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Nouriel Roubini
Donald Trump¡¯s pro-crypto shift dismantled regulations and empowered industry insiders, but bitcoin¡¯s poor performance and the risks posed by lightly regulated stablecoins expose crypto¡¯s failure as money.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 10, 2026
The coming crypto apocalypse
The future of money and payments will feature gradual evolution, not the revolution that crypto-grifters promised.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 4, 2021
2020 just the start of a testing decade
The gap between Wall Street and Main Street has widened, reflecting a K-shaped recovery in the real economy. The pandemic is thus sowing the seeds for more social unrest in 2021.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 16, 2009
Don¡¯t believe rumors that recovery is coming
NEW YORK ¡ª Mild signs that the rate of economic contraction is slowing in the United States, China and other parts of the world have led many economists to forecast that positive growth will return to the U.S in the second half of the year, and that a similar recovery will occur in other advanced economies....
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 18, 2009
Nationalize insolvent banks
NEW YORK ¡ª A year ago, I predicted that the losses of U.S. financial institutions would reach at least $1 trillion and possibly go as high as $2 trillion. At that time, the consensus among economists and policymakers was that these estimates were exaggerated, because it was believed that subprime mortgage...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 18, 2008
Heading for global recession
The probability is growing that the global economy ¡ª not just the United States ¡ª will experience a serious recession. Recent developments suggest that all Group of Seven economies are already in recession or are close to tipping into one. Other advanced economies or emerging markets (the rest of...
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 19, 2008
What shape is America¡¯s recession?
NEW YORK ¡ª Now that it is clear that the United States is in recession, the debate has moved on to whether it will be short and shallow or long and deep ¡ª a question that is as important for the rest of the world as it is for the U.S.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2007
Global economy due for hard landing
NEW YORK ¡ª In recent weeks, the global liquidity and credit crunch that started last August has become more severe. This is easy to show: In the United States, the euro zone and Britain, spreads between LIBOR interest rates (at which banks lend to each other) and central bank interest rates ¡ª as...
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
By Alex K.T. Martin

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