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ABENOMICS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 9, 2016
Japan policymakers fearful of constantly dodgy data
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida joked almost 70 years ago that if Japan had kept better data, it might never have started a war with the U.S. His grandson, Finance Minister Taro Aso, worries about flawed statistics that could mislead economic policymakers today.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 5, 2016
Business chiefs vow to help Japan whip deflation
Business leaders said they will do their part to ensure that Japan emerges from years of deflation as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe steps up calls for companies to raise wages and bolster capital expenditure.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 4, 2016
2016: the year of looking beyond Japan's Abenomics
After three largely squandered years, Abe must finally get serious about the reforms he's been promising.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 3, 2016
Nearly 90% of companies expect economy to grow in 2016: poll
Nearly 90 percent of 101 major Japanese companies expect economic expansion in 2016, with many projecting private consumption and capital spending to recover from their 2015 doldrums, a Kyodo News poll found Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 1, 2016
Abe says Japan will play leading global role in 'challenging' 2016
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EDITORIALS
Dec 24, 2015
Wrong-headed BOJ program
The Bank of Japan appears to be entering the realm of meddling — even indirectly — with business decisions by private-sector companies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Dec 19, 2015
BOJ adjustments signal limits to monetary easing
The policy adjustments announced by the Bank of Japan on Friday may indicate there are limits to the drastic monetary easing policy the central bank launched to stoke 2 percent inflation.
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2015
Abe's Cabinet OKs ¥3.5 trillion extra budget to support economy
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet approved an extra budget Friday worth ¥3.5 trillion for this fiscal year through March to bolster the economy through enhanced welfare services and a more competitive farm sector.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Dec 16, 2015
As jobs-for-life fade, mobility key as workers face a survival reality check
Shuhei Takebe graduated from a prestigious university in Japan. It qualified him to become a day laborer.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 15, 2015
Abe's deflation fight has automated foes on nearly every Tokyo street corner
They stand resolutely on street corners around Japan, proclaiming that deflation has not been vanquished, much as the Abe administration and the central bank have tried.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 15, 2015
BOJ gains confidence in Japan's economy; cheap oil a threat
Bank of Japan officials are gaining confidence in the resilience of the nation's economy, while keeping a close eye on the impact of low oil prices on inflation expectations, according to people familiar with the central bank's discussions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 9, 2015
Abe's dubious 'new arrows'
Abenomics has shifted from economic growth driven by the private sector to relying on government spending, and is even moving toward state capitalism.
EDITORIALS
Dec 1, 2015
Abe's new package lacks road map
The prime minister's package to boost social programs is ambitious on paper, but lacks a plan to turn it into reality.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 24, 2015
Asia's $89 billion sexism issue
Japan is one of the worst offenders when it comes to sexism. Shinzo Abe needs to prove 'womenomics' is more than tokenism.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 23, 2015
Abe's growing China problem
Abe talks big on reform but hasn't delivered the radical change needed to adapt to 6 percent growth in China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 21, 2015
Without tackling Japan's labor mismatch, Abe's GDP target is just a pipe dream
The government urgently needs to address the mismatch between the jobs available and the people who are looking for employment.
EDITORIALS
Nov 20, 2015
Another back-to-back GDP drop
It's time for the prime minister to take stock of 'Abenomics' and consider what needs to be done to achieve the virtuous cycle that he keeps promising.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 17, 2015
Japan Inc.'s investment cuts cloud 'Abenomics' as firms, sensing slump, save for rainy day
Japan Inc. is looking like it’s not holding up its end of the "Abenomics" bargain.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 16, 2015
Recession ignored by Japan investors as profits drive rally
If Japan's economy is in trouble, you wouldn't know it from the stock market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 16, 2015
Japan plunges into recession, in defeat for Abe's growth efforts
The economy contracted in the third quarter on sluggish business investment, confirming what many economists had predicted: The nation fell into its second recession since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in December 2012.

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