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ECONOMY

COMMENTARY / World
Nov 1, 2013
Next euro country in need of reform is Germany
The next German government — probably a grand coalition — will need to concentrate on basic issues affecting the next generation, including whether to establish a minimum wage.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 29, 2013
The lust beneath Japan's sex drought
It's not a lack of libido but a dearth of denaro and future employment propsects that is putting young Japanese off long-term relationships, says a business columnist.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 25, 2013
Free migration lifts all boats
The eager courtship by Western nations of deep-pocketed and well-educated foreigners can mislead one into thinking that globalization encourages free and open movements of peoples.
EDITORIALS
Oct 2, 2013
Consumption tax raise misdirected
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe confirms that the government will raise the sales tax from 5 to 8 percent beginning in April. But will the tax hike lead to an economic downturn
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 30, 2013
China to foil skeptics again
China's eagerly anticipated 'hard landing' hasn't happened yet, and recent indicators make one wonder if it ever will. Maybe China's skeptics should be viewed more skeptically.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 29, 2013
American Dream fading for many in wake of financial crisis
Four years into an economic recovery in which most of the benefits have flowed to the top earners, a majority believes that the American Dream is becoming markedly more elusive, according to the results of a Washington Post-Miller Center poll exploring Americans' changing definition of success and their...
EDITORIALS
Sep 18, 2013
Economic reforms in China
The Chinese leadership should make strenuous efforts to achieve balanced economic growth that can raise the living standards of the hundreds of millions of Chinese who remain mired in poverty.
EDITORIALS
Sep 15, 2013
Flawed fight against deflation
The government's fight against deflation will not be successful if prices rise but wages remain stagnant.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 10, 2013
With changing of India's guard comes new ideas
Behind India's economic gloom, a new generation is taking over, bringing with it fresh ideas and visions.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 3, 2013
Sweden offers a model for economic recovery
Sweden is enjoying steady growth thanks to an economic model that combines a social welfare society with a free-market economy and a high degree of government efficiency.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2013
Predicting growth from the path of a cricket ball
Inventing new things is hard. Figuring out how to manage their applications in a sensible manner is even harder.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 30, 2013
Knock down barriers to FDIs
If Japan wants to regain its international competitiveness and recover its innovative capabilities, it must encourage leading foreign firms to come to the Japanese market.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 21, 2013
China needs another Zhu Rongji
China may be the globe's second-biggest economy, but over the past 10 years, it has regressed as the state companies used cheap capital to expand their grip.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 21, 2013
It's now decision time for the global economy
Think of the U.S. economy as an eight-cylinder engine running on five amid fiscal consolidation, public-sector investment shortfalls and the normalization of part-time work.
EDITORIALS
Aug 15, 2013
Strong enough for a sales tax hike?
Japan's annualized GDP growth has topped 2 percent for two straight quarters. But is economic recovery strong enough to go ahead with sales tax hikes starting next April
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Aug 12, 2013
No fluffing up China's slump
The rest of the world has came to know about the start of an economic slump in China from none other than President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang.
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.
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.
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.

Podcast

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

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