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Travala’s 2024 Data Shows Crypto Becoming a Mainstream Travel Payment Option

Crypto Economy 23 May 2025
This behavior points to a more spontaneous yet loyal demographic that fully embraces the advantages of a decentralized economy ... London, Paris, Bangkok, and Tokyo are among the most booked destinations.
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Tariff crossfire hits car suppliers in Japan

Business Day 23 May 2025
... 25% on cars, a “national crisis” for the world’s fourth-largest economy ... The economy shrank in the first quarter, and Tokyo has compiled emergency economic measures to ease the pain of tariffs.
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Japanese gov't maintains economic view despite GDP contraction

Xinhua 22 May 2025
TOKYO, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government on Thursday maintained its assessment of the economy in its monthly economic report, despite a contraction of gross domestic product (GDP) in the first three months of 2025.
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Japan downgrades view on global economy as US tariffs bite

Hindustan Times 22 May 2025
Japan downgrades view on global economy as US tariffs bite. TOKYO, - Japan's government on Thursday downgraded its assessment on the global economy in the face of uncertainty over U.S ... economy for the ...
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Japan downgrades view on global economy amid US tariff impact

Oman Observer 22 May 2025
TOKYO. Japan's government on Thursday downgraded its assessment on the global economy in the face of uncertainty over US trade policy, signalling its alarm over the broadening ....
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Gold gains while treasury yields rise and stocks decline on US fiscal concerns

Cryptopolitan 22 May 2025
Last week, gold logged its steepest five-day drop since November, yet the swift rebound shows how attention has shifted from daily tariff headlines to structural fears about the US economy.
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‘Worse than Greece’: The debt crisis threatening to blow up the global economy

The Daily Telegraph 21 May 2025
It has also left finance ministers such as Rachel Reeves in a painful political bind.A shaky economy. The Tokyo tremor began on Tuesday, when the government tried to sell 1 trillion yen (£5.2bn) of March 2045 bonds and encountered lacklustre demand.
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US dollar and stocks fall again, Aussie dollar sinks after RBA, but Asian markets surge

Cryptopolitan 20 May 2025
The dollar extended its losing streak on Tuesday, dragged down by the Federal Reserve’s caution on the US economy and renewed focus on possible FX talks between Washington and Tokyo ... Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 ...
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China, Japan And South Korea Held High-Level Meetings, Warming East Asian Relations

OWP 18 May 2025
On 22 March local time, the Eleventh Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (R.O.K.), also known as South Korea, was held in Tokyo, Japan ... As important economies in ...
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US stocks power within 3% of their record as Wall Street closes out a winning week

Chatanooga Times Free Press 17 May 2025
On one hand, tariffs could slow the economy and drive it into a recession ... Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 inched down by less than 0.1% after the government reported that Japan’s economy contracted at a faster rate than expected in the first quarter of the year.
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Japan’s tough stance on US tariffs threatens to stall trade deal

Cryptopolitan 16 May 2025
These tariffs have significantly impacted Japan’s automotive sector, a cornerstone of its export economy, contributing to a $63 billion trade surplus with the US ... However, Tokyo officials ...
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Kyodo News Digest: May 16, 2025

Kyodo 16 May 2025
TOKYO - Japan's economy shrank an annualized real 0.7 percent in the January-March period, marking the first contraction in four quarters, as consumer spending remained weak due to inflation and ...
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Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street's rally steadied

Beaumont Enterprise 16 May 2025
economy. Tokyo's Nikkei slipped as Japan reported its economy contracted more than expected in the first quarter of the year.
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European shares are higher after a mixed session in Asia

San Francisco Chronicle 16 May 2025
Tokyo's Nikkei was nearly unchanged after Japan reported its economy contracted more than expected in the first quarter of the year.
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Japan's Q1 GDP down 0.7 pct

Kuna 16 May 2025
TOKYO, May 16 (KUNA) -- Japan's economy shrank at an annualized pace of 0.7 percent in the January-March period, chiefly due to weak consumer spending and rising import costs, government data showed Friday.
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