Economy

The G-20 must not allow its members to break up.
Opinion

G-20 must stick together to save the global economy

Cooperation requires mutual trust and respect

18 May 2022
Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester says it is too soon to say whether U.S. inflation has peaked.
Interview

U.S. Fed board member says 75bp rate hike on table in autumn

Comment comes as U.S. faces highest inflation in around four decades

17 May 2022
The U.S. and Japan see data transfer frameworks reaching their limits with the involvement of Russia and China.
Economy

New data transfer rules pursued to keep out China and Russia

Japan, U.S. and South Korea seek alternative to APEC framework

16 May 2022
A staff member sprays disinfectant on a truck at a logistics base in Shanghai on May 1: This is not good for businesses operating in China.
Opinion

Beijing's zero-COVID policy does what Trump's trade war could not

Signs that multinationals are getting serious about pulling out of China

12 May 2022
A Russian tanker delivers oil to Norway in April. The European Union announced a proposed ban on Russian oil imports last week.
Trade

Russian oil tankers turn to stealth shipments under sanctions

Ship data shows sharp rise in crude with no set destination

12 May 2022
HSBC's logo in Hong Kong: The risks facing international banks have increased significantly.
Opinion

HSBC is the canary in the financial coal mine

Storied bank's future has implications for the geography of global banking

9 May 2022
New York foodies are now paying even more for sushi, thanks to a perfect storm of higher costs. (Photo by Maho Kawachi)
Food & Beverage

New York's top-shelf sushi surges past $1,000 a meal

Transport costs, rice drought and labor shortage put restaurants in a bind

9 May 2022
Port of Long Beach in California. The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework is part of U.S. President Joe Biden's push to build an economic sphere in the region to rival China's.
International relations

Japan seeks quick start to U.S.-led Indo-Pacific economic framework

Allies to work with 'like-minded countries' for Washington's alternative to CPTPP

6 May 2022
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers a speech at the Guildhall in London on May 5.
International relations

Transcript: Japan PM Kishida's speech in London

Invest in Kishida: Japanese leader reaffirms ties with U.K., calls for new form of capitalism

5 May 2022
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida calls on the business community to "invest in Kishida" in a speech in London on Thursday.
Economy

Kishida urges U.K. traders to invest in 'new form of capitalism'

Japanese prime minister gives speech in the City of London

5 May 2022
Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington on May 4.
Economy

Fed hikes rates by half a percentage point for 1st time in 22 years

U.S. central bank to start balance sheet reduction June 1

5 May 2022
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, left, and his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo in Octobe 2019: Political pressure is growing on the Rajapaksas to either step down or enact political reforms.
Opinion

U.S. should push the Quad to help Sri Lanka

One area of possible collaboration is food security

5 May 2022
Some in the U.S. government argue that slashing tariffs on Chinese imports might offer consumers relief from rapidly rising prices. 
Trade war

U.S. starts review of China tariffs as inflation looms

Biden faces calls to cut levies ahead of midterm elections

4 May 2022
Floods and other natural disasters caused by climate change have led to the mass displacement of people in many parts of the world.
Datawatch

Climate refugees: The world's silent crisis

Number of people displaced by natural disasters could top 200m by 2050

2 May 2022
A man checks his smartphone in Beijing: Chinese netizens are not even made aware that other opinions exist.
Opinion

Rise of disinformation shows the importance of different perspectives

Confirmation bias magnifies the Rashomon effect on social media platforms

28 April 2022
A demolished shop in the area that saw communal violence, pictured on April 20 in New Delhi's northwest Jahangirpuri neighborhood: Hindu nationalists have intensified their attacks on India's Muslim minority.
Opinion

West not about to abandon India, despite communal tensions

Underlying story is one of remarkable political and social stability

26 April 2022
The rush for tech M&As in Asia has slowed to a crawl in China and South Korea. (Source photos by Reuters)
26 April 2022
German carmakers rely primarily on local production in China, but some had begun sending cars there from Europe by rail. 
Ukraine war

BMW and Audi suspend shipments by train to China

Railway official cites client worries about insurance and Russian confiscation

26 April 2022
How could hard-right candidate Marine Le Pen, left, rack up such a strong result against sitting Emmanuel Macron in the first round of the French presidential election? Quite easily, argue Eric Protzer and Paul Summerville, co-authors of the recently published book "Reclaiming Populism." (Source photo by AP) 
Books

Books: French election highlights the why, when and where of populism

Emerging conundrum unsettling advanced economies highlights 'Japanese exception'

23 April 2022
A Japanese-made liquefied natural gas carrier anchored near an LNG plant on the Russian island of Sakhalin.
Energy

Japan fears China-Russia LNG alliance after Shell exits Sakhalin-2

Tokyo could see its import quotas reduced under new ownership

23 April 2022
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, shakes hands with his British counterpart Boris Johnson after a joint press conference in New Delhi on Friday.
International relations

Modi and Johnson agree on new Anglo-Indian security partnership

Leaders also discuss Ukraine crisis in talks between 'special' friends

22 April 2022
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a meeting during the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 2, 2021. (File photo by Reuters) 
International relations

China in mind, British PM visits India to boost Indo-Pacific ties

Johnson expected to urge Modi to take a strong stand against Russia

21 April 2022
"The world’s democracies will not stand idly by in the face of continued Russian aggression and war crimes," Canadian Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, fifth from left, tweeted with this photo, explaining the walkout. (From Freeland's Twitter account)
Ukraine war

G-20 tensions mount as Western finance ministers walk out on Russia

Economic recovery from pandemic among issues on the agenda

21 April 2022
A journalist sees a screen of his smartphone in Pokrov, Russia, on March 22: Overly broad restrictions on the access to the internet would further isolate the embattled pro-democracy and anti-war activists.
Opinion

Cutting Russia off from the internet would be deeply problematic

Online access is increasingly being recognized as a human right

19 April 2022
Tomatoes for sale at a street market in Istanbul. Turkey's consumers are grappling with surging prices as inflation hit its highest level in 20 years in March.
Finance

Turkey holds key rate at 14% even with inflation at 61%

Bank blames rising prices on external factors, as economists see CPI hitting 70%

14 April 2022