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Daniel Moss
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 11, 2018
Japan isn't stepping aside as China steps up
The Abe adminisration and the private sector are reasserting influence in Asia and beyond.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 3, 2018
Japanese firms don't cower among trade gloom
Capital expenditures are set to rise, while the rest of the world is increasingly wary.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2018
U.S. earns more in China than trade numbers reveal
The huge missing ingredient in U.S.-China trade deficit numbers is the business done in China by American companies.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 11, 2018
Good news is no longer unspeakable in Japan
The central bank has been too obsessed with reassuring investors that stimulus would continue.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 20, 2018
Here's who really matters at the Bank of Japan
Masayoshi Amamiya could provide Japan's central bank with much-needed room to maneuver.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 13, 2018
'More of the same' isn't a choice for Kuroda
Reports that Haruhiko Kuroda will be reappointed don't mean he can continue stimulus forever.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 8, 2018
Bank of Japan is missing a golden opportunity
Investors think things are looking up — central bankers should stop telling them they're wrong
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 23, 2018
Japan and Europe start the central bank reset
Officials are going to respond accordingly to the improving global economy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2017
2017 didn't see a trade war but flashpoints remain
The trade war didn't happen in 2017. But prepare for a few skirmishes this year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 22, 2017
Japan's bounce is a parable of these economic times
The central bank is easing off stimulus, as confidence and exports rise and companies begin to spend.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 30, 2017
Bank of Japan is in Kuroda mode even if he leaves
Even if Abe follows precedent and makes a change at the BOJ after one term, Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's legacy will live on.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 28, 2017
Graying Japan wants automation, not immigration
A labor shortage could fuel the nation's next innovation boom.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 20, 2017
Japan's booming and now needs more immigrants
Japan is favoring more machines over increased immigration to bolster its dwindling workforce, but that solution won't increase domestic consumption.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 8, 2017
The Bank of Japan's head deserves a second term
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should let BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda finish the work he started.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 6, 2017
Japan Inc. might finally have to fatten paychecks
After years of resisting wage hikes, Japanese companies are starting to recognize the need to lock in staff before they literally disappear.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 26, 2017
Why the BOJ's lips remain sealed on exit strategy
The central bank doesn't want to talk about why it's lagging behind its peers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 23, 2017
Japan's struggles are hardly unique
Victory in Japan's battle with too-low inflation looks as elusive as ever.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 19, 2016
Depopulating rust belt counts on 'robonomics' to run assembly lines
A withering factory town in the rust belt is looking for revival through a dose of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's "robot revolution."

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