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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 14, 2018
Kuroda says signal for stimulus exit would be change in target rate
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda says when the central bank is finally ready to signal the start of an exit from its massive monetary stimulus, the shift will be seen in its target rate.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 17, 2018
Trade war imperils world growth, IMF warns
Escalating trade tensions are threatening to derail a global upswing that is already losing momentum amid weaker than expected growth in Europe and Japan, warns the International Monetary Fund.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 12, 2018
IMF chief slams Trump, says global economic outlook darkening by the day
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde led an attack by global economic organizations on U.S. President Donald Trump's "America first" trade policy on Monday, warning that clouds over the global economy "are getting darker by the day.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 13, 2017
Trump's tax plans provoke friction with IMF after study advocates social cohesion and less inequality
The International Monetary Fund spent decades telling the world's governments how to run their economies on an American-inspired blueprint that became known as the Washington Consensus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 9, 2017
IMF warns Asia to learn from Japan's experience, act early on rapidly aging populations
Asia has enjoyed demographic dividends in the past, but the growing number of elderly is set to create a demographic “tax” on growth, a report said.
EDITORIALS
Apr 28, 2017
Searching for consensus in global economic governance
It's no longer business as usual for the global economic order.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 20, 2016
Lagarde keeps IMF job, escapes penalty after negligence conviction in France
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde escaped punishment and kept her job on Monday despite a conviction on negligence charges over a state payout made while she served as France's finance minister in 2008.
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.
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.

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