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WEAK YEN

COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 10, 2014
Japan needs a real debate about the falling yen
Japan — and the world — deserve a real debate about where the yen is headed
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 14, 2014
Stagflation stalks ¡®Abenomics¡¯ as pattern sets in
Maybe it¡¯s time to stop dismissing the risk of stagflation in Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2014
Weak yen policy grounds an Internet high-flyer
Prime Minister Abe¡¯s devaluation of the yen is routinely couched as smart economic policy, but it has been disastrous for companies such as airlines that buy fuel and aircraft.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 19, 2013
Â鶹´«Ã½ exports rise at greatest pace since 2010 as deficit swells
Â鶹´«Ã½ exports jumped by the most since 2010 in July, aiding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe¡¯s efforts to drive an economic recovery even as rising energy costs boosted the trade deficit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 11, 2013
Rising cost of imports opens doors for craft beer revival
Naoyuki Ide is betting that a weaker yen will drive more Japanese people to drink his locally made craft beers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 26, 2013
Sony raises profit forecast on asset sales, weaker yen
Sony Corp. raised its annual profit forecast Thursday amid a weaker yen and gains from selling offices and stock holdings.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Mar 25, 2013
¡®Abenomists¡¯ beware: Rising prices just one pitfall of spiraling yen
The Bank of Japan on Wednesday installed a new governor and two deputy governors who ¡ª in line with the wishes of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ¡ª are advocates of ultra-easy monetary policy.
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.
Authorities urge continued caution after heavy rain in Chiba leaves eight dead
A local resident walks past a 7-Eleven convenience store in a flooded area after heavy rain in the city of Oamishirasato, Chiba Prefecture, on Friday.
Takaichi drops ¡®remorse¡¯ in her first war memorial address
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks onstage during a memorial service ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Saturday.
U.S. to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China?
People march as they protest against Pax Silica, a U.S.-led initiative, in Manila on Thursday.
Â鶹´«Ã½ inflation paradox is creating winners and losers
Chieko Sugai at her home in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture
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.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
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.

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.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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