The yen continues to depreciate, adding pressure to Japanese authorities to respond. Will recent wage growth and yen weakness bring the inflation target within reach?
China had apparently ditched its pro-Tokyo position to take a neutral stance in a territorial dispute between Japan and Russia over four Moscow-controlled islands off Hokkaido by 1992, according to Japanese diplomatic records declassified in December.
China had apparently ditched its pro-Tokyo position to take a neutral stance in a territorial dispute between Japan and Russia over four Moscow-controlled islands off Hokkaido by 1992, according to Japanese diplomatic records declassified in December. In response to then Japanese Foreign Minister Michio Watanabe's request to confirm China's stance…
U.S. President George H.W. Bush, who fell ill and infamously fainted and vomited at a welcome dinner at the prime minister’s office on Jan. 8, 1992, reflected on that moment.
Negotiations for the first Japanese emperor to visit China in 1992 were kept so secret that the prime minister at the time, Kiichi Miyazawa, complained he was not sufficiently consulted.