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Koichi HamadaThe Japan Times |
TOKYO – Last month, returning to Japan for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, I was struck by how significantly prices had increased. In...
Last month’s expertly choreographed Democratic National Convention has added a frisson of excitement to the U.S. presidential election. After...
NEW HAVEN – Last month’s expertly choreographed Democratic National Convention has added a frisson of excitement to the US presidential election....
Thanks to sustained high interest rates in the United States, the dollar has been soaring against other currencies. That’s bad news for domestic...
NEW HAVEN – Thanks to sustained high interest rates in the United States, the dollar has been soaring against other currencies. That’s bad news...
After the 1985 Plaza Accord pushed the yen’s exchange rate sharply upward, Japan’s economy suffered a severe slowdown that proved mightily...
TOKYO – After the 1985 Plaza Accord pushed the yen’s exchange rate sharply upward, Japan’s economy suffered a severe slowdown that proved...
TOKYO – On January 1, as Japan celebrated the new year, a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck the Noto peninsula, causing buildings to crumble, forcing...
Currency fluctuations affect different populations in different ways. Consider the recent decline of the yen, which slid from around ¥103 against the...
NEW HAVEN – Currency fluctuations affect different populations in different ways. Consider the recent decline of the yen, which slid from around...