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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2020
Japanese and U.S. trade chiefs discuss WTO reform
Trade minister Hiroshi Kajiyama and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer exchanged views Monday on reforming the World Trade Organization, which has become largely dysfunctional due to a shortage of members in its appellate body.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2019
Ex-USTR official Wendy Cutler calls on Japan to lead WTO reform
Wendy Cutler, who served as the acting deputy U.S. trade representative under President Barack Obama, called on Japan to lead the reform of the World Trade Organization in a recent interview.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 25, 2019
Motegi denies Japan will agree to early farm tariff deal with U.S.
Economic revitalization minister Toshimitsu Motegi denied again Tuesday the possibility of an early farm tariff deal with the United States as part of bilateral trade negotiations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2019
U.S. wins WTO ruling against China grain import quotas in Obama-era case
The United States won a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling on Thursday against China's use of tariff-rate quotas for rice, wheat and corn, which it successfully argued limited market access for U.S. grain exports.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2018
Trump going ahead with tariffs on $16 billion more in Chinese imports
The U.S. said it will begin imposing 25 percent duties on an additional $16 billion in Chinese imports in two weeks, escalating a trade war between the world's two biggest economies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2018
Trump tells trade officials to consider $100 billion more in new tariffs on China
President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had instructed U.S. trade officials to consider $100 billion in additional tariffs on China, fueling an already heated trade dispute between the world's two biggest economies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2017
Trump orders inquiry into whether to probe China for intellectual property theft
President Donald Trump on Monday authorized an inquiry into whether to investigate China's alleged theft of intellectual property, the first direct action by the White House against a country Trump has painted as the U.S. chief trade villain.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 16, 2016
U.S. faces loss of credibility if TPP not ratified by end of year
The United States will lose its credibility in the Asia-Pacific region if Congress does not ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact by the end of the year, a former senior U.S. trade official said.
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2013
Benefits of final TPP framework will eclipse haggling over tariffs: Shapiro
Negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership remain strenuous as countries seek to protect feeble domestic industries, but the framework will have a major impact on the global economy once finalized, Ira Shapiro, a former general counsel to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, said on Thursday...
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
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.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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