Economic news(2025/02/02)
Honda to make major overhauls at US plants to flexibly produce everything from EVs to gasoline-powered vehicles
2025-02-02 20:00:00
Honda, a major automobile manufacturer, is currently undergoing major renovations at its Midwestern factory to enable the production of EVs (electric vehicles) and gasoline-powered vehicles to be handled on a single line, and recently opened the facility to the press. With the Trump administration expected to reverse policies that have supported the spread of EVs, the company plans to flexibly produce according to demand.
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Trump imposes tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, retaliatory measures and backlash
2025-02-02 16:41:00
On the 1st, US President Trump signed an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, and an additional 10% tariff on imports from China. Both tariffs will take effect on February 4th, and the measure is said to be a measure to stop illegal immigration and drugs from entering the US.
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Trump imposes tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, retaliatory measures and backlash
2025-02-02 16:13:00
On the 1st, US President Trump signed an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, and an additional 10% tariff on imports from China. Both tariffs will take effect on February 4th, and the measure is said to be a measure to stop illegal immigration and drugs from entering the US.
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Trump imposes tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, retaliatory measures and backlash
2025-02-02 14:38:00
On the 1st, US President Trump signed an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, and an additional 10% tariff on imports from China. Both tariffs will take effect on February 4th, and the measure is said to be a measure to stop illegal immigration and drugs from entering the US.
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President Trump imposes tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China starting February 4th
2025-02-02 12:01:00
On the 1st, US President Trump signed an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, and an additional 10% tariff on imports from China. Both tariffs will take effect on February 4th, and the measure is said to be a measure to stop illegal immigration and drugs from entering the US.
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Exports of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and food exceed 1.5 trillion yen for the first time due to popularity of Japanese food
2025-02-02 04:58:00
It has been revealed that the value of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food exports from Japan to overseas countries last year reached a new record high, exceeding 1.5 trillion yen for the first time. This is due to the growing popularity of Japanese food worldwide, which has led to increased exports to the United States, Taiwan, and other countries.
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Will they break through it? Or not? The "wall" of the Japanese economy [Economics Column]
2025-02-02 00:20:00
It's a world that even current Bank of Japan employees at the director-general level are barely aware of... With this latest rate hike, the policy interest rate is now around 0.5%, but it is said that even Bank of Japan employees in charge of monetary policy are largely unaware of rates higher than that. That is why 0.5% has been called the "wall." Will the Japanese economy break through this "wall" or not? (Economics Reporter Enoshima Airi)
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