CRFM and JICA discuss new fisheries initiative for co-management and socio-economic survey
Belize City, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 (CRFM)—Milton Haughton, the Executive Director of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), met today at the CRFM’s Secretariat in Belize City with Mr. Masaru Honda, Team Leader of the Japan-funded Caribbean Fisheries Co-management Project…
Chinese tourists race to UK after Brexit
From Newsmax By voting to leave the European Union, Britons have delivered a potential windfall to tourists eager to snatch up Burberry trenchcoats, Harrods Stilton and Liberty scarves on the cheap. The outcome of Thursday’s referendum sent the British currency…
Hedge Funds’ misery exposed as Caribbean proxies dump treasuries
By Eliza Ronalds-Hannon From Bloomberg Holders in the region sold a record $44 billion in April Cayman Islands is third-biggest foreign owner of U.S. debt The fallout from hedge funds’ roughest stretch since the financial crisis is seeping into the…
Japan investors shy away from Cayman Islands
By YOICHI NAGAI, NQN senior staff writer From Nikkei Asian Review TOKYO — Japanese investors are beginning to pull their money out of the Cayman Islands, one of the world’s major tax havens. That much is clear. The reasons for the…
TERRIFYING Japanese rollercoaster
Don’t look down! The TERRIFYING Japanese rollercoaster you pedal with your own feet By LUCY SHEREF From Daily Express UK THIS rollercoaster will test your tenacity in ways you won’t believe. How brave do you think you are? This rollercoaster…
Cayman Islands tax haven holds more Japanese money than ever
By SHOHEI MAKIUCHI From The Asahi Shimbun Japanese investments in financial securities in the Cayman Islands, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean Sea known as a major tax haven, have hit a record high, according to the Bank of…
Japan to go to the moon
Japan is planning an unmanned moon mission for 2019 By Christopher Klimovski From engadget Japan’s space program announced last December that it wants to become the fourth country to successfully land an unmanned vessel on the moon. The scheduled launch…
As I See Things
By Brian Francis From Barbados Nation News The entrepreneurial state – Part 1 THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT is replete with discussions about the role of governments versus the business community in transforming the financial landscape of countries all around…
Japan’s offshore investors on edge as Panama Papers revelations spark Hong Kong clampdown
By Reiji Yoshida From The Japan Times Hong Kong-based financial consultant Yoshimitsu Sasago is unsettled by developments since the recent leak of client data from a Panama-based law firm. Sasago has served Japan-based clients in Hong Kong for the past…
Japan is experimenting with robotic bulldozers and drones for construction because there aren’t enough workers
Danielle Muoio, Tech Insider From Business Insider As Japan prepares for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, its become clearer that their massive labor shortage is becoming a big problem. So Komatsu, the second largest construction company in the world based in…
