Japan and EU expected to sign trade deal on Thursday

Shinzo Abe to meet Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels but UK exporters likely to see no gain due to Brexit. The European Union and Japan are on course to sign a trade deal on Thursday, after talks gained impetus in the wake of Donald Trump’s threat to put up barriers to international commerce. […]

Philippine president calls for removal of all US troops

I want them out, says Rodrigo Duterte on visit to Japan, saying there will be an end to war games with US military The Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, has continued his anti-US rhetoric by calling for the removal of all foreign troops from the Philippines, possibly within two years. Speaking to an audience of business […]

Global Economics and a Dog from Japan

by markwainwright We live in a time of great change and hardship, but also one of great hope and opportunity. The change and hardship is easy for most of us to understand, due to the roller-coaster global economy, increasing frequency of natural disasters, and the myriad wars and unrest going on around the world. So […]