World
America’s New Era of Industrial Policy
Laura Tyson and Lenny Mendonca
BERKELEY – A new breed of industrial policy is taking hold in the United States. Under President Joe Biden’s leadership,...
People Dying from Covid 16 Times Higher in Japan than Last Year
TOKYO --Â The number of people dying from Covid-19 over the last three months in Japan is nearly 16 times higher than during the same...
1,700 Journalists Killed Over Past 20 Years, Says RSF Report
More journalists have been killed in ‘zones at peace’ than in ‘zones at war’ during the past two decades, in most cases because they...
Eating the Last Cannibal
Generally, a state that wants to claim to represent "civilization" will take pains to obscure its original sins and keep its barbaric dark side...
Is the Bank of Japan Holstering Its Bazooka?
Takatoshi Ito
TOKYO – On December 20, the Bank of Japan decided to raise its ceiling on ten-year government bond yields from 0.25% to 0.5%. Within minutes...