SWEDEN-STOCKHOLM-2023 NOBEL PRIZE-CHEMISTRY

SWEDEN-STOCKHOLM-2023 NOBEL PRIZE-CHEMISTRY

(231004) -- STOCKHOLM, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Heiner Linke, member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, explains the achievements made by the 2023 Nobel laureates in Chemistry during the prize announcement at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 4, 2023. Three scientists, Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov, won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, "for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Wednesday. (Photo by Wei Xuechao/Xinhua)

3% wage hike could get Japan out of crisis: German expert

3% wage hike could get Japan out of crisis: German expert

FRANKFURT, Germany - Heiner Flassbeck (in this photo), former German vice finance minister who currently serves as senior economist at the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development, proposes March 27 that Japan implement an across-the-board wage hike of around 3% in nominal terms to stimulate consumer spending and help it overcome deflation and other economic problems.

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The Superwife (1986)

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The Superwife (1986)

The Superwife (1986)

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Klaus-Heiner Lehn, Andrej Babis

Klaus-Heiner Lehn, Andrej Babis

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, right, handshakes with ECA (European Court of Auditors) head Klaus-Heiner Lehn during Babis's visit of the ECA headquarters on the second day of his two-day visit to Luxembourg, on November 8, 2019. (CTK Photo/Zdenek Polak)

3% wage hike could get Japan out of crisis: German expert

3% wage hike could get Japan out of crisis: German expert

FRANKFURT, Germany - Heiner Flassbeck (in this photo), former German vice finance minister who currently serves as senior economist at the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development, proposes March 27 that Japan implement an across-the-board wage hike of around 3% in nominal terms to stimulate consumer spending and help it overcome deflation and other economic problems.

3% wage hike could get Japan out of crisis: German expert

3% wage hike could get Japan out of crisis: German expert

FRANKFURT, Germany - Heiner Flassbeck (in this photo), former German vice finance minister who currently serves as senior economist at the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development, proposes March 27 that Japan implement an across-the-board wage hike of around 3% in nominal terms to stimulate consumer spending and help it overcome deflation and other economic problems.