Japan’s currency was one of the first challengers to the U.S. dollar—why 90s predictions of a ‘yen bloc’ fell apart
Journalists in the 1980s and 1990s worried about the death of dollar dominance. Paul Blustein explains why the yen failed to ...
USD/JPY forms a death cross: is the Japanese yen about to soar?
Explore the top reasons why the USD/JPY has dropped this year, making the Japanese yen one of the top gainers in forex this ...
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5.58% wage hikes logged in spring ‘shunto,’ highest level in 33 years
Japan's largest business group announced on May 20 that the rate of wage increases among major corporations this year was 5.58 percent, marking the first time since 1991 that the figure exceeded ...
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Indices of Industrial Production
Excel and csv files of each index (Year, Fiscal Year, Quarter, Month), Previous indices, Indices of Industrial Production Weight, etc. Results in the past Outline of the result, Report on IIP, ...
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Sakai Attracts Visitors with Long-Established Tea Culture; City Is Hometown of Sengoku-Era Tea Master Sen no Rikyu
SAKAI — In Sakai, the city where the great tea master Sen no Rikyu (1522-91) was born and worked, tea culture is still alive and well. A Japanese tea cafe run by a long-established tea company ...
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