meet for first time since in nearly two years
The finance chiefs of Japan and China resumed their bilateral dialogue for the first time in two years Saturday, agreeing to deepen economic and financial ties.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2017
Mellower Trump trade tone eases onus on China to fill U.S. void
The softening of President Donald Trump's protectionist economic agenda has eased fears of a global trade war. It also spares China from having to assert itself as defender of the existing global economic order or being forced to take the lead in forging a new one.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2017
China-led development bank gets status boost with 13 new member states
The standing of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is set for another boost after 13 further applicants were granted membership.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 13, 2016
Why Japan should reconsider joining the AIIB
Now that the Chinese-led bank has begun operations, Japan's concerns have largely been addressed.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 12, 2016
U.S. should have joined China-led AIIB: Trump adviser
A top adviser to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump lashed out at the Obama administration for failing to embrace the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, suggesting a possible policy shift when Trump takes office in January.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 22, 2016
AIIB holdout Japan risks missing out on the infrastructure contracts it seeks
When Canada said in August it would join the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, all eyes turned to Japan and the U.S.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 31, 2016
Canada snubs U.S. in seeking to join China-led AIIB
Canada will apply to join the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Ottawa's finance department said Wednesday, in a coup for Beijing after Washington tried to dissuade its allies from signing up.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 26, 2016
China touts AIIB's greater understanding of developing world
The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will be different from institutions like the World Bank because it has a greater understanding of the developing world's needs, officials said Sunday at its first annual meeting.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 8, 2016
Beware 'naked nationalism'
The G-7 is a waste of time given the zero-sum game of geopolitics places self-interest over global recovery.
Ishiba delays meeting with Trump, citing legal restrictions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, in Callao, Peru, on Friday.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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