Selected Tag: Japan
Selected Tag: Japan

The Morning Edge

Asia Leads Global Rally After Japan’s Landmark Political Shift

Here’s your quick read to start the day: a chatty, no-fuss look at overnight moves, the big story, what’s on the docket, and the tickers you need to watch.

Richard Fargose

February 9, 2026 at 1:42 AM IST

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Japan’s Bond Shock Isn’t a Crisis — But It May Be a Warning Shot

Japan’s bond shock isn’t a collapse, but a warning that fiscal credibility, safe assets and global rate stability can no longer be taken for granted.

R. Gurumurthy

January 21, 2026 at 3:29 PM IST

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The Morning Edge

Markets Tilt Risk-On as Equities Rise Despite Political and Geopolitical Noise

Here’s your quick read to start the day: a chatty, no-fuss look at overnight moves, the big story, what’s on the docket, and the tickers you need to watch.

Richard Fargose

January 13, 2026 at 1:47 AM IST

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The Yen Carry Trade, a Piano and Trump’s World View

From the Plaza Accord to the yen carry trade, Japan’s monetary history shaped global finance—and helped forge Trump’s tariff-driven worldview rooted in 1980s economic anxieties.

TK Arun

December 31, 2025 at 7:32 AM IST

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Back to the Future – The Tokyo Drift

A look at Japan and China shows how familiar policy instincts can trap economies in slow-growth loops, even when policymakers believe they know better.

V Thiagarajan

December 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM IST

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Geopolitics

Is Takaichi Sanae Japan's Margaret Thatcher?

A protégé of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzō, who was assassinated in 2022, Takaichi has promised to revive his economic-policy approach – so-called Abenomics.

Koichi Hamada

November 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM IST

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Basis Life

The Quiet Allure of Johatsu: Why Some People Choose to Disappear 

In Japan, some people simply vanish, not in despair, but in search of peace. Johatsu reveals a yearning to step away, start anew, and find quiet freedom.

Kalyani Srinath

November 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM IST

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Why the Dollar Is Quietly Winning Again

Political turmoil in Europe and Japan, and a genuine US productivity revival, are fuelling a dollar rebound few expected.

Yield Scribe

October 13, 2025 at 5:02 AM IST

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Geopolitics

Japan’s First Woman PM Faces Big Tests, And India Has a Stake in the Outcome

As Japan elects its first woman Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, India watches closely as her conservative nationalism and China stance could reshape Tokyo’s Asia strategy.

Saibal Dasgupta

October 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM IST

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The Morning Edge

Risk-Off Mood Persists Despite Nikkei’s Record High

Here’s your quick read to start the day: a chatty, no-fuss look at overnight moves, the big story, what’s on the docket, and the tickers you need to watch.

Richard Fargose

October 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM IST

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Plaza Accord at 40: A Time Capsule of Macroeconomic Diplomacy

Forty years after the Plaza Accord tamed an overvalued dollar, can Washington still bend currencies to its will in a multipolar, fast-moving financial world?

R. Gurumurthy

September 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM IST

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The Morning Edge

Trump Hails $550 Billion Japan Deal, Slams Fed Powell as “Numbskull” 

Here’s your quick read to start the day: a chatty, no-fuss look at overnight moves, the big story, what’s on the docket, and the tickers you need to watch.

Richard Fargose

July 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM IST

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The Bureau

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