Author: Erica Yokoyama
Erica Yokoyama
has 42.7% among authors.
BS Score: 2.7%.
Articles analyzed: 4.
Words analyzed: 3,376.
Analyzed articles
The Japan Times
- By Erica Yokoyama
- 6/19/2026, 1:45 AM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 25.9% - Confirmation Bias 24.4% - Biased Writer Voice 20.9%
Japan’s key inflation gauge held steady in May thanks in part to government subsidies that kept energy costs down, keeping the Bank of Japan on track for another interest-rate hike later this year. Core consumer prices, excluding fresh food, rose 1.4% from a year earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications reported... more
The Japan Times
- By Molly Smith, Erica Yokoyama
- 6/10/2026, 2:28 AM
Pessimism Bias 33.1% - Confirmation Bias 23.8% - Representativeness Heuristic 23.8%
Corporate goods prices jumped again in May, signaling strengthening inflationary pressures rippling across domestic supply chains as the war in Iran drags on and keeps energy prices elevated. The measure of input prices for Japanese firms rose 0.9% from a month earlier, and April’s increase was revised higher, the Bank of Japan reported... more
The Japan Times
- By Erica Yokoyama, Toru Fujioka
- 6/5/2026, 4:25 AM
Biased Writer Voice 42.2% - Negativity Bias 40% - Appeal to Authority 40%
Japan likely drew on its holdings of foreign securities, including U.S. Treasurys, to finance its record currency market intervention over the past month, a move that may draw attention from Washington. Tokyo’s holdings of foreign securities at the end of May dropped by $75.6 billion from April, according to Finance Ministry reserve data... more
The Japan Times
- By Erica Yokoyama, Keiko Ujikane
- 5/8/2026, 2:25 AM
Optimism Bias 26.6%
Japanese workers’ real wages rose in March for a third consecutive month, supporting the Bank of Japan’s case for further interest rate hikes even as the Middle East conflict clouds the economic outlook. Inflation-adjusted wages increased 1% from a year earlier, slowing from a revised 2% gain in February, the labor ministry reported... more