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Kyoko Shimodoi
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2014
Abe funds matchmaking to ease welfare bill
Over coffee and cake in a rural cafe in Kochi Prefecture, Hideyuki Tanaka, 40, plucked up the courage to speak with Eri, 14 years his junior.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2012
Aso takes reins of shrinking economy with fiscal gusto
Taro Aso, son of a cement magnate and a champion of pork-barrel spending when prime minister, is Japan's sixth finance chief in three years, auguring expanded fiscal stimulus in the world's third-largest economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 8, 2012
BOJ has done too little, says contender
The Bank of Japan has failed to end more than a decade of deflation by being too cautious, according to Takatoshi Ito, a former Finance Ministry official who is a contender to become the central bank's next governor.
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2012
Election may curtail stimulus even as recession looms
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's decision to call an election in December may inhibit the government's ability to stimulate the economy even as it slides toward its third recession in four years.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2011
Diversify reserves with new markets: lawmaker
Japan should hold more of its foreign reserves in emerging market assets to diversify its $1.2 trillion pool, a ruling party lawmaker said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2010
JBIC vows to help companies regain global edge
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation will take more risks to help companies win overseas projects after they lost bids in Abu Dhabi and Vietnam, the head of the state-run lender said.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2009
Aug 4, 2009
DPJ to support BOJ autonomy
Members of the Democratic Party of Japan said they will support the Bank of Japan's independence if they win the election and govern for the first time.
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2008
G7 to remain vigilant but not support dollar: Sakakibara
The Group of Seven nations will probably maintain their vigilance on currencies next week without committing themselves to supporting the dollar, said Eisuke Sakakibara, Japan's former top currency-policy official.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2007
Fukuda may up spending to win rural, elderly votes
By KYOKO SHIMODOI and JASON CLENFIELD Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, under pressure to increase government spending before the next election, may scuttle plans to balance the budget and cut the world's largest public debt.

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