Satoshi Sugiyama
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Opinion = mine. RT= 👀, NOT👍🏻
Syracuse/Newhouse alum 🍊
Ex Japan Times reporter 📰
Christmas music enthusiast 🎄
https://www.reuters.com/authors/satoshi-sugiyama/
TOKYO, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Japan's economy shrank almost 2% in the three months through September, as a drop in exports in the face of U.S. tariffs resulted in the first contraction in six quarters, government data showed on Monday. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
TOKYO, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Japan's economy shrank almost 2% in the three months through September, as a drop in exports in the face of U.S. tariffs resulted in the first contraction in six quarters, government data showed on Monday. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11...
China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up
Beijing’s first retaliatory move against Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan could have a significant impact on tourism.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11...
Tokyo the Beautiful.
November 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Tokyo the Beautiful.
November 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
TOKYO, Oct 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump met Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, in Tokyo on Tuesday for talks on trade and security, a week after the hardline conservative became Japan’s first female leader and vowed to accelerate a military buildup.
October 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
TOKYO, Oct 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump met Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, in Tokyo on Tuesday for talks on trade and security, a week after the hardline conservative became Japan’s first female leader and vowed to accelerate a military buildup.
TOKYO, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is preparing to recommend U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize and making arrangements to inform him of her intentions, NTV reported on Tuesday, citing multiple government sources.
October 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
TOKYO, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is preparing to recommend U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize and making arrangements to inform him of her intentions, NTV reported on Tuesday, citing multiple government sources.
TOKYO, Oct 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump received a royal welcome on Monday in Japan, the latest leg of a five-day Asia trip which he hopes to cap with an agreement on a trade war truce with Chinese President Xi Jinping. www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Trump heads to Tokyo for trade, security talks before Xi summit
U.S. President Donald Trump departed for Tokyo on Monday, where he was scheduled to meet Japan's emperor and newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as part of an Asia trip aimed at securing trade deals, investment and increased defence spending.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
TOKYO, Oct 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump received a royal welcome on Monday in Japan, the latest leg of a five-day Asia trip which he hopes to cap with an agreement on a trade war truce with Chinese President Xi Jinping. www.reuters.com/world/china/...
TOKYO/KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump departed for Tokyo on Monday, where he was scheduled to meet Japan's emperor and newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as part of an Asia trip aimed at securing trade deals, investment and increased defence spending.
Trump heads to Tokyo for trade, security talks before Xi summit
U.S. President Donald Trump departed for Tokyo on Monday, where he was scheduled to meet Japan's emperor and newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as part of an Asia trip aimed at securing trade deals, investment and increased defence spending.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:08 AM
TOKYO/KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump departed for Tokyo on Monday, where he was scheduled to meet Japan's emperor and newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as part of an Asia trip aimed at securing trade deals, investment and increased defence spending.
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US weekly jobless claims increase, more people collecting unemployment checks, economists estimate reut.rs/3JtNpF3
US weekly jobless claims increase, more people collecting unemployment checks, economists estimate
The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits increased last week, economists estimated on Thursday, and more people were collecting unemployment checks in early October amid easing labor market conditions.
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October 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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It has been *two days* since the LDP and Ishin formalized their pact and Ishin is already warning it could quit.
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It has been *two days* since the LDP and Ishin formalized their pact and Ishin is already warning it could quit.
REUTERS EXCLUSIVE:
TOKYO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - As Japan's new premier Sanae Takaichi got to work on Wednesday, her government began finalising a purchase package, including U.S. pickups, soybeans and gas, to present to President Donald Trump in trade and security talks next week, two sources said.
TOKYO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - As Japan's new premier Sanae Takaichi got to work on Wednesday, her government began finalising a purchase package, including U.S. pickups, soybeans and gas, to present to President Donald Trump in trade and security talks next week, two sources said.
October 22, 2025 at 6:34 AM
REUTERS EXCLUSIVE:
TOKYO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - As Japan's new premier Sanae Takaichi got to work on Wednesday, her government began finalising a purchase package, including U.S. pickups, soybeans and gas, to present to President Donald Trump in trade and security talks next week, two sources said.
TOKYO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - As Japan's new premier Sanae Takaichi got to work on Wednesday, her government began finalising a purchase package, including U.S. pickups, soybeans and gas, to present to President Donald Trump in trade and security talks next week, two sources said.
REUTERS EXCLUSIVE:
TOKYO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is preparing an economic stimulus package that is likely to exceed last year's $92 billion to help households tackle inflation, government sources familiar with the plan said on Wednesday.
TOKYO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is preparing an economic stimulus package that is likely to exceed last year's $92 billion to help households tackle inflation, government sources familiar with the plan said on Wednesday.
October 22, 2025 at 5:05 AM
REUTERS EXCLUSIVE:
TOKYO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is preparing an economic stimulus package that is likely to exceed last year's $92 billion to help households tackle inflation, government sources familiar with the plan said on Wednesday.
TOKYO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is preparing an economic stimulus package that is likely to exceed last year's $92 billion to help households tackle inflation, government sources familiar with the plan said on Wednesday.
My latest: The Bank of Japan will raise its key interest rate in either October or December, a majority of economists said in a Reuters poll, while nearly 96% of them expect borrowing costs to increase at least 25 basis points by end-March. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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October 22, 2025 at 4:23 AM
My latest: The Bank of Japan will raise its key interest rate in either October or December, a majority of economists said in a Reuters poll, while nearly 96% of them expect borrowing costs to increase at least 25 basis points by end-March. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
TOKYO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was voted in by parliament as Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, emulating her hero, Britain's late leader Margaret Thatcher, after a whirlwind few weeks of political wrangling.
October 21, 2025 at 6:11 AM
TOKYO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was voted in by parliament as Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, emulating her hero, Britain's late leader Margaret Thatcher, after a whirlwind few weeks of political wrangling.
TOKYO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, shattering the nation's glass ceiling and setting it up for a forceful turn to the right.
Sanae Takaichi, leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, won the lower house vote to choose the next prime minister, clearing the way for her inauguration as the country's first female premier later in the day. Follow our live coverage: reut.rs/3WMijLN
October 21, 2025 at 6:10 AM
TOKYO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, shattering the nation's glass ceiling and setting it up for a forceful turn to the right.
TOKYO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Sanae Takaichi, leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, won the lower house vote to choose the next prime minister on Tuesday, clearing the way for her inauguration as the country's first female premier later in the day.
October 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
TOKYO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Sanae Takaichi, leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, won the lower house vote to choose the next prime minister on Tuesday, clearing the way for her inauguration as the country's first female premier later in the day.
JAPAN LDP'S TAKAICHI TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER AFTER WINNING LOWER HOUSE VOTE
TAKAICHI ELECTED AS JAPAN PRIME MINISTER WITH 237 LOWER HOUSE LAWMAKERS' VOTES IN 465-SEAT CHAMBER
TAKAICHI ELECTED AS JAPAN PRIME MINISTER WITH 237 LOWER HOUSE LAWMAKERS' VOTES IN 465-SEAT CHAMBER
October 21, 2025 at 4:50 AM
JAPAN LDP'S TAKAICHI TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER AFTER WINNING LOWER HOUSE VOTE
TAKAICHI ELECTED AS JAPAN PRIME MINISTER WITH 237 LOWER HOUSE LAWMAKERS' VOTES IN 465-SEAT CHAMBER
TAKAICHI ELECTED AS JAPAN PRIME MINISTER WITH 237 LOWER HOUSE LAWMAKERS' VOTES IN 465-SEAT CHAMBER
TOKYO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi is set to be voted in as Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, marking a symbolic shattering of the glass ceiling in a country where men still wield most power and setting the stage for a forceful shift to the right.
October 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
TOKYO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi is set to be voted in as Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, marking a symbolic shattering of the glass ceiling in a country where men still wield most power and setting the stage for a forceful shift to the right.
TOKYO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, is now set to help the ruling Liberal Democratic Party extend seven decades of dominance. www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Japan's Ishin party joins political establishment it vowed to fight
Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, is now set to help the ruling Liberal Democratic Party extend seven decades of dominance.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
TOKYO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, is now set to help the ruling Liberal Democratic Party extend seven decades of dominance. www.reuters.com/world/china/...
TOKYO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi is almost certain to become Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, after the right-wing opposition Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, said it was ready to back her premiership.
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Coalition deal puts Takaichi on brink of Japan's first female premiership
Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi is almost certain to become Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, after the right-wing opposition Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, said it was ready to back her premiership.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:27 AM
TOKYO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi is almost certain to become Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, after the right-wing opposition Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, said it was ready to back her premiership.
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TOKYO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Japan's likely next premier Sanae Takaichi is already facing criticism from her ruling party's long-time coalition partner, a rift that could delay or, in an extreme scenario, jeopardise her premiership.
October 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
TOKYO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Japan's likely next premier Sanae Takaichi is already facing criticism from her ruling party's long-time coalition partner, a rift that could delay or, in an extreme scenario, jeopardise her premiership.
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In a new Japan Daily Briefing, I look at the worsening outlook for coalition talks between the LDP and Kōmeitō, which are complicating the process of launching a Takaichi government. open.substack.com/pub/observin...
Coalition troubles | Japan Daily Briefing
Takaichi unveils her leadership team, but ongoing coalition talks with Kōmeitō cast a shadow over her pending premiership
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October 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In a new Japan Daily Briefing, I look at the worsening outlook for coalition talks between the LDP and Kōmeitō, which are complicating the process of launching a Takaichi government. open.substack.com/pub/observin...
The dollar against the yen this morning ....
October 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The dollar against the yen this morning ....
TOKYO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Japanese workers saw real wages fall for the eighth straight month in August, with a double-digit decrease in one-off compensations on top of relentless inflation outpacing nominal pay growth, government data showed on Wednesday.
October 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
TOKYO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Japanese workers saw real wages fall for the eighth straight month in August, with a double-digit decrease in one-off compensations on top of relentless inflation outpacing nominal pay growth, government data showed on Wednesday.
"Her former hairdresser, Yukitoshi Arai, believes she is well prepared to solve Japan's problems and even her hairstyle - which he has dubbed the 'Sanae Cut' - is designed to show she is paying attention to people."
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October 7, 2025 at 4:23 AM
"Her former hairdresser, Yukitoshi Arai, believes she is well prepared to solve Japan's problems and even her hairstyle - which he has dubbed the 'Sanae Cut' - is designed to show she is paying attention to people."
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