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ECONOMY

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2013
Poll outcome may benefit economy
With the ballots tallied and the opposition crushed, observers predict the ruling bloc's landslide victory Sunday amid the third-lowest voter turnout ever for a House of Councilors poll will have a positive impact on the economy and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's stewardship of it.
EDITORIALS
Jul 19, 2013
Low wages hindering recovery
Wage realities suggest that Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's positive assessment of the economy serves as a political boon for the Abe Cabinet.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 19, 2013
High tech and the road to 'full employment'
The U.S. may not regain 'full employment' anytime soon. Companies didn't just fire workers during the Great Recession; they went on a hiring strike.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 16, 2013
IMF's global forecast makes for dreary reading
The International Monetary Fund's latest global economic forecast makes for unhappy reading. You may remember that, some years back, it was fashionable to ask whether the world economy could continue "flying on one engine" — meaning the United States. America's boom and import appetite boosted other...
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 4, 2013
Financial engineers restarting the risk generator
The last thing one would expect the U.S. government to do is open the floodgates to severe risks in financial markets again. But that is what's happening.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 1, 2013
Ten-step program could help India develop an economy as big as U.S. economy by 2050
Even with unspectacular growth of a little more than 6 percent a year, India's economy could become about as big as America's economy by 2050.
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jun 24, 2013
China's slump puts U.S. economy at risk
Concerns are growing about China's economy as the country's new leadership tries to get a handle on deep problems that experts say have been years in the making.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 12, 2013
Has Myanmar's moment come at last?
Can investing in Myanmar live up to the soaring expectations? There are major uncertainties, and Myanmar cannot rely on energy and mining alone.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 8, 2013
How did Germany become the new champion of Europe?
Sitting in his brightly lit office overlooking the green hills of rural Westphalia, surrounded by photographs of aluminium and titanium castings, Phillip Schack has drawn a blue triangle on a piece of paper. Pointing to a small shaded section at its apex, he says: "Look. If that's your market, up at...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 5, 2013
Abenomics cannot succeed without cheap nuclear power
Everybody knows that Japan has an energy crisis. We also know that the yen has greatly depreciated, by some 20 percent in just a few weeks. It's time to put these two facts together.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 5, 2013
China's rise doesn't have to mean U.S. decline
Someone steals your most sensitive secrets. Then, planning a face-to-face meeting, he says he wants to develop "a new type" of relationship with you. At what point, exactly, would you start thinking he was planning to drink your milkshake?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 31, 2013
Why it matters where our food comes from
The latest trend in fine dining has nothing to do with molecular gastronomy or pan-Latin fusion: Sustainability is the new order of the day. At the influential World's 50 Best Restaurants awards ceremony in London last month, the organizers presented their first Sustainable Restaurant Award to Narisawa,...
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 30, 2013
Overhaul Japan's immigration laws to boost working women
By simply relaxing laws to let in foreign domestic workers, the Abe administration could give Japanese women who want to work a new option for child-care support.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 29, 2013
Abenomics stumbling over sexism
No one needs a Sheryl Sandberg-esque 'lean-in' movement like Japan's women. Lack of women in the nation's workforce is impeding economic growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 27, 2013
Bond vigilantes wake investors from voodoo 'Abenomics' trance
The bond vigilantes are getting antsy about Shinzo Abe's shock-therapy program, dubbed "Abenomics."
EDITORIALS
May 22, 2013
Recovery only benefiting a few
The Cabinet Office on May 16 announced that Japan's real gross domestic product (GDP) in the January-March period increased 0.9 percent, or an annualized 3.5 percent, from the previous quarter.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
May 21, 2013
Yokohama: What do you think of the prime minister's 'Abenomic' strategy so far?
Businesses are getting better, and at least finance types are strong. But in my business salaries are not going up.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
May 18, 2013
JGB yield spikes raise alarm bells
Is it a sign of a full-fledged economic recovery or a looming catastrophe in the monetary making?
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 25, 2013
Malaysia needs to get off the road to mediocrity
In his re-election bid, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak ludicrously warns the nation of 'catastrophic ruin' and an 'Arab Winter' if he's not around.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.

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