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ECONOMY

COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2016
Sorry Donald, America is not a poor country
Americans may feel poor, but that's only because the U.S.' stunted economic growth can't satisfy all their demands.
EDITORIALS
Mar 25, 2016
Keep politics out of tax hike decision
The decision on whether to raise the consumption tax next year should not be driven by partisan political interests.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 23, 2016
Nobel laureate Krugman calls for tax hike delay, stimulus measures
Nobel-winning U.S. economist Paul Krugman has urged Japan to hold off on a consumption tax increase planned for April next year and hammer out new stimulus measures to overcome deflation.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 22, 2016
Japan land prices rise 0.1% on demand for tourist premises
Commercial and residential land prices log their first increase in eight years as tourism pushes up demand for hotels and shops.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2016
Good news for discouraged American workers
America's job market is looking unexpectedly robust.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 19, 2016
Time to move beyond monetary policy
Ideological and political prejudices deeply rooted in history will have to be overcome to end the current stagnation.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 19, 2016
Abe to decide after G-7 summit on whether to hike consumption tax: aide
Prime Minister Abe told Diet members he will make the decision on the consumption tax hike planned for April 2017 after “carefully” assessing current economic conditions.
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.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 14, 2016
The economics lab where theories go to die
Most macroeconomic theories can be easily tested: all we have to do is take a look at Japan.
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.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 9, 2016
Picking up where Abenomics policies left off
Given a shrinking population, a slowing China, sexism and an inefficient corporate system and labor market, Japan is going to have a rocky road ahead no matter what it does.
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.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 8, 2016
Revised third-quarter GDP figures show 1.1% contraction
The economy contracted in the October-December quarter, according to revised government data that underscores growing concern that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's reflation program is falling short of expectations.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 8, 2016
Current account surplus continues for 19th month on cheaper oil, tourism surge
Japan posted a current account surplus for the 19th consecutive month in January, the government said Tuesday, with declining crude oil prices driving down imports and a growing number of foreign tourists helping to push travel further into the black.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 8, 2016
Abenomics losing support with economists and voters alike
Abenomics has not had much impact reviving the fits-and-starts Japanese economy. That is the verdict of nearly two dozen economists canvassed in a new Bloomberg News survey.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 7, 2016
Trump has a point about American decline
The U.S. may not be able to reverse its decline, but there are steps that can halt it before it gets worse.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 7, 2016
Kuroda should rethink the quest for 2 percent inflation
Rather than becoming more and more aggressive, the BOJ might instead consider lowering its inflation target.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 1, 2016
Sharp's alive, and that's too bad
Letting the electronics maker and other troubled companies die is a necessary part of reanimating Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 1, 2016
Japan's October-December business investment up 8.5%, but outlook dim
Capital spending by Japanese firms climbed 8.5 percent in the October-December period from a year earlier, the government said Tuesday, but a decline in corporate profits and an uncertain global economy may dampen business investment in the future.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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