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ABENOMICS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 26, 2016
Japan slides to 111th in WEF gender equality rankings
Japan's efforts to bridge the gender divide have failed to translate into substantial change, with the nation sliding to 111th in a global inequality ranking report released Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Oct 25, 2016
Abe's regulatory reform show
Is Prime Minister Abe's vow to tackle regulatory reform merely a ploy to keep the stock market afloat while he pushes other agenda?
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 23, 2016
Can Tesla recharge Panasonic's batteries?
Japan Inc. should take inspiration from Elon Musk's ambitions to shake up the future of energy and transportation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 19, 2016
Global money flees Japan stocks at fastest pace since 1987
International equity investors are giving up on Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 7, 2016
Japan needs 'double dose' of monetary, fiscal stimulus: Abe adviser Honda
Japan needs a double dose of monetary and fiscal stimulus, including further easing by the central bank next month, says Etsuro Honda, one of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic advisers.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 6, 2016
Olympic mania sidetracking efforts to revitalize Japan
Tokyo 2020 is diverting attention away from the best chance Japan has had in 20 years to regain its mojo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2016
BOJ chief Kuroda has ruined his chances for second term: Abe aide Nakahara
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has ruined his chances of getting a second full term, according to Nobuyuki Nakahara, who has advised the prime minister on the economy and was an intellectual father of the BOJ's first run at quantitative easing in 2001.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 28, 2016
Renho launches fiery critique of Abenomics in first Diet debate as DP leader
In her first parliamentary face-off with the prime minister, Renho unleashes a broadside against Abe's eponymous program.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 27, 2016
Can robots save the BOJ?
Techno-optimist Shinzo Abe should be pushing reforms and a startup boom rather than more easy money.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2016
Abe could become Japan's longest-serving leader despite mixed record
LDP lawmakers work to make it possible for Abe to stay in power until at least 2021, the longest stint in the post since WWII.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 20, 2016
Can the Bank of Japan keep the bond vigilantes at bay?
The Bank of Japan needs to tread carefully as the country's debt addiction is rattling jittery traders.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Sep 17, 2016
When Japanese is English
'I can't make it tomorrow. I have an English lesson.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 16, 2016
Economist questions report that income equality is holding steady
A Hitotsubashi University professor takes issue with a new report that indicates income inequality is not getting any worse in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / CABINET INTERVIEW
Aug 31, 2016
New regional revitalization minister defends Abenomics, denies policy mix has plateaued
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's newly appointed regional revitalization minister, Kozo Yamamoto, has argued that the leader's Abenomics economic policy mix has not plateaued but is merely returning to its original form, one that combines financial and fiscal measures.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 30, 2016
BOJ stuck in the Stone Age
Haruhiko Kuroda's use of primitive monetary policy tools makes him the Fred Flintstone of central bankers.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 30, 2016
Finance Ministry vs. the currency speculators
The Finance Ministry remains hesitant to back its tough talk with action, not least because of U.S. disapproval of supposed 'currency manipulation.'
EDITORIALS
Aug 25, 2016
Japan's shaky fiscal consolidation
Instead of selling rosy high-growth scenarios, the Abe adminstration should present a concrete and credible road map for fiscal rehabilitation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 25, 2016
As Abenomics loses shine, Japan's shoppers seek bargains
Three years of Abenomics, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's bold stimulus program, has failed to dislodge a deflationary mindset among businesses and consumers.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 24, 2016
Japan needs ¥10 trillion in fiscal stimulus in each of next two years, says Abe adviser
Japan should spend ¥10 trillion ($99.83 billion) on fiscal stimulus both in fiscal 2017 and 2018 to offset the economy's lack of demand and eliminate the risk of deflation, an adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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