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GLOBAL ECONOMY

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 9, 2023
Economists fret over perils ahead for global growth
The world economy may be shifting to a more difficult era where interest rates will be higher, geopolitical tensions greater and uncertainties more pronounced.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead
Jan 9, 2023
Navigating perfect economic storms
Throughout the pandemic, Indonesia has managed to be one of the few countries in the world that sustained its economic performance even through a global aggregate demand shock.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jan 6, 2023
The global economy braces for a difficult year
Politicians, policymakers and the public need to prepare for anticipated contingencies and the 'unknown unknowns' that are sure to occur with the global economy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead
Jan 6, 2023
Is economic failure an economics failure?
It is clear that an ever-growing number of people hold democratic capitalism in disrepute, and economists along with it. But how much responsibility do economists bear for our ills?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead
Jan 6, 2023
Will central banks do what it takes?
Restoring positive real interest rates — thereby stabilizing inflation — may require monetary policy to be kept tighter for longer than many policymakers seem to expect.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2023
It’s now clear that quantitative easing was a colossal policy mistake
There's no convincing evidence that central banks' purchases of trillions of dollars of bonds and other financial assets helped any economy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead
Jan 5, 2023
A pandemic of debt
With soaring inflation, rising interest rates and the strengthening U.S. dollar compounding their debt-service burdens, a crisis is now unfolding in the developing world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 3, 2023
China’s economy ends year in slump as COVID infections surge
Official data over the weekend showed the decline in manufacturing worsened last month, while activity in the services sector plunged the most since February 2020.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 2, 2023
Is a 1.5 degree Celsius climate objective just a pipe dream?
Continuing to tout the unrealistic 1.5 C global warming goal is unrealistic; but setting a more feasible target raises risks of its own.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 2, 2023
‘OK, Mexico, save me’: After China, this is where globalization may lead
As American companies seek to limit their exposure to the pitfalls of making goods in China, some are moving production to Mexico.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 2, 2023
Global economy faces tougher year in 2023, IMF's Georgieva warns
The new year is going to be 'tougher than the year we leave behind,' IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead
Dec 31, 2022
Resilient trade
Comparative advantage explains the efficiency gains of international trade and specialization. But we have learned that we must also account for the reliability of trade.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 29, 2022
U.K.-Japan relations grow stronger amid these trying times
U.K. and Japanese relations grow stronger amid trying times marred by war and rising inflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 28, 2022
Five scenarios that threaten more pain for global markets
While optimists are betting on central banks pivoting to interest rate cuts, others are on the lookout for risks that may throw markets back into turmoil.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 27, 2022
Competition or containment in the brewing chip war?
China's fear of having its access to semiconductors cut off might prompt it to invade Taiwan — so the U.S. needs to be careful on how its implements export controls.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2022
Shipping’s oil era is coming to an end
It's a good start, but reducing shipping's carbon footprint it's not the holy grail of decarbonization. That would entail plugging the industry into the emerging hydrogen economy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2022
The Asian nations bringing Washington and Beijing together
Southeast Asian nations have been playing a key role in mediating tensions between Washington and Beijing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 21, 2022
Is there too much economic gloom and doom?
Souring macroeconomic conditions and monetary-policy tightening have led some commentators to warn of an impending mega-crisis. Yet there is ample evidence to suggest otherwise.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Dec 21, 2022
World economy bets on China learning to live with COVID
Those who believe the world economy can avoid the hardest of landings next year are watching China closely.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Dec 20, 2022
EU unity over Russia sanctions falters as Europe's economy wilts
EU leaders agreed on Thursday to a ninth package of sanctions but talks were acrimonious, with Poland and the Baltic states that neighbor Russia campaigning for tougher measures.
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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Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
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