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US ECONOMY

COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 24, 2015
BOJ needs to spread the wealth to rural Japan
The BOJ needs to broaden the impact of the its unprecedented easing program beyond Japan's biggest cities.
EDITORIALS
Mar 24, 2015
Higher wages, but for how many?
The higher wage hikes at leading firms are indeed good news, but that covers only a small proportion of the nation's workforce.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2015
Russia treading water in sea of red ink
Russia's troubled domestic front is now catching up to President Vladimir Putin and limiting his regional and global aspirations.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 18, 2015
Toyota's measly wage increase won't help turn Japan around
The government should reengage in old-fashion industrial policy to force companies into being more generous.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 16, 2015
How to succeed in business on the frontiers after China
So how should investors conduct business in Asia's frontier markets beyond China — in countries with limited rule of law and transparency?
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 15, 2015
Economic transformation creeping into Egypt
With bad news generating many of the headlines from the Middle East, it has been easy to miss the ongoing transformation of the Egyptian economy.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 10, 2015
Three reasons why Japan will get more stimulus
With no sign that Japan's economy is on the path of a self-sustaining recovery, a third dose of quantitative easing is almost certain.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2015
Why Beijing is giving Hong Kong less respect
The crux of Beijing's declining respect for Hong Kong is Britain's apparent efforts to enhance its economic relationship with China amid U.S. hegemonic decline.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 9, 2015
Nomura, Daiwa boost hiring of grads as stock market climbs
Nomura Holdings Inc. and Daiwa Securities Group Inc. increased hiring of university graduates this year as a stock market rally brightens prospects for the nation's biggest securities firms.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2015
The guiding principles of economic prosperity
It would be a mistake to assume that Germany's economic performance vindicates its policymaking today, for its current economic dominance has been built on a policy framework that stands in direct opposition to that championed by the father of its post-World War II 'economic miracle.'
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2015
The economic target China should have set
If Chinese leaders are serious about shifting to an economic growth model driven by consumer demand, they need to focus on raising incomes as broadly as possible.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2015
No, Obama, Russia's economy isn't in tatters
It's time to bury the expectation that Russia's economy will fall apart under pressure from falling oil prices and Western sanctions, and that Russians, angered by a drop in their living standards, will rise up and sweep President Vladimir Putin out of office.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 3, 2015
Thomas Piketty's Japanese tour
Like so many other Western exports, Thomas Piketty's economic argument has taken on unique characteristics in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2015
The challenge of China's dual-track economy
With China's economic slowdown more apparent than ever, its prospects for avoiding a hard landing are weakening.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 3, 2015
Abe property boom spurs REITs to favor stock sales
Real estate investment trusts are raising more funds from shares and avoiding a volatile bond market, as investors bet "Abenomics" will boost property prices.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2015
Why the squeeze is on middle-class incomes
A right-wing think tank from among President Barack Obama's top economists blames the slow growth of productivity, mainly, for the squeeze on middle-class incomes.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2015
China may be stalling out, and that's alright
China's shrinking population and the slowing of migration to cities means there are enough jobs to go around even as its economic growth slows.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Pope Francis, radical leader who broke the papal mold, dies at 88
Pope Francis blesses the faithful during the weekly general audience at the Vatican in August 2023.
Japan mulls reviewing car safety rules to strike deal with Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister and top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Friday.
Japan tariff negotiator rules out quick U.S. deal despite push by Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Friday, a day after talks in Washington.
Shohei Ohtani announces birth of daughter
Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka attend a Lakers game in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 2024.
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
The floor is art: Takuro Tamayama transforms mundanity
Takuro Tamayama’s sculpture “Models (Pair, 6 sets, 12 rings)” comes with a mathematical formation that scales it for different spaces.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Calling all Potterheads: ‘The Goblet of Fire’ comes to Tokyo
The Tokyo version of the globe-trotting exhibition features a Ministry of Magic set, which includes an imposing replica of the Magic Is Might monument representing magical fascism.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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