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US ECONOMY

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 9, 2022
Japan downgrades fourth-quarter GDP on service sector weakness
The downwardly revised growth is bad news for policymakers tasked with keeping the country's fragile recovery on track.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2022
January brought Japan's first rise in real wages in five months, data shows
The figures largely reflected a change in the way inflation was calculated in the survey compared to the previous month.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2022
How to make sense of market forecasts in wartime
Trying to predict whether economic activity will rise or fall is almost impossible because what you're really trying to do is predict human behavior.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 8, 2022
Japan bank lending growth slows to decade low as pandemic-induced strain eases
Lending increased 0.4% in February year-on-year, following a revised 0.5% gain in January.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Mar 8, 2022
Pay gap for working women keeps wages down for everyone in Japan
Japan's gender pay gap is the highest among the Group of Seven nations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 7, 2022
Elections across the Asia-Pacific set to impact markets in 2022
Political incumbents are under pressure in countries reeling from surging inflation and commodity prices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Mar 6, 2022
China’s ambitious growth target puts focus back on fiscal plans
Economists said the country's 5.5% target implies Beijing will increase infrastructure spending, cut interest rates further and do more to stabilize housing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2022
Japan's rigid COVID-19 border controls hurt foreign students, but also the country’s future
Japan's closed borders over the past two years have created difficult obstacles and deflected students to other countries, including South Korea.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2022
Japan’s unemployment edges up amid record COVID-19 wave
The jobless rate rose to 2.8% in January as the number of people working fell by a seasonally adjusted 190,000 from December, the internal affairs ministry reported.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2022
Want lower oil prices? First you need higher ones
Global benchmark Brent and U.S. crude futures have soared over 15% to around 10- and 14-year highs, respectively, since Russia invaded neighboring Ukraine last week
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2022
Russia-Ukraine conflict highlights wheat supply vulnerability
There are concerns the crisis may prevent farmers in Russia and Ukraine from planting grain crops this spring, putting further strain on global supplies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 3, 2022
Fuel spike may push Japan's inflation near BOJ's 2% goal, says policymaker
Japan's reliance on imports makes it vulnerable to higher commodity prices, adding to those already concerned about the hit to growth from the pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2022
China’s economic development is rife with new challenges and traps
China's weak rule of law carries serious risks, including official corruption, which tends to increase inequality and thus could undermine efforts to avoid the middle-income trap.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2022
Bashing Big Oil won't save the planet
Focusing on a handful of companies that pump about 10% of the crude oil produced on the planet every day isn't going to reverse the rise in global carbon dioxide emissions alone.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2022
The solution to the Ukraine crisis lies in Asia
Sanctions and embargoes from the West against Russia over the Ukraine invasion will count for nothing if they are offset by business as usual in Asia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 2, 2022
Shocks from outbreak of war ripple across one of the world’s busiest trade lanes
Beyond the devastating human toll, the war threatens higher costs for fuel, grain, industrial metals and other raw materials used in Asian-made consumer goods headed for Europe and beyond.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Mar 2, 2022
Ukraine war unlikely to deter Fed and central bank peers from March rate hikes
Money markets suggest central banks will press on with raising interest rates, even as a war on Europe's eastern flank complicates the picture for inflation and economic growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2022
Japan's fourth-quarter capital expenditures growth rises
Japanese firms increased spending on plant and equipment for the third consecutive quarter in October to December.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 1, 2022
After decades of flat pay, some Japanese firms boost salaries to retain staff
More firms are opting for performance-based pay, experts say, a change that speaks to a wider shift slowly taking hold in Japan.
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
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.”
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.

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