Former Japan finance ministry official and ex-Asian Development Bank president Takehiko Nakao said on Monday the Bank of Japan should raise rates at every policy meeting, targeting a policy rate above 2% to narrow the Japan–US yield gap and ease yen weakness. He added that even with a 1% policy rate Japan’s real rate remains negative while peers’ real rates are positive, and that with inflation around 2% a policy rate of about 2.25–2.5% would not be unusual.

2026-08-17

Former Japan finance ministry official and ex-Asian Development Bank president Takehiko Nakao said on Monday the Bank of Japan should raise rates at every policy meeting, targeting a policy rate above 2% to narrow the Japan–US yield gap and ease yen weakness. He added that even with a 1% policy rate Japan’s real rate remains negative while peers’ real rates are positive, and that with inflation around 2% a policy rate of about 2.25–2.5% would not be unusual.

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2026-08-17

韩国釜山国立大学国际关系教授罗伯特·凯利表示,特朗普决定缩减与韩国的联合军演计划,与他未能打赢对伊战争有关。特朗普发动了伊朗战争。他原本以为会速战速决。很明显,他期待的是像1月份在委内瑞拉那种速战速决式的冲突,但结果却演变成了这场没完没了的拉锯战——一种奇怪的慢动作式、针锋相对的螺旋升级。冲突现在开始看起来像美国人所说的“永恒的战争’”,特朗普被困住了,且正在寻找替罪羊。美国盟友一直是这方面很方便的替罪羊。特朗普过去曾为此目的攻击过北约。而韩国人当然没有真正参与这场战争,也没有被征求过意见。特朗普基本上是在试图掩盖这次失败,掩盖他在海湾地区遇到的麻烦。他其实不知道该怎么脱身。

2026-08-17

巴基斯坦总理:我们将继续与沙特和土耳其合作,在捍卫本国及地区安全方面发挥建设性作用。