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HARUHIKO KURODA

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 16, 2016
BOJ makes contingency plans for Brexit, sees dollar squeeze a risk
Policymakers are in frequent contact with their European counterparts on how to soothe markets if Britain votes to leave the European Union, with the first line of defense aimed at preventing a shortage of dollar liquidity.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 7, 2016
Kuroda should drop two-year inflation target: former BOJ director
The Bank of Japan should abandon its two-year time frame for achieving 2 percent inflation to avoid the pressure of having to take more drastic measures to reach the distant goal, a former BOJ executive director has said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 20, 2016
G-7 finance chiefs grope for unity on stoking world economy
The Group of Seven finance and central bank chiefs kick off their meeting in Sendai unable to find common ground on how to boost the global economy.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 15, 2016
Should Kuroda get the ax?
As the clock ticks on Japan's ultra-easy money gamble, the head of the Bank of Japan must push Abe to make tough choices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 22, 2016
BOJ increasingly worried by strong yen, insiders say
Having adopted a negative interest rate on some excess reserves to penalize financial institutions for leaving money idle, the Bank of Japan may consider helping them lend by offering a negative rate on some loans, according to people familiar with talks at the BOJ.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 19, 2016
Hedge fund analyst foresees ¥75 per dollar in 40-year climb
The yen is on a 40-year technically driven climb and that means the Bank of Japan needs to push ahead with radical stimulus next week to avoid this year's surge accelerating, according to Tokyo-based hedge fund GCI Asset Management.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2016
Kuroda ally says BOJ should use easing now rather than later
The Bank of Japan should expand already-record stimulus at its April meeting, as a wait-and-see stance risks further appreciation of the yen, according to Takatoshi Ito, a former colleague of BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 14, 2016
Market would have been worse without negative rate, Kuroda says
The nation's financial markets would have been in worse shape if the Bank of Japan had not adopted a negative interest rate, BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said, rejecting suggestions the new policy has been counterproductive.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 12, 2016
Mr. Yen says currency may strengthen below 100 by year-end
After correctly predicting its advance beyond ¥115 and then ¥110 per dollar, Eisuke Sakakibara now says the nation's currency may strengthen to ¥100 by year-end.
EDITORIALS
Apr 6, 2016
The BOJ's maneuver three years on
The performance of the past three years points to the limitations of relying on central bank actions alone in fighting deflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2016
BOJ may reach limit to bond purchases in a year, former deputy governor says
Former Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Kazumasa Iwata says the central bank will run up against the limits of bond purchases by the middle of next year, making the negative interest rate the BOJ's key tool for monetary policy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2016
BOJ's newest board member Sakurai to cement Kuroda's majority
The Diet approved Makoto Sakurai as a Bank of Japan board member Wednesday, a move expected to strengthen Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's support on the board.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 22, 2016
ECB, BOJ using rates to push down currencies, King says
The European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan are trying to push down the values of their respective currencies with the use of negative interest rates, former Bank of England Gov. Mervyn King said.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 14, 2016
Why 3/11 didn't change Japan
The Fukushima crisis should have been a catalyst for change; instead it sustained policy inertia.
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 11, 2016
BOJ negative rate seen as top tool by analysts, with cut by July
The Bank of Japan's new negative rate is the most likely tool for any expansion of stimulus, with a majority of economists in a survey forecasting additional easing by July.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 7, 2016
BOJ's Kuroda says impact of next sales tax hike to be less than in 2014
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said Monday that the impact of a sales tax increase scheduled for April 2017 would be much less than that which resulted from the hike in 2014 — sending Japan into a recession.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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