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ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 20, 2021
Even amid a global inflation wave, Japan remains unlikely to hit its goal
Japan's core consumer prices dropped by 0.2% from a year earlier, highlighting a continuing challenge for the nation's policymakers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 16, 2021
Japan's economy rebounds in April-June quarter, but COVID-19 clouds outlook
The rebound was much weaker than that of other advanced economies, highlighting the fallout from Tokyo's struggle in containing the pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 12, 2021
Wholesale inflation hits 13-year high in Japan as costs of imports rise
Inflation in global commodities and a weak yen have been pushing up raw material import costs for a broad range of goods, Bank of Japan data shows.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 3, 2021
Tokyo shows an inflation pulse for the first time in a year
Prices in the capital, excluding those for fresh food, ticked up by 0.1% in July compared with a year earlier as electricity costs stabilized and newspaper prices rose.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 12, 2021
Japan's May machinery orders rise 7.8%, up for third month in a row
The jump in core orders indicates a modest revival in corporate spending, seen by policymakers as necessary to accelerate Japan's tepid recovery.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 4, 2021
The right economic advice for the pandemic recovery
The challenge now is to devise a recovery strategy that recognizes the implications of today's global economic interdependence.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 1, 2021
Sentiment among Japan's big manufacturers improves in June survey
The Bank of Japan survey came as a sign that solid global demand was helping the economy emerge from pandemic-induced doldrums.
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.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
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.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'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.

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