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WAR

BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2018
U.S. curbs exports to Chinese chip firm Fujian Jinhua as trade war intensifies
Opening a new front in its trade and technology disputes with China, the Trump administration on Monday took action to cut off a Chinese state-backed semiconductor maker from U.S. exports of components, software and technology goods.
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2018
U.S. manufacturers say tariffs are pushing prices higher: Fed
U.S. factories have raised their prices because of tariffs, although inflation has appeared modest or moderate in most parts of the country, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday in its latest report on the economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 23, 2018
Japan to urge U.S. not to leave nuke pact, citing possible arms race, North Korea denuclearization
The government plans to call on the United States not to pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, sources have said.
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2018
China looks to historic foe Japan for lessons on handling Trump trade war
As China braces for the full impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war, it's seeking to learn from Japan's economic battles with Washington during the Reagan years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 22, 2018
U.S. Treasury chief Steve Mnuchin dismisses risk of contagion from China's economic slowdown
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin dismissed concerns that China's weakest economic growth since the global financial crisis could spill into other emerging markets and destabilise U.S. financial markets.
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2018
Growth in China's robot market to slump this year amid trade war
Sales of industrial robots in China, the world's biggest market, will grow this year at only about a third the pace seen last year as an escalating Sino-U.S. trade war hits spending on equipment, a global robot group said on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 17, 2018
China pares U.S. Treasury holdings for third month in bid to keep yuan from falling
China's holdings of U.S. Treasuries fell for a third consecutive month in August as the Asian nation struggles to prevent the yuan from weakening amid trade tensions with America.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 15, 2018
'Winter is coming': IMF talks in Bali point to tremors rattling world economy
Woken one night by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake at the IMF annual meetings in Bali, global finance chiefs spent the week assessing the tremors now rippling through the world economy.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 12, 2018
U.S. tightens controls on China imports of civil nuclear tech to prevent military use
The United States is tightening controls on Chinese imports of civil nuclear technology to prevent its use for military or other unauthorized purposes, the U.S. Department of Energy said on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2018
U.S. business group says Trump's China tariffs costing Americans $1.4 billion a month
A coalition of U.S. business groups fighting President Donald Trump's trade tariffs has launched an advertisement aimed at telling voters ahead of the midterm elections that the measures are costing American businesses and consumers $1.4 billion a month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 11, 2018
'The Fed has gone crazy' as Dow dives over 800 points amid rate hike, trade jitters
President Donald Trump again criticized the Federal Reserve for raising interest rates following the worst market sell-off since February.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 8, 2018
China slashes banks' reserve requirements as trade war with U.S. imperils growth
China's central bank on Sunday announced a steep cut in the level of cash that banks must hold as reserves, stepping up moves to lower financing costs and spur growth amid concerns over the economic drag from an escalating trade dispute with the United States.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 6, 2018
War-end declaration might be 'slippery slope' for U.S. presence in South Korea: U.N. Command general
A declaration to end the 1950-53 Korea War could be a "slippery slope" that would lead to questioning the need for the U.S. troop presence in South Korea, the deputy head of the U.N. Command overseeing the Korean armistice said on Friday, ahead of new talks between Washington and Pyongyang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 2, 2018
Pyongyang says declaring end to Korean War can't be bargaining chip for denuclearization: KCNA
North Korea said on Tuesday that declaring the end of the 1950-53 Korean War "can never be a bargaining chip" for getting North Korea denuclearized, and said the country "will not particularly hope for it" if the United States does not want the end of war, according to state media Korean Central News...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Sep 29, 2018
John Okada's 'No-No Boy': Once overlooked, now a classic tale of identity
'No-No Boy,' a 1957 novel by Japanese-American writer John Okada, unravels the complicated, varied perspectives of Japanese-Americans in the aftermath of World War II under the shadow of the internment camps of the American northwest.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2018
Trump accuses China of meddling in midterm polls, offers no proof
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused China of seeking to meddle in the Nov. 6 U.S. congressional elections, saying Beijing did not want his Republican Party to do well because of his pugnacious stance on trade.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 26, 2018
Declaring an end to the Korean War: A possible — and controversial — next step in denuclearization talks
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke of "a bold and new push for peace" with nuclear-armed North Korea during his speech before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, in a hint at the direction his administration is heading as he gears up for a second summit with Kim Jong Un.
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.
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
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
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.
'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.

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