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Japan pension pivot seen as a slow burn, not a bond market fire sale reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

Japan's pension pivot puts Abe-era outpouring of capital in reverse reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

💰 From Tokyo to Wall Street, the falling yen is sending ripples through global markets. @swiftrocky explains why on this week's Econ World podcast reut.rs/3QVQQbr

Japan's finance minister called on the country's massive pension funds to invest more at home. That's not only a good thing to reverse the trend of the too-weak yen, and calm the JGB market. It's the right thing to do in post-deflation Japan. My latest: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

🎙️ Japan has spent billions trying to prop up the yen. So why isn't it working? @swiftrocky joins this week's Econ World podcast to explain reut.rs/4wviJpN

Japan bankruptcies in Jan.-June top 5,000 for 1st time in 12 years english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/795…

“NISA poverty” has become a buzzword in Japan, as young people delay gratification by investing for the future rather than spending now. Also a strong FOMO element to this with the Nikkei and other global stock markets going gangbusters on AI bets. asia.nikkei.com/business/marke…

The yen sliding to a once-unthinkable 200 per dollar is now a growing risk for some investors.. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Takeaway: It was so successful, don’t be surprised if I do it again (especially ahead of the US holiday) 😰So if Sakakibara was the original Mr. Yen and Kanda was the Mr. Yen of Reiwa, what should we call Mimura?

The Yodobashi-Ikebukuro commercial complex at Tokyo's Ikebukuro Station opened on Tuesday, featuring a Yodobashi Camera electronics store and a downsized Seibu department store after a full renovation. ebx.sh/aNSQh8

BOJ's slow, dovish revamp casts doubt over long-term rate-hike plans reut.rs/4gO4K9W reut.rs/4gO4K9W

Tokyo keeps powder dry as 'line in the sand' on yen shifts reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

Japanese singer, actor Miwa dies at 91 english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/788…

【台風第7号及び第8号】 首都圏外郭放水路の第3立坑への16時00分の流入状況を公開します。

Seriously spicy wings. Thanks to @matthewbketchum and @bairdbeer

Nikkei's record rally shifts gears as investors chase next AI darlings reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

Ghosn says calls for his Nissan return show investor anger over results reut.rs/3SsewVb reut.rs/3SsewVb

'"P-T-O! P-T-O!" A Japan fan in Dallas for the #WorldCup doesn't want to go back to work. @jfa_en @StevenDialFox4

Japan's government will call for monetary policy that bolsters private demand, a draft of its long-term economic blueprint seen by Reuters showed, signalling its preference for the central bank to keep borrowing costs low. finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy…