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May 24 2024
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Japan Festival Houston 2024
The Japan-America Society of Houston is pleased to announce that the Japanese Festival of Houston will be held in Hermann Park on September 7-8, 2024. Japan Festival Houston is a free, family-friendly event held in Houston's Hermann Park that offers a weekend filled with a variety of cultural activities. Enjoy the rich cultural heritage of Japan with traditional and contemporary performances
Houston PressJun 02 2024
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Japan Q1 capex rises but at slower pace
TOKYO, June 3 (Reuters) - Japanese companies raised spending on plant and equipment in January-March by 6.8% from the same period a year earlier, Ministry of Finance data showed on Monday. The data will be used to calculate revised gross domestic product figures due on June 10. It followed a preliminary estimate that Japan's economy contracted 2.0% annualised in the first quarter. Capital
ReutersMay 28 2024
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South Korea, Japan and China Hold First Joint Summit in Years; Comfort Women Protest Japan in Seoul
South Korea, China and Japan have issued a joint declaration after their first trilateral summit in four years. The three nations met in South Korea amid rising tensions between Beijing and Washington over trade, Taiwan and regional influence. This is Chinese Premier Li Qiang. Li Qiang: “We will deepen economic and trade connectivity, strengthen cooperation in regional industrial and supply
Democracy Now!May 19 2024
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Morgan Stanley On Japan In Rome
Morgan Stanley On Japan In Rome By Seth Carpenter, Managing Director and Chief Global Economist at Morgan Stanley, and Matthew Hornbach, Global Head of Macro Strategy at Morgan Stanley Japan in Rome Last month at our annual Fixed Income CIO conference, one of the liveliest sessions was on Japan’s reflation. The BoJ ending negative rates and normalizing policy for the first time in eight years
ZeroHedgeMay 30 2024
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Japan and South Korea are getting friendlier. At last
N ago, relations between Japan and South Korea were dismal. Between 2018 and 2021 they bickered over compensation for Japan’s abuse of Koreans as forced labourers during the second world war. Tit-for-tat trade curbs and boycotts of goods followed; intelligence-sharing was put at risk. Fast forward three years, and things are much friendlier. On May 27th Yoon Suk-yeol, South Korea’s president,
The EconomistMay 24 2024
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In Japan, the Bathroom Doubles as a Laundry Dryer
I took my first trip to Japan last month, and I went in expecting to observe a few ways the country has mastered urban living. But I was not expecting the most surprising innovation to be inside the bathroom of my Tokyo rental apartment.
That’s where I discovered a room where you can hang your clothes up to have them gently blown dry in just hours.
BloombergJun 02 2024
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Japan’s Capital Outlays Fall, Reflecting Headwinds to Growth
Japanese companies trimmed capital investment in the first quarter, a result that likely indicates revised data due next week will continue to show the economy contracted in the period.
Capital expenditures on goods excluding software fell 0.5% in the three months through March from the previous quarter, the finance ministry reported Monday. Manufacturers led the decline, cutting
BloombergMay 27 2024
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Typhoon Kills Three in Philippines, Is Headed to Japan
The first typhoon to enter the Philippines this year killed at least three people in the Southeast Asian nation, further gaining strength as it heads to Japan.
A seven-month-old baby and two others died Sunday after they were hit by falling trees in Quezon, a province near the capital, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported.
Bloomberg