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US ECONOMY

BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 14, 2016
'Safety net' needed to get young consumers to spend more: economist
Kazuhisa Takemura has an idea for helping Japan's struggling economy: Entice younger consumers to spend more by providing them a financial and emotional cushion.
EDITORIALS
Sep 13, 2016
BOJ's upcoming policy review
The Bank of Japan should candidly assess the impact of its monetary policy and consider whether it's still worth pursuing.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 13, 2016
Central bank's policies impeding recovery
Central bankers' 'central planning' of the financial sector with controlled prices for credit are failing for the same reason as central planners of communist economies failed. It's time to allow financial markets to determine interest rates.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 7, 2016
Japan shows why the Fed should hike rates
Tokyo's lesson is that keeping rates at zero for too long may do more to deaden confidence than instill it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 6, 2016
Ending American poverty: mission impossible?
There's no powerful mandate for a vast new anti-poverty program.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2016
U.S. has 'false economy' and interest rates must change: Trump
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. Federal Reserve is keeping interest rates low to prevent an economic downturn and "at some point" the rates must change.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 2, 2016
Economic shift leaves many Chinese adrift
The yawning gap between winners and losers is making life much harder for a government seeking to boost growth and maintain stability.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2016
How to fight secular stagnation
There are different types of forces that could be suppressing economic growth, not all of which are beyond our control.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2016
The making of a Chinese consumer society
China's transformation into a consumer society is good news for the future of the global economy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 30, 2016
BOJ stuck in the Stone Age
Haruhiko Kuroda's use of primitive monetary policy tools makes him the Fred Flintstone of central bankers.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 30, 2016
Finance Ministry vs. the currency speculators
The Finance Ministry remains hesitant to back its tough talk with action, not least because of U.S. disapproval of supposed 'currency manipulation.'
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2016
The comeback of middle-wage jobs in America
Middle-wage workers are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. labor market, but can America's education system to provide the skills that the economy now demands?
EDITORIALS
Aug 25, 2016
Japan's shaky fiscal consolidation
Instead of selling rosy high-growth scenarios, the Abe adminstration should present a concrete and credible road map for fiscal rehabilitation.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 22, 2016
Can the private sector save the U.S. economy?
Why is the U.S. economy taking so long to recover from the Great Recession?
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2016
The good news in China's growth slowdown
China must avoid the siren song of credit-fueled growth or pay the price of growing imbalances and rising debt.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Aug 12, 2016
Cabinet Office view of 2014 economy contraction differs from BOJ take
The official view in Japan for more than a year has been that the economy contracted in 2014 after a sales-tax hike stunted consumer spending. A new analysis from economists at the central bank paints a very different picture, suggesting that gross domestic product actually grew 2.4 percent.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2016
Japan firms to see sales peak over new Mountain Day holiday
As Japanese prepare to head for the hills Thursday for the nation’s inaugural Mountain Day holiday, retailers and tour operators are gearing up for an  ¥820 billion windfall.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
MUFG fires worker over ¥2 billion theft from clients’ safe deposit boxes
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is investigating the incident and consulting with the police.
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
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.

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