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US ECONOMY

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Sep 14, 2021
Japan needs a strategy for economic growth in the post-virus era
The country's financial stability faces challenges from a global perspective, especially regarding overseas investments.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Sep 13, 2021
After the 'bazooka', Bank of Japan dismantles the work of its radical chief
After years of shock-and-awe stimulus, the Bank of Japan is quietly rolling back radical policies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2021
The Taliban have their economic work cut out for them
There is much speculation that China could become Afghanistan's primary economic supporter and help it stay part of the global system. But that analysis is unrealistic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 8, 2021
Fumio Kishida looks to address income disparities with shift from neoliberalism
The LDP presidential candidate has highlighted the need for wealth redistribution, a challenge to the deregulation and market-oriented policies Japan has adopted for two decades.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2021
China's slowdown is just as important as the U.S. jobs shocker
China's V-shaped recovery is showing less vigor. Authorities have gone from worrying about too strong a resurgence to scrambling to put a floor under a new slowdown.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 8, 2021
Japan’s economy grew at faster clip last quarter as government spent more
Gross domestic product grew at an annualized pace of 1.9% in the three months to June.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2021
Japan's top business lobby makes case for eased entry restrictions
Keidanren has presented to Suga proposals on relaxed quarantines, opening the border to vaccinated individuals and the domestic use of vaccine passports.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 7, 2021
BOJ needs realistic price goal to avoid endless stimulus, ex-deputy governor says
It's doubtful that a strong yen would deal a big blow to Japanese businesses as it did in the wake of the global financial crisis, Hirohide Yamaguchi said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2021
Oil producers enjoy the calm before the 2022 storm
Oil producers may have to forgo future output increases, and perhaps even reimpose cuts, if they are to prevent stockpiles from rising again.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 4, 2021
For Suga, the pandemic proved to be his undoing
Since his first day in office, Suga had sought to stamp down the coronavirus and revive the nation's battered economy. But he never came close to achieving either goal.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 3, 2021
Can economics keep up with technology and a changing world?
The average layperson cannot easily tell the difference between good and bad economics, owing not least to the discipline's broad range of content and methodologies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2021
Fraying relations with China are about to hit the Australian economy
China's punitive trade actions have targeted commodities such as coal, barley and lobsters, but left iron ore untouched — for now.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2021
Trudeau’s populist pose could hurt Canada’s economy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's populist panderings are being compared to Donald Trump and Boris Johnson, and if acted upon, could hurt the economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2021
Japan stimulus likely to continue whoever wins election, former BOJ exec says
'You would be risking a big market reaction by touching monetary policy,” said Kazuo Momma, former head of monetary policy at the central bank.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Aug 31, 2021
Why the U.S.-China conflict is threatening the future of Wall Street
Both sides have introduced measures affecting the other's operations, but care must be taken to manage escalation.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.”

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