Will Japan end its negative interest rate regime?

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The country has had negative rates since 2016. Now, the central bank could raise them for the first time in 17 years. We find out what consequences this could have. Rare protests have emerged in Cuba over electricity and fuel shortages. We get the latest. And Uber will pay $178m as part of a settlement to end a lawsuit filed on behalf of thousands of taxi operators and drivers. We look into the detail. Sam Fenwick discusses this and more business news with two guests on opposite sides of the world: Oliver Stuenkel, an associate professor of International Relations at the Vargas Foundation in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Rebecca Choong Wilkins, senior Asia correspondent for Bloomberg in Hong Kong. (Picture: Japanese national flag waves at the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo. Picture credit: REUTERS.)