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Japan’s export controls threaten South Korea’s economy
Japan has imposed export controls on South Korea amid a dispute over South Korean demands for wartime reparations
JapanWorld PMIs suggest the stock market rally may be short
Pessimistic industrial surveys in Europe and Asia temper the post-G20 summit optimism of the US-China ‘tentative truce’
InternationalTalks with Xi and Macron reveal Abe’s priorities
Prime Minister Abe has held summits with China’s President Xi and France’s President Macron
JapanJapan election likely to deliver continuity
The government has set the date of an upper house election due next month: July 21
JapanTrump’s defence treaty doubts put pressure on Tokyo
Trump is privately considering withdrawing the United States from its defence treaty with Japan, Bloomberg reports
JapanIndustrial malaise dominates global growth outlook
The manufacturing PMI surveys for Japan and the euro-area suggest that both may struggle to grow much at all this year
EUJapan’s exporters are very vulnerable to weaker trade
Japan’s export volumes plunged for a seventh straight month in May and imports also edged lower
JapanJapan’s F-35s will confer air superiority
Japan’s procurement of a significant force of F-35s confers air superiority and maritime power projection
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