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COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 13, 2016
Central bank's policies impeding recovery
Central bankers' 'central planning' of the financial sector with controlled prices for credit are failing for the same reason as central planners of communist economies failed. It's time to allow financial markets to determine interest rates.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Sep 7, 2016
BOJ review of easing actions casts spotlight on core policy planning unit
The Bank of Japan's unprecedented review of its unprecedented monetary policy has stepped up focus on a key group of Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's allies.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 5, 2016
Uptick in base wages in July likely no boon for inflation-hungry BOJ
The first increase in base wages in four months is unlikely to offer much relief to the Bank of Japan as it undertakes a review of policies meant to stoke inflation and growth.
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Aug 31, 2016
Talk persists of 'helicopter money' despite Kuroda denials
Speculation of so-called helicopter money refuses to die in Japan, despite repeated denials by Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda.
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
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 28, 2016
Kuroda says Bank of Japan prepared for fiscal easing if necessary
Central banker poised to pull trigger when needed; comments seen as bid to talk down yen
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 22, 2016
'Sufficient chance' of more BOJ easing in September, Kuroda says
There is a "sufficient chance" the Bank of Japan will add to its unprecedented easing at next month's policy meeting, Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said in a recent interview published in the Sankei newspaper.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 18, 2016
BOJ cornered as Japanese banks seen running out of bonds to sell
The nation's biggest banks are running out of room to sell their government bond holdings, pushing the central bank closer to the limits of its record monetary easing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 18, 2016
Ex-BOJ exec urges focusing stimulus efforts on wages not bonds
The Bank of Japan should stop its record bond purchases because the policy has failed to spur consumer prices and instead focus with the government on a wage target, according to a former central banker.
EDITORIALS
Aug 17, 2016
Time to reassess economic policy
The BOJ and government policymakers need to make a candid assessment on whether they have set the right economic policy priorities.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 17, 2016
BOJ firepower fizzles as currency market dares Japan to act
Traders feel the BOJ won't stand in the way of further yen strength after the currency passes 100 per dollar for the second time this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 15, 2016
The BOJ's unstoppable rise to shareholder No. 1 in Japan
The Bank of Japan's controversial march to the top of the shareholder rankings in the world's third-largest equity market is picking up pace.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 14, 2016
Negative rates killing growth
Central bankers should admit defeat, scrap the silly negative interest rate policy and treat the real problem.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Aug 12, 2016
Cabinet Office view of 2014 economy contraction differs from BOJ take
The official view in Japan for more than a year has been that the economy contracted in 2014 after a sales-tax hike stunted consumer spending. A new analysis from economists at the central bank paints a very different picture, suggesting that gross domestic product actually grew 2.4 percent.
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2016
Abe aide Hamada favors Japan proclaiming debt-monetizing policy
One of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's top advisers says he favors a declaration by Japan's policymakers that their current measures are monetizing the nation's debt.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 31, 2016
'Helicopter money' talk takes flight as Bank of Japan runs out of runway
The BOJ's review of its monetary stimulus program revived expectations it could adopt some form of 'helicopter money,' printing money for government spending to spur inflation.
Alerts issued for Tokyo area cities as Shanshan crawls across Japan
A submerged area of Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on Thursday after Typhoon Shanshan dumped torrential rain throughout the Kyushu region.
Typhoon Shanshan batters Kyushu ahead of likely landfall
A satellite image shows Typhoon Shanshan south of Kyushu on Wednesday afternoon
From tropical storm to 'violent': Japan’s typhoon classifications
A satellite image from Wednesday shows Typhoon Shanshan south of Kyushu as the storm was rapidly intensifying.
Tropical Storm Shanshan soaks Japan as flood and landslide risks rise
People walk in front of closed ticket gates for the Tokaido Shinkansen in Tokyo Station as train operations between Tokyo and Nagoya remain suspended due to Tropical Storm Shanshan on Saturday.
Will Bangladesh go the way of Pakistan?
Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman, Bangladesh's army chief, arrives at Dhaka International Airport to receive Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Aug. 8 to lead the country's interim government.
Japan seeks another record-breaking defense budget for fiscal 2025
Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force hold a live-fire exercise at the GSDF's training grounds in the East Fuji Maneuver Area in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, in May. Japan's Defense Ministry is seeking another record-breaking budget for fiscal 2025.
Can Japan handle a heat wave and natural disaster at the same time?
A member of the Self-Defense Forces wipes away sweat as he conducts a search and rescue operation at a landslide site caused by heavy rain in Kumano, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 11, 2018.
Did you feel that? It may be time to refresh your disaster kits — and vocabulary.
A map of western Japan shows the Nankai Trough and, to its north, the hypocentral region where the energy for an earthquake is thought to be building.
This English schoolboy has big dreams of becoming yokozuna — and more
Nicholas Tarasenko trains at Minato stable in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, on Tuesday. Tarasenko’s potential in sumo was made obvious when he won U18 gold in the 90-kg weight class at the 2023 Baruto Cup in Estonia despite being four years under the age limit and having only had a total of one hour of sumo training before the meet.
Kitakyushu clashes with academics over Meiji Era remains
Remnants of the first Moji station complex are located near the current Mojiko Station in the city of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.

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