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ABENOMICS

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2017
As Abe pushes for structural reform, old Japan Inc. culture fights back
While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's vaunted third arrow — structural reforms — has generally been rated as unsuccessful, his administration has received high praise from Japan analysts for shaking up the country's corporate management system.
EDITORIALS
Nov 17, 2017
Wanted: Domestic demand-driven growth
Consumer-led economic growth will remain elusive as long as corporations enjoying record profits hesitate to give substantial wage hikes.
EDITORIALS
Nov 1, 2017
What now for Abe with his new mandate?
Handed a new mandate by voters, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should carefully consider whether amending the Constitution is a priority issue given the economic and demographic issues facing the nation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 26, 2017
Abe's post-election policy targets wages but delays fiscal reform
The prime minister's economic agenda is shaping up after his election win with a focus on steering firms to hike wages, and with moves to shift fiscal prudence targets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 23, 2017
Japan stocks advance on Abe's win, signaling fiscal spending and continued loose monetary policy
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's landslide sends Tokyo stocks higher and the yen down, with the path paved for a continuation of loose monetary policy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Oct 23, 2017
After landslide victory, Abe may ramp up spending to spur economic policies and social security
Emboldened by the victory of his ruling coalition in Sunday's general election, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to boost government spending to speed up his Abenomics deflation-fighting economic policy mix.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 17, 2017
The Kobe Steel fiasco tells a much bigger story
The Kobe Steel scandal offers insights into why more Japanese households aren't feeling the benefits of today's 2.5 percent growth.
EDITORIALS
Oct 17, 2017
Economic promises versus the record
Before casting their ballots, voters should review the nearly five years of Abenomics and what changes it brought to the economy and their lives.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 29, 2017
Japan's strong inflation, factory output point to robust recovery
A flurry of positive Japanese economic indicators bolsters optimism about the world's No. 3 economy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 19, 2017
How the prime minister can win over Japan's neighbors
Pulling South Korea and Indonesia into the TPP tent would make the free trade pact all the more meaningful.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 17, 2017
Abe poised to dissolve Lower House for snap general election
Media reports say that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to dissolve the Lower House as early as Sept. 28 and call a snap election.
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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 16, 2017
Grading Abe's flailing leadership and policy drift
In his penultimate Counterpoint column, Jeff Kingston gives Shinzo Abe a report card for the prime minister's nearly five years in office.
EDITORIALS
Sep 13, 2017
Japan in its second-longest postwar boom?
Rather than focus on the length of the current economic 'boom,' the government should carry out a sober assessment of the economy and use it to guide its economic policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 13, 2017
When the world turns Japanese
Tokyo and the West alike are failing to heed Japan's economic lessons.

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