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GLOBAL ECONOMY

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2020
Is Wall Street ready to work on China time?
Many of the Chinese blue-chips have secondary listings in Hong Kong so stockholders should hold on to their shares because that's how they can continue to chase the China dream.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 4, 2020
What Africa needs now is its own Japan or Singapore
What Africa might need is its own Japan — a pioneering country that can industrialize first, and then invest in the rest of the continent.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 27, 2020
Coronavirus is helping African economies compete
Africa's 54 countries now include seven of the globe's 10 fastest-growing economies, in part because the lethal virus may have improved their competitive advantage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 24, 2020
World economy risks buckling into 2021 despite vaccine nearing
Economists say it wouldn't take much for the U.S., euro area and Japan to each contract again either this quarter or next.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 20, 2020
U.S. firms turn upbeat on China after Biden win, survey shows
The survey, conducted Nov. 11-15, showed 54.8% of the respondents have become more upbeat about their business prospects in China.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / EXPLAINER
Nov 15, 2020
What does RCEP mean for Japan and its Asian neighbors?
On Sunday, 15 nations in the Asia-Pacific region signed the world's newest multilateral trade deal, the massive Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2020
Asian leaders plan to strike RCEP trade deal on Sunday without India
Leaders of 15 Asia-Pacific countries, including China, plan to strike a deal creating an economic bloc representing around a third of the world's GDP and population.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2020
Why emerging markets are wary of a modern monetary fix
For countries that pass the threshold conditions, MMT says the only real constraint on government spending is inflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Oct 29, 2020
As COVID-19 persists and U.S. poll nears, China's growth lifts Asia
China is now the only major economy forecast by the International Monetary Fund to report growth — of 1.9% — this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2020
China’s new growth plan may push economy past U.S. within decade
The country's 14th five-year plan is expected to center around technological innovation, economic self reliance and a cleaner environment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 19, 2020
China’s economy accelerates, broadening global recovery from pandemic
Underpinning the recovery has been an aggressive containment of the coronavirus that has allowed factories to quickly reopen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2020
Investors urge heavy carbon emitters to set science-based reduction targets
The effort by 137 investors reflects concern that climate change may put their investments at risk, as well as causing damage to the world economy.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 24, 2020
IMF official warns coronavirus will weigh on some economies for years
The novel coronavirus crisis is lasting longer than expected, and it will take some countries years to return to growth, the No. 2 official at the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 23, 2020
Celebrating 75 years of the United Nations
The U.N. and the belief in global solidarity that it embodies have never been more essential as the world finds itself in turmoil amid a virus pandemic and a recession.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2020
The rise of Covidnomics
Once links between medicine and economics are pinpointed, fascinating policy ideas begin to emerge.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2020
The post-pandemic recovery’s missing link is trust
As with the 2008 global financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic has decisively weakened public confidence in expertise.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2020
Our weird pandemic spending ways could change soon
There's been a lot of talk about the U.S. experiencing a K-shaped recovery, with large companies and the rich recovering while smaller companies and lower-paid service workers struggle. But this divide also shows up in the way Americans are shopping.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 27, 2020
RCEP states make 'significant' progress in trade talks without India
The RCEP deal aims to establish common rules for e-commerce, trade and intellectual property.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Aug 24, 2020
Jackson Hole conference goes virtual as monetary experts discuss life after ‘peak central banking’
After convening every August since 1982 at the edge of Wyoming’s magnificent Teton mountain range, monetary policymakers will hold a virtual Jackson Hole conference this week that will look pale by comparison. The same could probably be said of the central banks themselves.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 19, 2020
‘Too big to fail’ isn’t just a financial problem
Key economic actors are rife with deep interconnections.
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.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
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.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
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.
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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