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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks with other participants at the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 16, 2026
Markets are too nonchalant about Iran war¡¯s economic toll, policymakers warn
While oil prices have soared, the full extent of the pain from what the IEA has called the biggest energy shock the world has ever seen has yet to be felt.
A wholesale mall in Shenzhen, China. The International Monetary Fund called for a reorientation by Beijing to embrace an economic model based on domestic consumer spending.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 19, 2026
IMF warns China¡¯s economic policies are causing damage to others
The fund called for a reorientation by Beijing to embrace a model based on domestic consumer spending.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 11, 2023
Hopes dim for extension of IMF relief amid Pakistan¡¯s deepening political crisis
Foreign exchange reserves in the South Asian country, currently at $4.457 billion, cover barely a month¡¯s worth of imports.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jul 4, 2022
China casts giant shadow over emerging nations¡¯ chase for debt relief
Beijing has kept a low profile, not only on lending conditions but also on how it renegotiates with borrowers in distress.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 19, 2022
More pain in Sri Lanka before any resolution to crisis
To bring back some stability, new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has proposed selling the national airline, printing more money and possibly raising taxes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 28, 2022
Top SoftBank executive set to leave after seeking $1 billion in compensation
Marcelo Claure, who was SoftBank¡¯s second-highest paid executive in the latest financial year, has often pushed for much more money and authority, putting him at odds with Masayoshi Son.
¡®My dream is broken¡¯: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ?3,000 from ?1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population.?
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men¡¯s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan¡¯s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan¡¯s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan¡¯s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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