Today’s Issue Cluster: Japan Economy
Rail – Sharp rise in West Coast oil trains, fears abound
NatGas – Avoiding Ukraine Pipelines Would Hurt Gazprom
MERS – Guarding Against Disease Among Pilgrims to Mecca
Germany – May: Jobless rise biggest in five years, mild winter blamed; +24k to 2.9m / R / WSJ / APB
Japan – Parallel between stock and forex markets fades FT *
Japan – Shows Resilience to Tax-Rise on Record Confidence Gain FT / B
Japan – Abe Corporate Tax Cut Bid Gains Ground With Ruling Party Support B
Japan – PM to urge company boards to open up in governance push R *
Japan – Reformists face challenge over governance FT *
Japan – Firms starting to put record stockpile of cash to work WSJ / N *
Japan – Lending Abroad Is Key to Profits WSJ *
Japan – Weak exports, not tax hike, could shake BOJ R / wsj
Japan – Risks Low Growth Even as Easing Spurs Inflation B
Japan – Investors Bet Against Retailers WSJ / R * *
Japan – GDP growth accelerates ahead of China in first quarter / b *
Japan – Just 4.6% say they’re better off than year ago / b *
Japan – Making Abenomics Work WSJ *
Japan – Working poor left behind by Abenomics R *
Japan – Having boosted stocks all it can, what’s next for Abenomics? N * * *
Japan – Eating into Their Savings? wsj *
Japan – Abe’s Strategy: Rearrange Region’s Power Balance WSJ / FT
BOJ – Kuroda Signals Impatience With Abe Government WSJ / R / wsj / N / R / FT * * * * *
BOJ – Refrains From Easing With Signs Japan Weathering Tax Rise B / WSJ
EU – Banks back in infrastructure loan zone FT *
China – Property Slump Worsens WSJ / B / N *
China – Housing sales volume will start a slide that lasts until 2020, analyst says C
China – Housing market going through natural adjustment X
Rail – Sharp rise in West Coast oil trains, fears abound AP
Rail – In North American towns, some try to stop oil trains R *
Rail – Bakken Shale Oil Safe via Train, Industry Group Says WSJ / AP
Pipeline – US quietly imposes new conditions on Keystone construction AP
NatGas – Gas Terminal Plans Helped Lithuania Negotiate Lower Price From Gazprom WSJ / B / R / FT
NatGas – Avoiding Ukraine Pipelines Would Hurt Gazprom B *
NatGas – Russia’s mega gas deal with China bad news for Australia SMH
NatGas – Rigs Slump as Pipeline Capacity Limits New Drilling B
NatGas – ‘Canadian LNG projects should focus on the right deal, not the first’ G&M *
World – Workers in poor countries have never had it so good e *
World – Counting the cost of forced labour e / q * * * *
MERS – Guarding Against Disease Among Pilgrims to Mecca NYT / R *
What are the most overrated films? blm * *
