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ECONOMICS

COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2016
Trump's economic policies a recipe for disaster
Some politically neutral economists have looked at Donald Trump's economic policies. What they found should scare the daylights out of you.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 20, 2016
How about killing schools' economics departments?
The humanities and social sciences are vital to analyzing the complexities of economics, a fact the education ministry would be well-served to remember.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2016
China well-positioned to create a 'good economy'
Optimizing its resource allocation is far from all that China must do to boost prosperity. It is time to focus on workers and elevating the experience of their labor.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 17, 2016
Bridge the infrastructure gap
Too many countries have been short-changing infrastructure for decades, resulting in everyday inconveniences and, worse, creating roadblocks to economic growth.
EDITORIALS
Jun 13, 2016
A challenge to economic orthodoxy
Economists at the International Monetary Fund question are finding that neoliberalism isn't all it's cracked up to be.
COMMENTARY / World
May 14, 2016
Germany's middle class is endangered, too
The middle class is shrinking in both the U.S. and Germany, but the reasons for the contraction tell a lot about the different priorities of the two societies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 11, 2016
Five powerful forces are driving inequality
Income inequality is driven by both political and economic forces and it waxes and wanes over time.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2016
Economic profession builds a Tower of Babel
Jargon is creating a growing disconnect between what economists really believe and what the public thinks they believe.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 20, 2016
Abe poses a grave danger
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ideology and creed is nothing other than state capitalism.
EDITORIALS
Apr 14, 2016
Politics threaten global economy
The global economy is slowing, and political problems are as much to blame as economic ones.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 21, 2016
China sought urgent advice from Fed to deal with 2015 market plunge
China's central bank last year asked the U.S. Federal Reserve to share its playbook for dealing with Wall Street's 1987 crash, emails show.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2016
China and the lonely fight it's waging against deflation
The battle over the renminbi's exchange rate reflects growing tension between the interests of the 'financial engineers' (such as the managers of dollar-based hedge funds) and the 'real engineers' (China's policymakers).
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 26, 2016
Japan has reasons to be scared
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe himself seems to have forgotten Abenomics in his quest for Japan to be a 'normal' nation with a constitution to his personal liking.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 23, 2016
Solution to the inequality puzzle proving elusive
As difficult a puzzle as income inequality may seem today, failing to solve it could lead to far more severe challenges.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2016
Fear grows China has no currency solutions
China's revised exchange-rate peg continues to rattle global financial markets, with no return to stability in sight.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 8, 2016
Just like in 1992, it's still the economy, stupid
Americans tend to vote on their pocketbooks, and that could be bad for Democrats if the economy drifts into recession.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 8, 2016
China suffering from a transparency problem
Effective communication with market participants and real-economy players will be crucial if China is to achieve market credibility and stability.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2016
Visitors to Japan surge to record 19.73 million, spend all-time high ¥3.48 trillion
A record 19.73 million people visited Japan in 2015, marking the first time in 45 years that the number of incoming travelers surpassed the outbound figure.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 17, 2016
Abenomics: state capitalism
Shinzo Abe's economic policies aren't really neoclassic or Keynesian. Rather they align more with the state capitalism practiced in China, Russia and Singapore.
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.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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