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FITCH RATINGS

Moody¡¯s downgrade of the U.S. credit rating reflects growing concern over Washington¡¯s unwillingness to confront rising debt, soaring deficits and interest costs ¡ª even as global investors keep piling into Treasuries.
COMMENTARY
May 19, 2025
Moody¡¯s tells us what we already know about U.S. debt
Take the firm¡¯s decision to strip the country of its top AAA credit rating seriously, not literally.
A trader on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on July 26
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 15, 2023
U.S. loss of AAA badge shows shift in views on government debt
Fitch Ratings flagged not only U.S. governance but also higher rates driving up debt service costs, an aging population and rising health care spending.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2021
Fitch upgrade of ¡®Taiwan, China¡¯ jolts traders and irks Taipei
Fitch Ratings referred to Taiwan as being part of China in the headline of a ratings announcement for the first time since at least 2003, triggering a rebuke from the government in Taipei.
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2020
Fitch revises Â鶹´«Ã½ long-term outlook from stable to negative
The firm kept the rating itself unchanged, following a similar move last month by S&P Global Ratings.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 12, 2020
Boeing scores no January orders for first time since 1962
Boeing Co. booked no new orders for airplanes last month, the first time it has come up empty-handed in January since 1962, as the U.S. plane-maker¡¯s once best-selling jet, the 737 Max, remained grounded following two fatal crashes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2019
Boeing¡¯s 737 Max crisis puts credit ratings at risk of downgrade
Boeing Co.¡¯s credit rating is at risk as the grounding of the company¡¯s 737 Max jetliner drags into a fifth month, with Moody¡¯s Investors Service joining Fitch Ratings in sounding a warning.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2016
Ratings agencies downgrade U.K.¡¯s credit score following ¡®seminal¡¯ Brexit vote
Britain suffered further blows to its economic standing on Monday as two top ratings agencies downgraded its sovereign credit score, judging last week¡¯s vote to leave the European Union will hurt its economy.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 20, 2014
Skepticism over Abe¡¯s inflation goal grows as price gauge retreats
Traders are growing more skeptical Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will achieve his 2 percent inflation target after a sales tax increase derailed growth.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 12, 2014
Russian restaurateurs wrangle with food import ban
Moscow¡¯s sweeping sanctions on European food have sent Russian restaurateurs, retail chains and food producers scrambling for alternative supplies and bracing for Soviet-style shortages.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 29, 2014
Kenya may sell Samurai bonds in drive to boost external debt
Kenya, East Africa¡¯s largest economy, is considering selling Samurai bonds this fiscal year as the government prepares to raise its target for borrowing on external markets, Treasury Secretary Henry Rotich said.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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