Financial Insights That Matter TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is considering increasing its soybean and rice imports as a concession in trade negotiations with the U.S. over President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, Japan’s Yomiuri daily reported on Saturday. With Trump’s trade offensive roiling markets and stoking recession fears, Japan is seeking to walk back his “reciprocal” […]
Financial Insights That Matter The new U.S. ambassador to Japan arrived in Tokyo on Friday and said he is optimistic that his country and its key Asian ally will reach a deal in their ongoing tariff negotiations. George Glass, a prominent businessperson known for his background in finance, investment banking and technology, arrives as Washington […]
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Financial Insights That Matter Last earnings season, corporations talked about tariffs constantly. Now, as the first quarter reporting season gets underway in earnest, we’re about to hear from executives again about their outlooks after President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff developments went much farther than many anticipated. (By the way, you can now listen to earnings […]
Financial Insights That Matter Masashi nakagome and serhii marchenko. Photo: Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance Ukraineās Finance Minister Serhii Marchenko and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine Masashi Nakagome have signed an agreement on the provision of a loan in the amount of up to 471.9 billion Japanese yen (about US$3 billion) to Ukraine. […]
Financial Insights That Matter President Trump offered an update on negotiations with the US’s trading partners during the 90-day pause on his additional reciprocal tariffs. “We’re doing very well with negotiations, I think, with all countries,” Trump said to reporters after meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday. “We have a lot of […]
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Financial Insights That Matter By playing kihara TOKYO (Reuters) ā Japan does not manipulate the currency market to weaken the yen, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato told parliament on Friday, countering accusations from U.S. President Donald Trump that Japan intentionally depreciates its currency to help exporters. Kato is scheduled to visit Washington next week to attend […]
Financial Insights That Matter TOKYO (AP) ā The new U.S. ambassador to Japan arrived in Tokyo on Friday and said he is optimistic that his country and its key Asian ally will reach a deal in their ongoing tariff negotiations. George Glass, a prominent businessperson known for his background in finance, investment banking and technology, […]
Financial Insights That Matter TOKYO (AP) ā Japan recorded a trade deficit in its March-April fiscal year but racked up a surplus with the U.S., the Finance Ministry reported Thursday. Japanās global trade deficit totaled 5.2 trillion yen ($37 billion) for the fiscal year through March, for the fourth straight year of deficits, according to […]