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EDITORIALS
Nov 7, 2017
Continuity, with a twist, at the U.S. Federal Reserve
Jerome Powell will provide more continuity than change in policy at the world's most influential central bank.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 21, 2017
BOJ keeps policy unchanged but new member casts dissenting vote
The Bank of Japan kept its monetary stimulus unchanged Thursday, but a dovish new board member opposed the decision in his first meeting — an unexpected dissension on a board chosen entirely by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 2, 2017
Bank of America exec spared fine after bank's $415 million penalty
Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch unit paid $415 million last year to resolve allegations that it misused customers' cash. On Friday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission finally got around to settling a case against the former bank executive who it said was ultimately responsible.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2017
Japan's current growth unsustainable but easing policy to stay: Kuroda
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said the recent pace of growth in the world's third-largest economy is probably unsustainable and pledged to continue with very accommodative monetary policy "for some time" as the BOJ is far from its inflation target.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2017
As Yellen and Draghi head to Jackson Hole confab, inflation goals elude on both sides of Atlantic
As the world's top central bankers gather in Wyoming this week, their relief about a stronger global economy will be tempered by a growing unease that inflation remains inexplicably low.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 9, 2017
Japan buries cherished economic ideas
Japan's experience underscores a disturbing truth: Economists really have no idea how inflation works.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 26, 2017
House GOP ranks block bid by Democrats to view U.S. Treasury files on Trump for Russia links
U.S. House Republicans on Tuesday shot down a legislative effort by Democrats to obtain Treasury Department documents that could show any ties between the finances of President Donald Trump, his inner circle and the Russian government.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 25, 2017
Why not give the BOJ's governor a promotion?
Abe's choice is clear: Show Kuroda the door, or open his Cabinet to new thinking by a man who's seen considerable action in the economic trenches.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 25, 2017
How a 1929 dispute frames the Temple Mount conflict
The holy site has been the symbolic flashpoint of the broader Israeli-Arab struggle since at least 1929.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 1, 2017
BOJ issues rare apology over board member's remark about Hitler's economic policies
The Bank of Japan has issued a rare apology over a board member's praise for Adolf Hitler's economic policies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 28, 2017
BOJ keeps snapping up debt, but pace of bond purchases slowing
The Bank of Japan continued its spending spree on government debt, although the pace of increase has slowed dramatically since the introduction of yield-curve control in September 2016.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 26, 2017
Japanese banks vulnerable to shocks as dollar borrowing doubles: BIS
Japanese banks have more than doubled their borrowing and lending in dollars since 2007, leaving them vulnerable to funding shocks such as those that exacerbated the last financial crisis, according to the Bank for International Settlements.

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’