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US ECONOMY

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 31, 2020
Japan stocks a buy for funds betting on Abenomics continuity
The central bank is going to continue with its current monetary easing to meet its objectives despite Abe's resignation, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 29, 2020
The Japan that Shinzo Abe has left behind
Shinzo Abe’s sudden resignation (on health grounds) ends the tenure of Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. The country’s most internationally recognized statesman since 1945, Abe has been, among other things, the world leader most keen on playing golf with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 27, 2020
Morgan Stanley-run ESG fund marks biggest Japan debut in 20 years
The fund has raised an initial amount of u00a5383 billion, making it Japan's second-biggest launch of all time.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 27, 2020
Coronavirus vaccine could spark Japan recovery by 2022, economist says
Columbia University professor Takatoshi Ito says data is already signaling that Japan is bouncing back.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 25, 2020
MUFG plans to offer COVID-19 bonds to individual investors
Japan’s biggest lender is planning to raise funds from individual investors to help smaller companies and hospitals tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 24, 2020
The crippling return of long-term unemployment
When joblessness is prolonged, more than people's economic security is at stake.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 24, 2020
China investors predict record defaults in risky end to 2020
Some fund managers are bracing for defaults on domestic Chinese debt to hit record highs this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 24, 2020
Japan urged to boost green power to achieve Paris climate goals
Renewables represented 17 percent of the country's total power generation in the year that ended in March, 2019.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2020
Japan’s creaking computer systems are hampering economic recovery, experts say
Economists say the shoddy state of Japan's digital services is dampening the benefits of fiscal stimulus and holding back technological progress in the private sector.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Aug 24, 2020
Jackson Hole conference goes virtual as monetary experts discuss life after ‘peak central banking’
After convening every August since 1982 at the edge of Wyoming’s magnificent Teton mountain range, monetary policymakers will hold a virtual Jackson Hole conference this week that will look pale by comparison. The same could probably be said of the central banks themselves.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 21, 2020
Macroeconomic challenges amid the COVID-19 crisis
The government faces a difficult road ahead in guiding the economy through all the twists and turns of the pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 21, 2020
Inflation remains at zero even as Japan's economy starts to reopen
Consumer demand has collapsed amid resurgent infections, which will in turn hit profits, jobs and business investment, analysts say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 20, 2020
Airbnb files confidentially for IPO as travel begins to rebound
The company began seeing signs of recovery in June, with bookings down only 30 percent.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 19, 2020
‘Too big to fail’ isn’t just a financial problem
Key economic actors are rife with deep interconnections.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 19, 2020
SoftBank to dispatch executives to help stricken Oyo
Cuts in Japan by the online hotel operator come as it adapts to a much smaller tourism industry in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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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