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JAPANESE ECONOMY

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.
EDITORIALS
Mar 25, 2016
Keep politics out of tax hike decision
The decision on whether to raise the consumption tax next year should not be driven by partisan political interests.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 14, 2016
The economics lab where theories go to die
Most macroeconomic theories can be easily tested: all we have to do is take a look at Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2016
Abenomics proves contagious
China's Xi Jinping and India's Narendra Modi need to stop the hollow rhetoric and get on with the hard task of economic reform.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 9, 2016
Picking up where Abenomics policies left off
Given a shrinking population, a slowing China, sexism and an inefficient corporate system and labor market, Japan is going to have a rocky road ahead no matter what it does.
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2016
China may face Japan-like slump unless yuan weakens, KKR says
China could be facing the same kind of anemic growth that Japan did in the 1990s unless it moves to weaken the yuan to alleviate the country's debt burden and fend off deflation, according to KKR & Co., one of the world's largest private equity firms.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 7, 2016
Kuroda should rethink the quest for 2 percent inflation
Rather than becoming more and more aggressive, the BOJ might instead consider lowering its inflation target.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 1, 2016
Sharp's alive, and that's too bad
Letting the electronics maker and other troubled companies die is a necessary part of reanimating Japan.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 29, 2016
The high price of Japan's economic gaffes
Finance minister Taro Aso's ability to survive repeated gaffes shows how little has changed under Abenomics.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 29, 2016
Less than zero in Japan
Japan's economic fundamentals are generally sound, and pessimistic predictions are greatly exaggerated.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 25, 2016
Japan got paid $464 million to borrow thanks to negative yields
The government has been paid at least ¥52 billion to borrow money since the yield on its debt first fell below zero at auction in October 2014.
EDITORIALS
Feb 16, 2016
Japan's fragile economy
The latest GDP data underlines the frail state of the economy.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 16, 2016
How BOJ can boost growth
It's time for less talk and more action on radical policies as weak growth and deflation stalk the economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2016
Hedge fund says Abenomics-fueled era of easy gains is over
Stats Investment Management Co., whose hedge fund posted a positive return in each of the past 10 years, said the era of easy gains in the Japanese stock market fueled by Abenomics is over.
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.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

Podcast

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

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’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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