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BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 13, 2017
Deja vu as currency traders forced to brush up on trade data skills
Currency traders accustomed to analyzing the Fed's dot plot and monthly U.S. jobs figures to divine the direction of the dollar are having to learn, or in some cases re-learn, a forgotten skill: how to scrutinize trade data.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 13, 2017
Trump-Abe rapport won't stop yen from passing 100, JPMorgan says
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's success in avoiding any clash over exchange rates with U.S. President Donald Trump at a summit meeting hasn't resolved underlying conflict, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2017
A year later, Japan banks brave negative rates thanks in part to Trump
Japan's biggest banks have navigated through a year of negative interest rates and choppy financial markets with their profits intact, thanks at least in part to Donald Trump.
EDITORIALS
Feb 3, 2017
Trump's irrational currency remarks
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should correct U.S. President Donald Trump's misguided views on Japan's currency policy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 31, 2017
'Fear gauge' up as Trump travel curbs send stocks, dollar down sharply
Major world equity markets fell on Monday and the dollar slipped against the safe-haven yen after new U.S. immigration curbs stirred concerns about the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's policies on global trade and the economy.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 18, 2017
Trump's options for weakening dollar extend far beyond tweeting
Donald Trump may have a point: the dollar is indeed strong. Judging from the Federal Reserve's own trade-weighted dollar index, the U.S. currency is now around 7 percent above its four-decade average.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 13, 2017
Why the bulls are wrong about the yen's rise
The yen has started 2017 strongly, but the Bank of Japan is likely to stick with its super-loose money program rather than dismantle it.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 11, 2017
Analyst who got 2016 rate right now sees yen weakening to 125
The strategist who defied Japan's biggest investors to correctly predict the yen's weakness in 2016 is forecasting more losses for the currency in the new year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 4, 2017
Economists see growth on horizon for 2017
Economists say growth is expected on the back of the weak yen and due to government steps to stimulate sluggish consumption.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 28, 2016
'Rogue One': On the Dark Side of reanimation
How much do you want a new "Star Wars"? When J.J. Abrams' "The Force Awakens" opened to enormous fanfare last December, it felt like watching a beloved rock band making its comeback tour after a long hiatus. Sure, the original members couldn't quite muster the same energy and half of them seemed to have...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 22, 2016
Trump tantrum a double-edged sword for Japan
The yen's 17 percent slump is a win for Japan's exporters, but it may take the onus off Abe to deliver tough reforms.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 20, 2016
Bank of Japan caps tumultuous year with upgrade to outlook
The Bank of Japan closed a tumultuous year for monetary policy with an upgrade to its assessment of the economy while keeping its yield-curve and asset-purchase programs unchanged.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 19, 2016
Japan's volatile year in business: negative rates, Brexit and Trump
For investors in Japan's markets this year, it's been a case of one shock after the next in a pattern that might have prepared them well for the era of Donald Trump and his reputation for the unexpected.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 6, 2016
Trump's stimulus plan may give Japan a welcome tailwind in 2017
For now, the global winds are at Japan's back.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Ride-hailing restrictions to be eased during 2025 Osaka Expo
A venue for the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka
Foxconn's interest in Nissan said to be on hold amid Honda merger talks
Foxconn’s pause in its pursuit of Nissan is the latest development in the unexpected emergence of two suitors for the ailing Japanese carmaker.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.
Curiosity didn’t kill the meme: Why cats still rule Japanese YouTube
A screen shot from YouTube user @lagelda shows the simplicity of going viral in Japan in 2024: A cat dancing to EDM in front of a green screen.
With rare Asia carrier deployment, France seeks greater interoperability
The flight deck of the French Navy's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier during a stop at Changi Naval Base in Singapore in May 2019

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