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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2019
U.S. trade agency affirms Trump's extra 5% tariff hike on Chinese goods
The U.S. Trade Representative's office on Wednesday reaffirmed President Donald Trump's plans to impose an additional 5 percent tariff on a list of $300 billion of Chinese imports starting on Sept. 1 and Dec. 15.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 28, 2019
Japan's war crimes, colonialism and apologies
Both Japan and South Korea must aim for objectivity and impartiality in their grasp of their history.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2019
Is peace in Afghanistan possible?
A pact with the Taliban is unlikely to bring any respite from the ongoing violence.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 27, 2019
Trump shifts tone on China but not tactics as deal grows distant
U.S. President Donald Trump left the G7 summit Monday taking a softer tone toward China, just days after spooking financial markets with another escalation in their trade war. Yet amid all the soothing words, Trump made it clear that he wasn't abandoning his rough-and-tumble tactics to force a trade...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 26, 2019
Trump says China talks back on as Beijing downplays breakthrough
U.S. President Donald Trump said the prospects for a deal with China are better now than at any time since negotiations began last year, even as a top state-media editor in Beijing questioned his version of events.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 26, 2019
Nikkei tumbles as progress on Japan-U.S. trade pact fails to calm trade war fears
Analysts say markets are reeling and that there are no bullish factors that could reverse the trend immediately.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Aug 26, 2019
Trump-Abe trade deal helps U.S. farmers and staves off auto tariffs
The pact spells out a small win for Japan and a big win for the U.S. that would slash Tokyo's tariffs on American farm products.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 25, 2019
Trump, meeting Abe on sidelines of French G7 summit, says 'very big' trade deal with Japan expected soon
U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that a "very big" trade deal with Japan is expected soon as he held talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the southwest French town of Biarritz.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2019
China hits U.S. back with tariffs on soybeans and cars and oil
China announced plans to impose additional tariffs on $75 billion of American goods including soybeans, automobiles and oil, with the retaliation for President Donald Trump's latest planned levies on Chinese imports sending U.S. stock futures tumbling.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 23, 2019
July core inflation hovers at two-year low, piling pressure on Bank of Japan
Core consumer inflation wallowed at a two-year low in July, government data showed Friday, increasing pressure for the central bank to acknowledge price momentum has been slowing and expand its radical stimulus program.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2019
Hong Kong finance secretary warns of looming 'economic typhoon'
Protest-battered Hong Kong should also brace itself for an "economic typhoon" caused by the U.S.-China trade war and recent political unrest in the city, Financial Secretary Paul Chan wrote in a blog post Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2019
Apple's Tim Cook worried about losing edge to Samsung with tariffs, Trump says
President Donald Trump said Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook voiced concerns about chief competitor Samsung Electronics getting an edge because its products, unlike Apple's, won't be subject to tariffs when imported by the U.S.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2019
China to counter latest U.S. tariffs, as Trump vows any deal will be struck on America's terms
China on Thursday vowed to counter the latest U.S. tariffs on $300 billion of Chinese goods but called on the United States to meet it halfway on a potential trade deal, while U.S. President Donald Trump said any pact would have to be on America's terms.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2019
Japan regains status as top foreign holder of U.S. Treasurys
Japan surpassed China in June as the top holder of U.S. Treasurys after raising its holdings to a nearly three-year high, as the trade war between the world's two largest economies intensified.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2019
Trump bows to economic fears in move to delay China tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump bowed to pressure from American businesses and concerns over the economic fallout of his trade war with China, delaying the imposition of new tariffs on a wide variety of consumer products including toys and laptops until December.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 13, 2019
Japan's wholesale prices fall 0.6% but utility costs rise
Wholesale prices fell in Japan 0.6 percent in July from a year earlier due largely to cheaper crude and metals as tensions between the U.S. and China weigh on growth concerns, the Bank of Japan said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2019
Japan's current account surplus sank 4.2% in first half amid weak exports
Japan's current account surplus shrank in the first half as exports to Asia turned sluggish amid ongoing trade tensions between the United States and China, government data showed Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2019
China fuels fears of currency war by setting weak yuan target rate
The Chinese central bank on Thursday set the yuan reference rate weaker than 7 to the U.S. dollar for the first time in 11 years and three months, deepening fears that the ongoing China-U.S. trade war will escalate into a currency conflict.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 7, 2019
China rare earths group supports counter-measures against U.S. 'bullying'
China's rare earths association said it would support Chinese counter-measures in the escalating trade row with the United States, which it accused on Wednesday of "bullying."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 6, 2019
Nikkei reverses losses as Beijing firms up yuan
Traders in Tokyo braced for slaughter Tuesday, but while blood flowed at the opening bell, stocks reversed their course and survived the day as the walking wounded.

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