Opinion | Falling yen is great for 2 sectors in Japan
The plunge in the yen – which stems from the large interest rate differential between Japan and the United States – has been a boon to Japan’s tourism industry by …
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Crypto market cap hovers $2.45t as Bitcoin, Solana, Ethereum, Dogecoin face downward pressure
Digital assets continue to struggle as the crypto market cap dips 1.28%. It currently hovers at around $2.45 trillion — a 94.5% change one year ago. In what could be …
Opinion | As yen sinks, Japan must avoid goading China into a currency war
Let’s hope Xi resists this urge. It’s not hard to count the ways such a move could backfire on the global economy in the short term and China’s development in …
Auralee is one of the coolest Japanese fashion labels. Meet the designer behind it, Ryota Iwai
Nonetheless, he sat down with the Post in Tokyo to discuss running a slow fashion brand in a world used to instant gratification. A look from Auralee’s autumn/winter 2024 collection. …
Commercial property: Japan gains upper hand in attracting foreign investment as China’s uncertain outlook deters capital
Meanwhile, China’s central bank has been on an easing trajectory, with its latest decision in February cutting 25 basis points from banks’ five-year loan prime rate (LPR), the largest shave …
Opinion | Why Japan is losing sleep over nightmare of a Trump re-election
Trump is all but certain to be the Republican nominee in the November election versus US President Joe Biden, the Democratic Party standard-bearer. Trump is already telegraphing that a Trump …
Opinion | 9 lessons for investors in new era of stock market record highs
One day last week, my screen of daily global stock market price indices was a sea of green as every price was up. India touched an all-time high a month …
Opinion | Why a stronger yuan is actually good for China’s sluggish economy
In terms of its infrastructure, urbanisation rate and education, nutrition and life expectancy levels, China is already a developed economy. But its nominal per capita GDP is about one sixth …
Japan stocks surge to 34-year high, but rally could slow amid expected shift in monetary policy
The bank has been following such a policy by holding down interest rates to encourage consumer spending. Its policy has sharply contrasted with the US Federal Reserve, which has hiked …
Opinion | Japan won’t be swaggering on the world stage any time soon
The most immediate threat is another recession. The 2.1 per cent contraction in the July-September period year on year comes as China’s economy slows and elevated US bond yields send …