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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 19, 2019
Japanese businesses see economy peaking out, want more stimulus: poll
The nation's economy is likely to stop expanding this year and into next with the Sino-U.S. trade war and a planned sales tax hike expected to crimp activity, a Reuters poll of Japanese companies found, with most calling for fresh stimulus to prop up growth.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 15, 2019
Approval rate for Abe's Cabinet sags to 39% in latest survey
The Cabinet saw its approval rate this month drop 3.4 points to 39.0 percent and its disapproval rate climb 1.9 points to 36.4 percent, a recent opinion poll shows.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2019
More and more Americans blame Trump for U.S. government shutdown: poll
A growing proportion of Americans blame President Donald Trump for a partial government shutdown that will cut off paychecks to federal workers this week, though Republicans mostly support his refusal to approve a budget without taxpayer dollars for the U.S.-Mexico border wall, according to a Reuters/Ipsos...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 15, 2018
Abe Cabinet climbs to 41.7% in latest opinion poll
Public support for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has climbed to 41.7 percent this month, up 3.2 points from August and surpassing the disapproval rate for the first time in seven months, an opinion poll showed Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 27, 2018
'Things have not changed': Mother of gang rape victim backs India's rank as 'most dangerous for women'
The mother of a female student who was gang raped and killed on a Delhi bus more than five years ago supported a Thomson Reuters Foundation poll of experts on Wednesday that ranked India as the world's most dangerous country for women.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 14, 2018
Half of Americans back Trump's handling of North Korea but only quarter expect denuclearization: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Just over half of all Americans say they approve of how President Donald Trump has handled North Korea, but only a quarter think that his summit this week with Kim Jong Un will lead to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 6, 2018
Most Republicans feel FBI and Justice Department trying to 'delegitimize' Trump: survey
Nearly 3 out of 4 Republicans believe the FBI and Justice Department are trying to undermine U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday, a sharp turn for a party that has historically backed law enforcement agencies.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2018
Pew survey gauges Japanese confidence in media coverage at 65%
A survey by a U.S. think tank finds the majority of Japanese think the domestic media are doing at least “somewhat well” on accuracy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2017
Newsweek causes stir by reporting 'Japan wants war' with North Korea
Misreporting an opinion poll, a Newsweek story claims 'Japan wants war with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, not dialogue.'
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2017
Macron's popularity rating drops 10 percentage points in month
President Emmanuel Macron's popularity rating has slumped by 10 percentage points this month, according to an Ifop poll on Sunday — the biggest decline for a new president since 1995.
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2017
Japan manufacturers wary of possible U.S. import tax, survey shows
Manufacturers nationwide are wary of a possible U.S. border tax, with just over half expecting profits to take a hit if the United States slaps a 20 percent levy on imports, a poll showed on Monday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 6, 2017
Winning F.A. Cup not high on priority list for many
It is F.A. Cup third-round weekend or, as English Premier League clubs call it, a chance to rest the top stars.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 14, 2016
Poll puts Trump just ahead of Clinton in Florida, Pennsylvania in wake of FBI probe results
Republican Donald Trump pulled ahead of Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton in Florida and Pennsylvania in a Quinnipiac Poll released on Wednesday that included responses after the FBI released its findings on Clinton's email use.
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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