US, Japan To Initiate Huge Defense Treaty Upgrade With Eye On China The United States and Japan are poised to unveil their largest defense treaty revision in decades. The FT has reported that President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are soon to "announce plans to reorganize the U.S. armed forces in Japan to strengthen the development of operational plans and training of the U.S.-Japan at the summit in Washington D.C. on the 10th of next month." Crucially the...
Japan plans to upgrade five airports and 11 ports, designating them for use by the country's defense forces and coast guard in case of military emergencies, a government source said Wednesday, with concerns lingering over China's maritime assertiveness and a potential conflict over Taiwan. Nearly half of the 16 commercial
The bipartisan spending package, released early this morning, increases defense funding by $27 billion over the previous year’s enacted budget and includes a number of key provisions the department had requested.
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) ended eight years of negative interest rates and other remnants of its unorthodox policy on Tuesday, making a historic shift away from trying to reflate growth with decades of massive monetary stimulus
Japan’s central bank raised interest rates on Tuesday for the first time since 2007, ending the world’s last negative rates regime on early signs of robust wage gains this year. The BOJ raised its short-term interest rates to around 0% to 0.1% from -0.1%, according to its statement at the end of its two-day March policy meeting. Japan’s negative rates regime had been in place since 2016. The BOJ also announced the abolition of its radical yield curve control policy for 10-year Japanese...
Japan's central bank has raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time in 17 years, ending a longstanding policy of negative rates meant to boost the economy
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, ending a longstanding policy of negative rates meant to boost the economy. The short-term rate was raised to a range of 0 to 0.1% from minus 0.1% at a policy
A Colorado teenager has been jailed for 40 years for burning a baby, toddler and three adults alive in their home in a horrific arson attack.
Chaim Adler, 35, is considering appealing against a county court ruling that he harassed lawyer Warren Bergson and his psychologist wife Dr Edel McAndrew-Bergson.
"It's unreal because the fact we get to carry on his legacy there is cool. And I get to go there it's so cool," Flynn Lewis said.
"It's unreal because the fact we get to carry on his legacy there is cool. And I get to go there it's so cool," Flynn Lewis said.
India’s $250 billion information technology (IT) sector is expected to see flat salaries in 2024 underscoring the impact of global headwinds on companies’ operations. Hirings in the sector — considered one of the biggest employers in the country — will also likely stay subdued.This year, IT companies are expected to give average salary appraisals of 8.4-9%, similar to the 8.5-9.1% average increases recorded in 2023, according to data sourced by ET from a top hiring firm.The increments will,...