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Dec 30, 2024 · TOKYO -- In the summer of 2024, global financial markets were rocked by the unwinding of yen carry trades, in which investors borrow the Japanese currency at low interest rates to buy assets in ...

Dec 30, 2024 · Interview AI to account for 70% of semiconductor market in 2030: Tokyo Electron CEO. Chipmaking equipment maker will spend big on R&D to meet clients' needs, Toshiki Kawai says

Jan 1, 2025 · Shin Nakayama is editor-in-chief of Nikkei Asia. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, a conflict that claimed millions of lives and reshaped the global order.

Dec 30, 2024 · People walk past a banner with a picture of the former Prime Minister Imran Khan outside the party office of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), a day after the general election, in Lahore, Pakistan ...

Dec 20, 2024 · The trillions of yuan that Beijing has poured into subsidies and other financial support for companies taking part in Made in China 2025 has aggravated imbalances in the economy between production ...

Jan 3, 2025 · TOKYO -- Houses in Japan are getting smaller, with the average floor space falling to a 30-year low. Total area per house is about 92 square meters, a decline of 3 sq. meters from the peak year of ...

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Jan 1, 2025 · TOKYO -- Japan's private consumption is showing signs of growth and is projected to rise through 2025 to get back to pre-COVID levels. But inflation will polarize spending trends as many consumers ...