Typhoon Lan set to crash Japan holiday week

Japanese authorities on Sunday warned residents in much of the country to prepare for a strong, slow-moving typhoon set to hit during the peak summer travel week."The slow speed of the typhoon could mean that its impact may last for a long time, ( read original story ...)

China and Japan pass by on the stairs of inflation

Beijing, meanwhile, may decide that Japan’s inflation-linked publishing phenomenon is worth a particularly close study as the two economies pass on the stairs: Japan swatting deflation’s last tentacles off its ankles just as China seems to be stumbling resignedly into its embrace. ( read original story ...)