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CHINESE ECONOMY

COMMENTARY / World
Sep 2, 2016
Economic shift leaves many Chinese adrift
The yawning gap between winners and losers is making life much harder for a government seeking to boost growth and maintain stability.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2016
The making of a Chinese consumer society
China's transformation into a consumer society is good news for the future of the global economy.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2016
The good news in China's growth slowdown
China must avoid the siren song of credit-fueled growth or pay the price of growing imbalances and rising debt.
EDITORIALS
Jul 21, 2016
Fixing China's troubled economy
Beijing needs to do more to put China's economic act together.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 21, 2016
How slow will China's economic growth go?
China's future is anything but predetermined. With the right approach, it can manage a smooth transition from middle- to high-income status.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Apr 26, 2016
Beijing puts the squeeze on foreign companies in China
Japanese firms based in China are feeling the pinch as Beijing tightens its grip on capital transactions.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2016
China's path to a $5 trillion growth opportunity
China can settle for temporary fixes that will ultimately make its problem worse. Or it can seize the opportunity and press ahead with reforms that will boost productivity and create economic prosperity for years to come.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 19, 2016
China's future may be sleepier than you think
China's economy may be headed for a Japan-style slump.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2016
South Korean lessons for a slowing China
No major economy has tried to change growth engines mid-flight, but South Korea provides a template for China.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 15, 2016
Why is change so hard for China's leadership?
Economic reforms in China are much like New Year's diet resolutions: easily announced and easily forgotten.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 11, 2016
Toilet-maker Toto looks to Chinese to change cultural habits to boost sales
Nearly all Japanese have converted to using seated toilets since 1977 when they first overtook the squatting versions. For future growth, Japan's largest toilet—maker Toto Ltd. is looking toward neighboring China.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2016
Abenomics proves contagious
China's Xi Jinping and India's Narendra Modi need to stop the hollow rhetoric and get on with the hard task of economic reform.
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2016
China may face Japan-like slump unless yuan weakens, KKR says
China could be facing the same kind of anemic growth that Japan did in the 1990s unless it moves to weaken the yuan to alleviate the country's debt burden and fend off deflation, according to KKR & Co., one of the world's largest private equity firms.
EDITORIALS
Feb 29, 2016
Group of 20 steps up
The G-20 has eclipsed the Group of Eight as a global economic manager but it appears to increasingly resemble that gathering: more symbol than substance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 28, 2016
Free trade with China wasn't a great idea for U.S.
Free trade with China has caused severe and permanent harm to many American workers.
BUSINESS
Jan 25, 2016
Taiyo Pacific sees investment shift to Japan shares as 'sexy' China cools
The China-led stock slump that's taking Japanese equities down with it will ultimately prove a boon for investors in Japan, according to Taiyo Pacific Partners LP, which manages $2.2 billion, including money from the world's biggest pension fund.
EDITORIALS
Jan 22, 2016
World nervously watches China
China's investment-driven growth model is fast crumbling and a new one has yet to take hold.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 21, 2016
The bill for China's flawed ascent is coming due
The Chinese government's contract with its 1.4 billion subjects is that it will deliver prosperity and they will be obedient. But how much longer can this deal continue?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 15, 2016
What happens after China's bubble goes pop?
Will China be a source of stability and strength for the world economy — or the opposite?
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 14, 2016
Stocks tumble in Tokyo, largely erasing Wednesday's rebound
Shares fell in Tokyo on Thursday, cutting short Wednesday's rebound, after U.S. stocks tumbled amid declining oil prices and continued anxiety over Chinese growth.
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.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
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.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

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