Japan’s Yen Trap: Intervention Buys Time, but There Will Be No Plaza Accord 2.0

By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 — The unprecedented US-Japan effort to arrest the yen’s fall may have delivered a powerful short-term rebound, but it cannot repair the structural weaknesses undermining confidence in Japan’s economy, according to Juwai IQI Chief Global Economist Shan Saeed. The yen had weakened to about ¥163.65 against…

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Anwar challenges the AI age in Tokyo, calls for a digital civilisation worthy of humankind

Prime Minister warns that artificial intelligence is concentrating power in the hands of a few states and corporations, widening the digital divide and raising profound moral questions about humanity’s future. By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH TOKYO, June 9 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim used a public lecture at the University of Tokyo to…

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