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IMF: BoJ likely to raise interest rates again this year
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IMF: BoJ likely to raise interest rates again this year

Nada Choueiri, Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Asia-Pacific Department and its mission chief for Japan, said on Friday that the “Bank of Japan (BoJ) is likely to raise interest rates again this year.” Additional quotes See them reaching levels deemed neutral to the economy by end-2027. See Japan's neutral interest rate in the band of 1-2%. Japan's economy likely to expand 1.1% this year as continued recovery in wage growth underpins domestic demand. Further BoJ rate hikes should be gradual, flexible to ensure pick-up in domestic demand. Risks to Japan's economic growth are skewed to the downside as heightened uncertainty geopolitical fragmentation weigh on global growth. Market reaction USD/JPY is holding mild gains near 151.50 following these comments,...
IMF’s Gopinath: Japan’s services inflation remains below 2% target
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IMF’s Gopinath: Japan’s services inflation remains below 2% target

Gita Gopinath, the First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said Friday that “Japan’s services inflation remains below 2% target, which is why remains appropriate the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to maintain accommodative monetary policy.” Additional quotes We see positive signs of Japan's inflation moving durably to the 2% target. We support the BoJ’s approach in moving gradually, being data-dependent in raising interest rates. Bit early to have any very precise analysis of what consequences of trump trade tariffs will be. Overall, we recognize big benefits of Japan from its commitment to flexible exchange rate policy. Exporting firms make large profits by weak Yen, which also brings beneficial effects through tourism. Households with income constraints can ...
Sustainable Shared Transport and Fujitsu launch open platform for joint transport and shipment in Japan, improving logistics performance throughout markets
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Sustainable Shared Transport and Fujitsu launch open platform for joint transport and shipment in Japan, improving logistics performance throughout markets

Sustainable Shared Transport and Fujitsu launch open platform for joint transport and shipment in Japan, boosting logistics effectiveness throughout marketsTokyo and Kawasaki, Japan, Jan 27, 2025 - (JCN Newswire) - Sustainable Shared Transport Inc. (SST), a subsidiary of Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (1) and Fujitsu Limited, today revealed the launch of a joint transport and shipment system for carriers and logistics companies in Japan. SST will begin offering the service on February 1, 2025. SST, developed on May 21, 2024, intends to develop a sustainable supply chain through this platform, which uses standardized pallet transport (physical) and standardized details exchange (digital). This brand-new joint transport and shipment service, offered by SST, matches carriers and logistics supplier...
Scandal-Ridden Pitcher Trevor Bauer Returning to Japan’s Yokohama BayStars
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Scandal-Ridden Pitcher Trevor Bauer Returning to Japan’s Yokohama BayStars

Back in June 2020, a San Diego lady made a series of stunning accusations versus All-Star pitcher Trevor Bauer, declaring he dedicated sexually violent acts versus her. The lady looked for a limiting order versus Bauer, who rejected the accusations. By 2023, 3 other ladies had actually declared that Bauer sexually attacked them, claims he likewise rejected "unquestionably," according to his attorney.Bauer was never ever jailed or criminally charged, however Major League Baseball, after performing its own nine-month examination, struck Bauer with an extraordinary 324-game restriction (2 complete, 162-game seasons). In December 2022, an independent arbitrator slashed Bauer's suspension to 194 video games and stated that he would be qualified to play the whole 2023 season. LOS ANGELES, CALIF...
The World’s Smallest Escalator Is a Useless Oddity
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The World’s Smallest Escalator Is a Useless Oddity

By Spooky on January 22nd, 2025 Category: Travel Found in the basement of an outlet store in Kawasaki, Japan, the world's tiniest escalator just has 5 actions and procedures 83.4 centimeters (32.8 inches). The escalator is among humankind's most helpful creations, permitting individuals to easily take a trip in between floorings in locations where elevators would be unwise, however the world's tiniest escalator is in fact a worthless curiosity that holds no genuine function than to declare the Guinness record for the world's tiniest escalator. Called the 'Petitcalator' or 'Puchicalator', this uncommon device lies in the basement of More's Department Store in the city of Kawasaki and is thought about more of a traveler destination than a helpful piece of innovation. Yes, ...
Coal gasification, an old innovation, is silently broadening throughout Asia
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Coal gasification, an old innovation, is silently broadening throughout Asia

Numerous of Asia's most significant economies are promoting coal gasification as a practical part of their tidy energy shift, arguing that turning coal into artificial gas yields a cleaner fuel and minimizes reliance on imports of gas and melted petroleum gas.Activists and professionals point out that gasified coal is still an extremely contaminating fossil fuel, and that relying on it extends coal mining, which has actually long been connected to ecological and human rights infractions.In China, coal gasification to change commercial petrochemicals generally produced from oil and gas grew by 18% in 2023, taking in more than 340 million metric lots of coal a year.Expense issues might slow the push somewhere else: financiers have actually leapt ship from Indonesia's inaugural gasification t...
<aColts to Be Host Team for NFL's 1st Berlin Game Ahead Of 2025 International Series
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Mike Chiari@@mikechiariIncluded Columnist IVJanuary 15, 2025Justin Casterline/Getty ImagesThe Indianapolis Colts revealed Wednesday that they will be the host group next season for the very first NFL regular-season video game ever played in Berlin, Germany.Indianapolis Colts @ColtsWir kommen zurück nach Deutschland! < br>> Next season we are delighted to host the NFL's first-ever routine season video game in Berlin! < a href="https://t.co/jIuRvqjUDK">> pic.twitter.com/jIuRvqjUDKThat video game will belong to the NFL's International Series, which likewise consists of 3 video games to be played in London, England, with the Cleveland Browns, New York Jets and Jacksonville Jaguars working as the host groups.While next season will mark the NFL's very first regular-season video game in Berlin, i...
20,000-year-old ‘human’ fossils from Japan aren’t what we believed
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20,000-year-old ‘human’ fossils from Japan aren’t what we believed

A stock image of a bear fossil. (Image credit: Fabio Di Natale through Alamy Stock Photo) The 20,000-year-old fossilized bones of "Ushikawa Man," believed to be a few of Japan's a lot of ancient human fossils, are not what researchers thought they were, brand-new research study discovers.Rather, they are the bones of an ancient bear.The fossils were discovered in the late 1950s in the city of Toyohashi, about 140 miles (225 kilometers) southwest of Tokyo. Gen Suwa, an anthropologist at the University of Tokyo who led the brand-new job, informed Live Science that questions about the Ushikawa fossils were very first raised in the late 1980s, and had actually continued considering that then.The brand-new research study, released Dec. 1, 2024 in the journal Anthropological Science, reveals...
With You, Our Love Will Make it Through Anime Adaptation Announced
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With You, Our Love Will Make it Through Anime Adaptation Announced

With You, Our Love Will Make it Through Anime Adaptation Announced by Joseph Luster January 15, 2025 high" decoding="async" src="https://otakuusamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/with-you-our-love-cover.jpg" alt="With You, Our Love Will Make it Through" width="997" height="735"/> < img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" src="https://otakuusamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/with-you-our-love-cover.jpg" alt="With You, Our Love Will Make it Through" width="997" height="735"/ > Chihiro Yuzuki initially introduced the With You, Our Love Will Make it Through manga in May 2019, and now it's getting an anime adjustment. REMOW exposed strategies to premiere the television anime series in Japan at some point this fall, with Ma...