Japan
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Finance & economics
Why Japanese stocks are on a rollercoaster ride
Volatility in global markets continues
Finance & economics
Why Japanese markets have plummeted
The global rout continues, with the Topix experiencing its worst day since 1987
Finance & economics
Why fear is sweeping markets everywhere
American and Japanese indices have taken a battering. So have banks and gold
Asia
America recreates a warfighting command in Japan
The threat from China hastens the biggest military transformation in the Pacific in decades
Asia
Is this a new age of warrior Japan?
The country is spending more on its armed forces. But not everyone is on board
Asia
Japan’s mind-bending bento-box economics
The paradox of red-hot labour markets, falling demand and rising prices
Asia
Takashima Ryosuke is Japan’s youngest ever mayor
At 27 years old, he is bucking the trend of the country’s gerontocratic politics
Leaders
Japan and South Korea are getting friendlier. At last
As the world economy fragments, two export powerhouses see the virtue of chumminess
Business
Japanese businesses are trapped between America and China
Could geopolitics kill off an incipient corporate revival?
Asia
Japan and South Korea are struggling with old-age poverty
Their problems may be instructive for other countries
United States
A surprising Japanese presence in a traditional American craft
Quilting connects continents
Finance & economics
Japan will struggle to rescue its plummeting currency
Expensive government intervention looks likely to provide only brief respite