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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2015
Global economy's Chinese headwinds
Last year, interest rates were supposed to start rising in the U.S. and U.K. and quantitative easing would deliver increased inflation in Japan. Twelve months later, economic headwinds from China are a major reason why normality seems as distant as ever.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 12, 2015
Honda bets that Chinese tastes will prevail in Japan, too
Honda Motor Co. designed the Jade minivan with the extended Chinese family in mind, appealing to the preference for space to carry relatives. The automaker is pitching the same car to Japanese consumers with a twist.
EDITORIALS
Feb 3, 2015
China's new economic reality
Economic reforms in China will be meaningless unless they are accompanied by political reforms.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 3, 2015
Alibaba scores a hollow victory over Beijing
Alibaba's success in its confrontation with the Chinese Communist Party is not a sign that life is generally improving for private business in China,
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2015
Vested interests stalemate reforms in China
Unless and until China's top leaders overcome resistance from vested interests, progress on reform will remain sluggish.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2015
Looser credit policies for China's better cities
The best way to sustain China's economic transition and prevent a hard landing is to implement looser monetary and credit policies that enable the most productive cities, companies and industries to generate new added value.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Dec 30, 2014
China banking on projects
The key factor that has led Beijing to create the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank is the belief that creating new demand abroad is the only way to avoid a simultaneous collapse of local governments and state corporations.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2014
High risks, rewards in Xi's reforms
Only by addressing the weakening of investment-led growth, bureacratic inefficiencies and worsening pollution, and then shifting to an innovation-based, environmentally sustainable growth model, can China continue to prosper and ultimately achieve high-income status.
BUSINESS
Dec 23, 2014
Gucci to check Chinese suppliers after TV exploitation charges
Italian fashion house Gucci said on Monday it would strengthen controls on its suppliers after a television program showed Chinese employees working more than three times their official hours to assemble its handbags.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2014
The next phase of China's financial deepening
China's financial deepening is a market process. But it must be underpinned by a regulatory and policy framework that encourages risk-taking and innovation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 28, 2014
China overtakes Japan as world's second-biggest stock market
China surpassed Japan as the world's second-largest stock market for the first time in three years amid growing investor confidence that policymakers in Beijing will revive the economy with monetary stimulus.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 21, 2014
Reforming China's 'commanding heights'
Xi's effort to root out corruption has empowered both the party and the reformers. The question is how far they will take their reform ambitions.
WORLD
Nov 18, 2014
FBI probes State Department hacking tied to White House breach
The FBI is investigating a hacking attack that forced the U.S. State Department to disable part of its email system and may be linked to a previously disclosed intrusion of the White House network.
WORLD
Nov 14, 2014
NOAA reports cyberattacks on four sensitive websites; report blames Chinese hackers
The U.S. agency that operates the National Weather Service said on Wednesday four of its websites were hacked in recent weeks, becoming the latest federal agency to fall victim to a cyberattack.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 12, 2014
Beijing changes the subject in Hong Kong
To maintain its pivotal role, Hong Kong needs greater accountability to the people, not less.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 4, 2014
Chinese Communist Party's great leap backward
Chinese President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign was supposed to signify a shift toward a more transparent system based on the rule of law, but the officials who have been purged so far have been Xi's political adversaries. Xi appears to be pulling China backward politically.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Nov 3, 2014
Only catastrophe can rob China of No. 1 spot
For China not to become the world's largest economy, it would take a collapse on a bigger scale than anything we've seen in recent world history, short of Zimbabwe or North Korea.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.

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