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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2016
Nissan says Brexit deal will determine future U.K. plant investment: report
The chief executive of carmaker Nissan said future investment decisions about Britain's biggest car plant will depend on the terms of a Brexit deal struck with the European Union on customs, trade and free movement of goods.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2016
Putin struggles to kick-start Russia's flagging economy
Vladimir Putin's economy has been shrinking for 18 months but he still doesn't have a plan to get it going again.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 2, 2016
The West's decline would also harm China
It makes little sense that Beijing is so pleased about the struggles of China's most valuable trading partners.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 31, 2016
Will 'Pokemon Go' power up Japan's 'Cool Economy'?
'Pokemon Go' may be a huge success, but without major structural reforms, Japan's creative economy won't take flight.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 30, 2016
Obama to push for Congress to pass TPP despite its demonization in campaign
During a visit by Singapore's prime minister on Tuesday, President Barack Obama will extol the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal and commit to getting it done, a top White House official said Friday, even though Obama's fellow Democrats panned it at their convention this past week.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 26, 2016
In policy platform, Democrats train their guns on Trump
In a rebuke to U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and the GOP, the Democratic Party's policy platform has touted Washington's network of alliances — including its defense pact with Japan — as "a source of tremendous strategic advantage."
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 26, 2016
As Ukraine conflict simmers, country becomes a trove for black-market arms trade
On Feb. 12 last year, the same day that a cease-fire ended the worst of the fighting in eastern Ukraine between rebels and government forces, a former rebel fighter seized a chance to turn his inside knowledge of the conflict into hard cash.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 25, 2016
Brexit doesn't doom the Japan-U.K. partnership
Japan should be aggressive in trying to shape post-Brexit trade relations with Britain.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2016
FTAs easier said than done
The Britons who pushed for Brexit misled voters by telling them that free trade was an easy and speedy option.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 22, 2016
South Korean bank says North's nuclear ambitions squeezed economy in 2015
North Korea's economy last year is estimated to have contracted the most since 2007 as leader Kim Jong Un marshaled resources for nuclear tests and ballistic missile development.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 22, 2016
Wall Street investors wary, confused over possibility of Trump presidency
Donald Trump has said a lot of things that, were he a sitting U.S. president instead of a candidate for the job, could be expected to roil financial markets.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 20, 2016
Republican platform blasts China on isles, rights, trade
The U.S. Republican Party has come out guns blazing against China in its latest party platform — a marked contrast from the softer tone of its last charter in 2012.
BUSINESS
Jul 14, 2016
FTC reviewing whether no-resale LNG contracts are illegal
The Fair Trade Commission is investigating whether clauses in contracts for liquefied natural gas that restrict buyers from reselling the fuel violate the competition laws of the world's largest user of the super-chilled gas, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 7, 2016
Tokyo stationery fair draws crowds eager to see latest in school, corporate supplies
Crowds of representatives from home improvement centers, supermarkets and other stores flocked to Japan's largest stationery and office products fair on Thursday to take in the latest innovations in work supplies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 1, 2016
Who's really to blame for Brexit
Mismanagement of globalization by the world's leadership class has led to Brexit and may elect Donald Trump.

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