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US ECONOMY

COMMENTARY / World
Nov 14, 2014
China banks on a new world order
China's approach to influencing global governance is only beginning to emerge. One hopes that it starts off on the right foot.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 11, 2014
LDP lawmaker asks Abe to put off next tax hike by 1½ years
A Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker is calling on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to delay the next consumption tax increase "by 1½ years" to achieve the administration's key policy goal of beating nearly two decades of deflation.
EDITORIALS
Nov 5, 2014
To hike the consumption tax, or not
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe must address concerns about the economy's health before he makes a decision on whether to raise the consumption tax.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2014
The six years from 2008 show Keynes was right
The main lesson from all the policy experiments conducted worldwide since the 2008 financial crisis is that government decisions on taxes and public spending have turned out to be more important as drivers of economic activity than the monetary experiments with zero interest rates and quantitative easing.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2014
BOJ money no substitute for tapping China's market
As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks for new growth engines to reinvigorate Japan, he's ignoring obvious ones — like making bolder structural reforms and tapping China's market.
BUSINESS
Nov 4, 2014
Hyundai, Kia to pay $100 million for exaggerating fuel economy in U.S.
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. have agreed to pay the United States a combined $100 million fine for overstating the fuel economy of almost 1.2 million vehicles, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Nov 3, 2014
Only catastrophe can rob China of No. 1 spot
For China not to become the world's largest economy, it would take a collapse on a bigger scale than anything we've seen in recent world history, short of Zimbabwe or North Korea.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 31, 2014
Next extra budget likely to weigh in at only ¥3 trillion
The government is considering compiling an extra budget of only ¥3 trillion for fiscal 2014 ending in March to prevent the economy from drooping further from the consumption tax hike in April, sources close to the matter said Friday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 31, 2014
Six ways to give 'Abenomics' a boost
While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies and proposed tax cuts favor companies that employ tens of thousands, they offer little for young Japanese with a laptop and a dream.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 31, 2014
Tepid data may spur Abe into further stimulus as economy sputters
Economic data released Friday signaled that the economy is still in the doldrums following the first stage of the doubling of the consumption tax on April 1, raising doubts about whether the Abe administration can complete the hike to 10 percent as planned.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2014
Egypt rebuilding, backstage
Egypt is marching, slowly but surely, away from the omnipresent and omnipotent state that has dominated Egyptian economic life for many decades.
EDITORIALS
Oct 20, 2014
Oil-price dip is no panacea
Falling oil prices — to below $80 a barrel a few weeks ago — indicate that concern over faltering demand because of weakness in the global economy trumps the usual market reponse to turmoil in the Middle East.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2014
Women joining the top '1 percent'
A study by three economists concludes that economic inequality in America is becoming more gender neutral. In the early 1980s, women comprised at least 3 percent of the top 1 percent of wage earners. Now they're approaching 20 percent.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2014
U.S. can cope with the next China slowdown
The U.S. economic boom in the 1990s even after the Japanese economy slowed dramatically suggests that the U.S. will cope with the next slowdown in China.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 14, 2014
Why the world economy continues to sputter
It's become a dreary ritual. Every six months, the International Monetary Fund forecasts the global economy, and cuts its previous forecast. What are the real causes of sluggishness?
JAPAN / Society
Oct 10, 2014
Plans adopted to import foreign housekeepers in name of female empowerment
The government on Friday adopted a set of proposals to lure more foreign housekeeping professionals and establish a new system for regional nursery staff as part of efforts to promote women's participation in the economy.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 10, 2014
Moody's boosts Nomura credit rating for first time since 2005
Nomura Holdings Inc.'s credit rating was raised by Moody's Investors Service for the first time since November 2005 as Japan's largest brokerage showed improved profitability.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2014
The best interests of the Caucasian talk circle
The Caucasus is among the world's most divided and incoherent regions, as the three republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia have failed to learn, economically or politically, from similarly linked groups of countries such as the Baltic states. Is it too late for the Caucasus to change course?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 9, 2014
August machinery orders bounce back from plunge in May
Core private-sector machinery orders rose a seasonally adjusted 4.7 percent from a month earlier in August to ¥807.8 billion, data showed Thursday, prompting the government to upgrade a leading indicator of capital spending.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 8, 2014
'Economy watcher' sentiment down in September as prices of imports soar
Workers whose jobs are sensitive to the economy, including taxi drivers and restaurateurs, are reporting a poor business outlook as the depreciation of the yen pushes up the cost of imports, government data indicated Wednesday.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
Japan finds a 'stealth' cure for zombie businesses: Let them fail
A worker at Sakai Seisakusyo prepares to transport metal rods at its factory in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on July 8.
Trump makes his grand RNC entrance with a bandaged ear and a VP pick
Former U.S. President Donald Trump during the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
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