Japan to loosen travel restrictions imposed during pandemic https://t.co/2PmqY6cRik pic.twitter.com/wxKRlLN7qa
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 22, 2022
A tropical storm that dumped heavy rain as it cut across Japan moved into the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday after killing two and injuring more than 100, paralyzing traffic and leaving thousands of homes without power. https://t.co/uymm2MvBIf
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 20, 2022
The Microsoft console maker is adding PlayStation mainstay titles to Game Pass, says it learned from mistakeshttps://t.co/6h1pTVobFy
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 21, 2022
Extremely heavy rainfall in southern Japan caused several rivers to spill their bankshttps://t.co/D4lQSkdfcF
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 19, 2022
Japanese officials have ordered more than 4 million people to seek shelter as a powerful typhoon approached the country’s southernmost main island.https://t.co/XWrrn4B9Ep
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 19, 2022
Typhoon Nanmadol brought heavy rain and destructive landslide risk to Japan’s southernmost main island, after millions were ordered to seek shelter from the storm. https://t.co/xdLyoh7a8i pic.twitter.com/lCC16GwNfc
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 18, 2022
The announcement came as Taiwan and Hong Kong move to lift some of their last border restrictions.
via @nytimes ⤵️ https://t.co/Zwysiy5EE0 #COVID19
— Star-Advertiser (@StarAdvertiser) September 24, 2022
As Japan opens up to inbound tourism once more, destinations like Kyoto hope to do things differently. @NYTimes https://t.co/h7hRUXMP2G
— Claudia Travels (@Travelling_Mom) September 25, 2022
Japan said it would reopen the country next month to regular tourism, hoping to leverage the cheap yen to attract visitors and lift its sluggish economy https://t.co/MFwvCrgwFY via @WSJ
— Laura Cooper (@LCooperReports) September 22, 2022
Japan is getting ready to fully reopen for international travel, but a return to pre-Covid visitor levels could be slow, as restrictions on travel from China linger https://t.co/3DGxgY06qn
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) September 19, 2022
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol hold the first leader-to-leader meeting between the two countries since 2019, agreeing to advance ties and work together on North Korea’s rising weapons threat https://t.co/peBgVp4C52
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) September 22, 2022
https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1573185390919327744
Meet Japan's cyborg cockroach, coming to disaster area near you https://t.co/sB5IU4pk5K pic.twitter.com/t0Pw5S7njB
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 22, 2022
Japan to lift restrictions on foreign tourists https://t.co/OR8t4koUvP
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 23, 2022
Japan's push into 'deep tech' innovation https://t.co/3uugOOPhTf
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 26, 2022
From Bloomberg | Bank Of Japan announces unscheduled bond buying operation pic.twitter.com/dRhiY3F39x
— CNBC-TV18 (@CNBCTV18Live) September 27, 2022
(JP) Bank of Japan (BOJ) announces ¥250B in special bond buying operations (unscheduled)
(More at https://t.co/Ys0crQ8SrG)— TradeTheNews.com (@Trade_The_News) September 27, 2022
And here’s the yen *with* intervention.
Is the Bank of Japan experiment over? pic.twitter.com/IGNMrxfR8M
— James Lavish (@jameslavish) September 27, 2022
Japan warns against speculative yen moves, markets wary of further intervention https://t.co/EoXzfw6oL4 pic.twitter.com/uxh28BK5UP
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 26, 2022
Japan won't intervene to defend 145 yen line-in-the-sand, ex-top foreign-exchange diplomat says https://t.co/IRrfcyNvT0 pic.twitter.com/jjUqBZZCiR
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 26, 2022
Analysis: Race to rein in strong dollar is on after Japan intervenes https://t.co/E5XOMrm41S pic.twitter.com/96mAkyzgVe
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 23, 2022
Japan’s central bank said it would keep rates unchanged and ultra low because the nation's economy still needed support https://t.co/szPjlH7kYy pic.twitter.com/GGAEhrea3b
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 22, 2022
Japan's factory activity expands at slowest pace in 20 months https://t.co/uKxltkNLhL pic.twitter.com/lwwGzQETz4
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 26, 2022
McDonald's hikes prices in Japan on higher input costs, weaker yen https://t.co/SKFEDzyno5 pic.twitter.com/HnlU8ORUuO
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 26, 2022
FOREX | ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS
Japan's intervention in the currency market last week cost roughly 3 trillion yen ($20.9 billion), making it the country's largest single-day action on record, new Bank of Japan data suggests.https://t.co/TTmJEqseCg
— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) September 26, 2022
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said he supports last week’s government intervention in the currency markets, and said it creates an appropriate policy mix together with the central bank’s ongoing monetary easing. https://t.co/tHzAhY8zat
— The Japan Times (@japantimes) September 27, 2022
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda says the government’s intervention in the foreign exchange market last week was appropriate given the recent volatility in the yen https://t.co/kkSnwce6kN
— Bloomberg (@business) September 26, 2022
The Bank of Japan buys more bonds at its regular operation, as the benchmark yield rises toward the upper end of the central bank’s tolerated trading range https://t.co/XHZLNXQW4E
— Bloomberg Markets (@markets) September 26, 2022
https://twitter.com/DylanLeClair_/status/1572236192430563329
Japanese Yen in free fall as Bank of #Japan continued to stand by its ultralow interest rates just hours after the Fed's latest jumbo rate hike. Yen hit a fresh 24y low. pic.twitter.com/22fVWsrOvK
— Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) September 22, 2022
With the Bank of #Japan resisting the general move to tighter monetary policy around the globe, the #Yen is weaker and trading at 24-year lows.
The other central bank defying economic logic, and in a much much much bigger way, is suggesting rate cuts (#Turkey).#economy #markets pic.twitter.com/h8hEhcxcM4— Mohamed A. El-Erian (@elerianm) September 22, 2022
#Japan Data Watch | Bank of Japan maintains #policy balance rate at -0.1% pic.twitter.com/zHxKfwm2ZJ
— CNBC-TV18 (@CNBCTV18Live) September 22, 2022
https://twitter.com/Investingcom/status/1572855070684749824
Analysis: A quadrillion reasons the Bank of Japan should fret about Fed https://t.co/cXiZDmeu3v pic.twitter.com/SZohoz02xX
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 21, 2022
The Bank of Japan kept ultra-low interest rates and vowed to hold them there to support economic growth as it swam against a global tide of monetary tightening by central banks, fighting to rein in soaring inflation https://t.co/szPjlHoWn8 pic.twitter.com/tV22MrX0U0
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 22, 2022
The Bank of Japan’s insistence on rock-bottom interest rates even in the face of quickening local inflation is adding to liquidity stress in the world’s second-biggest sovereign debt market https://t.co/P17i4KGQr5
— Bloomberg (@business) September 20, 2022
The Bank of Japan announced an unscheduled bond-purchase operation as it seeks to cap upward pressure on yields before a policy decision later this week https://t.co/Tm7LQkYHj3
— Bloomberg (@business) September 21, 2022
Currency traders are girding for the biggest price swings in months in the build up to this week’s crucial Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan policy decisions https://t.co/qKAG5S3KSm
— Bloomberg (@business) September 21, 2022
The Bank of Japan continued to stand by its ultralow interest rates just hours after the Fed's decision, fueling the yen's slide to another 24-year low https://t.co/yPS1QApLZT
— Bloomberg (@business) September 22, 2022
The yen weakened past the key 145 per dollar level before quickly paring losses, after the Bank of Japan held its interest rate unchanged https://t.co/aJjAAyPmk9
— Bloomberg (@business) September 22, 2022
Japan intervened to sell dollars and buy yen for the first time in 24 years to stem the currency's fall. The yen rallied against the dollar. https://t.co/iD4l8b2zkW
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) September 22, 2022
Bank of Japan Maintains Ultralow Interest Rates https://t.co/vINu4s7CdR
— WSJ Central Banks (@WSJCentralBanks) September 22, 2022
Bank of Japan keeps ultra-low interest rates despite US Fed tightening https://t.co/CiUs1Lj6cq pic.twitter.com/3sxVgT6jzv
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) September 22, 2022
https://twitter.com/StackerSatoshi/status/1572887583130275842
The Bank of Japan’s move is the first buy-side intervention since 1998 as the Japanese yen slipped down to a 24-year low. #Economics #Inflation #FiatCurrencies https://t.co/v7YIolUZw8
— Bitcoin News (@BTCTN) September 22, 2022
The Bank of Japan, via Kuroda: We won't hesitate to add to easing if needed.
They intervened in their currency market last week after the yen's collapse.
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) September 26, 2022
Japan intervened in the foreign exchange market by buying yen for the first time in 24 years, shortly after the Bank of Japan confirmed it would maintain ultralow interest rates https://t.co/DwQxsq5OHf via @WSJ
— FX Tweet Storm (@urfin462) September 26, 2022
https://twitter.com/Sino_Market/status/1574330739876777984
Asked about the Bank of Japan’s intervention to boost the yen, the International Monetary Fund noted the currency’s recent volatility and said it was monitoring the situation carefully.https://t.co/J3qIpbPIhP pic.twitter.com/1fEhhGyaeB
— Arab News Japan (@ArabNewsjp) September 24, 2022
Are these the consequences of the biggest monetary experiment in the history of monetary policy? Japanese Yen falls to its lowest level against the Dollar since 1998, leaving it down a fifth this year. pic.twitter.com/PxgdW19IUm
— Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) September 7, 2022
https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1567166676478697474
Risk assets are getting wiped today
Japanese Yen at 143 (1998 low)
Malaysian Ringgit at 4.5 (1998 low)
Philippine Peso at 57 (all-time low)
Korean Won near 1400 (2009 low) pic.twitter.com/Ek0z2sJXBa— David Ingles (@DavidInglesTV) September 7, 2022
Japanese yen's plunge is the most 'textbook-driven' currency move in 30 years, analyst says https://t.co/U0onSeXAVD
— CNBC (@CNBC) September 8, 2022
Japanese yen slips to 24-year low against dollar https://t.co/zet5PqRXYT
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 2, 2022
Japanese yen falls to lowest level since 1998https://t.co/IwwWiOFMWM pic.twitter.com/KHbscZMxD9
— Yeni Şafak English (@yenisafakEN) September 3, 2022
CURRENCIES | YEN CONTINUES SLUMP
The Japanese yen on Thursday fell to 140 yen per dollar, reaching a level last seen in August 1998.https://t.co/94voDNgOfr
— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) September 1, 2022
We should get out from quad also its a useless forum good for nothing even we can't stop selling weapons to our enemy then what is the use of this group @POTUS @Australia @japan @PMOIndia @DrSJaishankar @cnn @cnbc @bbc @wion @nytimes @FoxNews @SecBlinken https://t.co/10aFOU2oh0
— HARI PRASAD (@kvhpiyer) September 26, 2022
On September 15, it was confirmed that a Chinese Navy Shupang-class survey ship sailed through Japan’s territorial waters near Yakushima Island. This is the 7th time, first since July this year, that we announce Chinese Naval vessel’s entry into Japan’s territorial waters.
— Japan Ministry of Defense/Self-Defense Forces (@ModJapan_en) September 15, 2022
Japan, Canada Wrap Western Pacific Drills with U.S., USS Tripoli Underway in South China Sea – USNI Newshttps://t.co/i86tRDCP7b pic.twitter.com/LcoBpYQa6W
— U.S. Naval Institute (@NavalInstitute) September 9, 2022
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s recent sabre-rattling around Taiwan have been wake-up calls for many of Japan’s dreamers https://t.co/scuiid6xjh
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) September 14, 2022
Japan’s Official Development Assistance to China totaled ¥3.66 trillion over 42 years.https://t.co/MYralANf7f
— Nippon.com (@nippon_en) September 12, 2022
#Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force said it has been conducting exercises with the Indian Navy in waters off the South Asian nation's east coast amid #China's growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region.https://t.co/LkUSuLmg0X
— Saudi Gazette (@Saudi_Gazette) September 14, 2022
https://twitter.com/eha_news/status/1445709109420969984
https://twitter.com/DimitriASimes/status/1567505386164436993
Vladimir Putin flew to Vladivostok, where on September 6 he will take part in the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) and attend the Vostok-2022 military exercises.. pic.twitter.com/jbhAHopXYZ
— Geo_monitor (@colonelhomsi) September 5, 2022
#Putin has arrived at the Vostok-2022 military exercise at the Sergeevsky training ground in #Primorsky Krai (Putin flew to #Vladivostok for the economic forum).
He will be accompanied by Defense Minister Sergei #Shoigu and Chief of General Staff Valery #Gerasimov. pic.twitter.com/8tXXTqZbms
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) September 6, 2022
https://twitter.com/amritabhinder/status/1567435657324408832
My remarks at the Plenary Session of 7th Eastern Economic Forum being held in Vladivostok. https://t.co/z3wM3ZPxNT
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 7, 2022
Compare how Putin treated Gerasimov and Shoigu during the Kavkaz 2020 exercise with his demeanor during the recent Vostok exercise. The body language is very different. pic.twitter.com/J9Rd7TEpkh
— Dr. Jeffrey Lewis (@ArmsControlWonk) September 7, 2022
You can tell the SMO is real stressful. Kicking off vostok drill this morning pic.twitter.com/95HxW04Fdm
— Ghost (@mdfzeh) September 6, 2022
https://twitter.com/apocalypseos/status/1566317586597703680
https://twitter.com/DimitriASimes/status/1565277053938720769
Indian, Russian, Chinese forces together at Vostok exercises taking place in Russia. The exercises begins from today and will continue till 7th September.pic.twitter.com/1W3ZaQIE2s
— Sidhant Sibal (@sidhant) September 1, 2022
https://twitter.com/OsintTv/status/1564907865541906432
Russia has begun its massive week-long military exercises in the country's Far East.
Fifteen countries are taking part in Vostok 2022, including China and India, proving Russia still has strong allies, despite the war in Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/E8RUzZlCxJ
— DW News (@dwnews) September 4, 2022
China joins Russia’s Vostok 2022 military drill by sending more than 2,000 of its ground, air, and sea military units to the Russian Far East https://t.co/3cGUhSVKmi pic.twitter.com/hAsxOJJuRN
— ANADOLU AGENCY (@anadoluagency) September 1, 2022
https://twitter.com/Independent/status/1555165497553031168
Japan bans export of chemical weapons goods to Russia https://t.co/ID1CPt4qoH
— The Independent (@Independent) September 26, 2022
Japan protests to Russia over military exercises with China https://t.co/rL80S5i7bA
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 5, 2022
Ro-bottle: A small robot with a clip-like hand that stocks drinks is the latest effort to make convenience stores even more convenient. On a recent day in Tokyo, the robot named TX SCARA slid back and forth behind the refrigerated shelves in the store. https://t.co/YK1otQ1KPS
— AP Oddities (@AP_Oddities) September 1, 2022
A robot named TX SCARA is FamilyMart's latest robotic employee, helping to restock drinks for customers.
TX SCARA is filling a needed role in Japan's "conbini," as the ubiquitous tiny stores selling snacks, drinks and knick-knacks are called. https://t.co/6q6dK6V5w4 pic.twitter.com/5Z7AGmyIYm
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 1, 2022
Japan considering development of new nuclear reactors https://t.co/70GcDylHTH pic.twitter.com/w5qZV6VTfX
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 24, 2022
ON THIS DAY: In 1945, Japan formally surrendered in ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II. https://t.co/cQmNOEAxdH pic.twitter.com/X4fj7wk9MZ
— ABC News (@ABC) September 2, 2022
Robot that stocks drinks is newest thing at the corner store https://t.co/ahAVDcOUvZ pic.twitter.com/YL3vXUKTok
— New York Post (@nypost) September 1, 2022
Typhoon Hinnamnor brought high winds to islands south of Japan on Wednesday, a day after forecasters said it was the Northern Hemisphere’s strongest tropical cyclone of the year so far. It is expected to bypass Taiwan and head toward the Korean Peninsula.https://t.co/KV40tHfj0d
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 31, 2022
The announcement comes as the world's top automakers are strengthening their EV lineups. https://t.co/ZjClm56yWj
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 29, 2022
Japan should consider building new nuclear plants, says prime minister Fumio Kushida https://t.co/1sBRxvqLpg
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 24, 2022
https://twitter.com/BelgiumMFA/status/1490708155524952065
Japan eSports players with disabilities shoot down stereotypes.
Street Fighter player Shunya Hatakeyama has muscular dystrophy, so he uses his chin to launch devastating combos. He is not the only gamer proving that disability is no barrier in eSportshttps://t.co/S4qGdM9iw2 pic.twitter.com/IlkEEnKZiS
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 27, 2022
VIDEO: The four-day Ugandan music festival #NyegeNyege2022 is taking place again after three years off due to the #COVID19 pandemic. Over 300 DJs from various African and European countries, as well as the US and Japan are playing across seven stages. pic.twitter.com/NlBTH7ehhH
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 21, 2022