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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2016
Trump's Treasury pick targets taxes, trade reforms
President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Treasury, Steven Mnuchin, said on Wednesday the administration would make tax reform and trade pact overhauls top priorities in order to achieve a sustained pace of 3 percent to 4 percent economic growth.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 30, 2016
Trump confronting China on trade sets up backlash
If U.S. President-elect Donald Trump delivers on campaign pledges to get tough with China on trade, lining up against him likely will be another powerful adversary: American multinational corporations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 29, 2016
Divining the new U.S. Asia policy
Experience tells us to discount at least half of what is said during presidential campaigns. The challenge is predicting correctly which half to discount.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Nov 28, 2016
China eyes 'The Art of War' as Trump signals battle on trade
There's a Chinese saying that stems from the philosophy in Sun Tzu's ancient text "The Art of War": You can kill 1,000 enemies, but you would also lose 800 soldiers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Nov 27, 2016
Kansai firms more concerned with Asian markets than Trump's TPP pullout
For Kansai business leaders, Asia, particularly East Asia, has long been far more important economically than the United States.
EDITORIALS
Nov 25, 2016
Trade order battered but not beaten
The world trade system is under great and growing strain, but there is an opportunity for real and new leadership.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Nov 23, 2016
Trump's NAFTA revamp would require concessions, borrowed elements from TPP
President-elect Donald Trump's plan to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement to make it "a lot better" for U.S. workers would not be a one-way street for his administration, as Canada and Mexico prepare their own list of demands that could require difficult U.S. concessions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2016
Trump to dump TPP on first day in office
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he will withdraw his country from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact on the day he takes office, dealing another blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2016
Abe tells APEC Tokyo will continue pushing free trade for sake of global growth
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday told the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit that free trade is a source of global economic growth and Tokyo intends to keep promoting the policy, a Japanese government spokesman said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2016
China pledges further opening at APEC summit as Asia-Pacific leaders scramble for free trade
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged further economic opening on Saturday as leaders of Asia-Pacific countries sought new free trade options following Donald Trump's election as U.S. president on promises to scrap or renegotiate trade deals.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 18, 2016
Trump will have to overcome the U.S. foreign policy 'Blob'
Believe it or not, Donald Trump actually has some good ideas on trade blocs, the economy and foreign policy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2016
With Trump win, China looks to seize Asia free trade leadership
China will position itself as free trade's new champion at an Asia-Pacific summit this weekend, with the Communist government seeking to project economic leadership as the Trans-Pacific Partnership languishes under President-elect Donald Trump.
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.

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