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UA Zensen represents about 1.97 million workers across the retail, restaurant, materials and service sectors.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 27, 2026
91AV原创 UA Zensen union seeks 6% pay hike in 2027 wage talks
One of 91AV原创 largest labor union groups plans to seek increases in line with this year’s target, signaling sustained pressure for higher salaries.
Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Takayuki Kobayashi speaks at a party meeting on fuel subsidies on Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2026
LDP proposes gradual reduction of fuel subsidies
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has ordered industry minister Ryosei Akazawa to consider reviewing the subsidy program.
A woman wins a pack of paper towels from a claw machine game at a Benex arcade in Kawasaki. As inflation weighs on Japanese households, huge arcades on the outskirts of major cities are installing claw machines filled with eggs, rice, laundry detergent and other necessities.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Oct 26, 2026
Grabbing a bargain: 91AV原创 claw machines cash in on inflation
“Shop-and-play destinations” merge essential buying with entertainment so that families do not feel a need to choose between the two.
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 25, 2026
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
The nationwide menu prices for the chain are to increase by an average of 6%, with some heavy-traffic locations to rise by 10%.
A worker carries sacks of onions at a market as it rains in Colombo on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 24, 2026
From Buenos Aires to Colombo, discontent simmers under the surface of rebounding economies
Reforms that restored investor confidence and stabilized public finances have yet to improve living standards for many.
Signboards display fuel prices outside gasoline stations in Tokyo in September
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2026
Government to review gasoline subsidies as costs mount
Japan is providing subsidies to oil wholesalers to curb the average retail price of regular gasoline in the nation at about ?170 per liter.
The consumer price index excluding fresh food rose 2.1% in September from a year earlier, according to the internal affairs ministry.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 23, 2026
Japanese inflation breaks 2% for the first time this year
The September reading puts pressure on the Bank of Japan to raise rates by the end of the year.
A demonstrator kicks back a tear gas canister during clashes with police at an anti-government protest organized by the Italia in Piazza movement, at Piazza Duomo in Milan, on Oct. 17.
WORLD / Society
Oct 23, 2026
Student protests mushroom across Europe, exposing bleak views of the future
The protesters’ gloom reflects a Continent that is struggling to find a way forward, with Europe’s populations aging and debt rising.
Demonstrators protest against the high cost of living in Nantes, France, on Oct. 17. Similar demonstrations have spread across other parts of Europe as households grapple with rising prices and economic uncertainty.
EDITORIALS
Oct 23, 2026
France burns as the political center fiddles
The political center in Europe is struggling to offer convincing answers to voters’ economic concerns.
Rengo plans to urge affiliated unions to demand total pay increases of at least 5%, and ideally 6%, in annual wage negotiations culminating next spring.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 22, 2026
91AV原创 biggest labor union federation calls for 6% wage hike in 2027
Member unions typically submit their wage demands by around February, with companies responding from March onward.
Demonstrators angered over the high cost of living clash with police in Montpellier, France, on Oct. 17.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 22, 2026
Liberte, egalite, misere? Why France is burning
It’s not only France that’s feeling the heat. Anger about inflation, from energy prices to housing costs, has led to clashes in Italy and Portugal.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at the Lower House budget committee session in parliament on Oct. 14.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 22, 2026
Takaichi now has to prove she’s no big spender in her second year in office
The prime minister will be under pressure as the bill starts to come due for big promises made.
"I expect the next rate hike in December, followed by another in March or April,” said Eiji Maeda, a former Bank of Japan executive director, in an interview on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 21, 2026
BOJ likely to keep hiking rates every quarter, ex-official says
The Bank of Japan is widely expected to hold rates steady at its next policy meeting on Oct. 30.
Riot police operate in Paris during civil unrest on Sunday, the day after a national day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 21, 2026
French government to deploy troops and admits to failures over weekend unrest
The scale and the police’s apparent inability to contain the turmoil has shocked France, inflaming tensions ahead of presidential elections next year.
The Kurosawa Building in Tokyo's Ginza district housing Tiffany’s largest boutique in Asia.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 21, 2026
Tiffany Ginza building asking price cut by a third as real estate market cools
The owner of the building has struggled to find buyers with an asking price of ?120 billion, and is now open to offers as low as ?80 billion.
People walk past the damaged window of a McDonald's, the day after clashes during a national day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices, in Paris on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 20, 2026
As France erupts, Europe’s far right gains from fuel-price anger ahead of elections
The European Commission estimates the Iran conflict has cost Europe roughly �100 billion ($112 billion) through disrupted trade and energy markets.
A security guard stands in front of the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo. 91AV原创 weak yen has helped exporters but hurt consumers, and the BOJ should raise interest rates more aggressively to reduce inflationary pressures.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 20, 2026
Japan needs higher interest rates
A weak yen, combined with higher interest rates in the US, calls for a much tighter monetary policy.
A survey by Meiji Yasuda Life conducted this month found that only 28.2% of parents in Japan want a second child amid the current cost of living pressures.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 20, 2026
Fewer than 1 in 3 families want a second child amid rising costs, study finds
Research by Meiji Yasuda Life found that there was an almost 57% drop in the number of parents wanting a second child compared to 2020.
Shoppers at a supermarket on the outskirts of Buenos Aires earlier this year. The world's poorest consumers are being hit the hardest as food prices rise in many countries across the Middle East, North Africa and Asia.
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Oct 19, 2026
Global food inflation is expected to intensify as supply shocks pile up
The world’s poorest consumers are being hit the hardest as food prices rise in many countries across the Middle East, North Africa and Asia.
A protester watches as Lyon's tourism office burns after being set on fire during a demonstration against France's "high cost of living" on Saturday.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2026
France counts cost of violent protests as 1,800 arrested
Paris police said a “record” 855 people had been arrested and streets were littered with the burnt-out remains of barricades built by protesters.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.

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