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POLICY

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2016
What foreign policy dangers await Trump?
Going forward, the success of Washington in helping manage the complexity of global affairs will increasingly depend upon cooperation of others, both competitors and allies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2016
What Duterte's 'separation' teaches America
The next U.S. president will need to commit to a decades-long 'surge' of new strategic thinking, diplomacy as well as military and commercial presence in the Asia-Pacific if it is to maintain its stabilizing influence in the region.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 2, 2016
Bank of Japan signals economic onus is now on Abe government
The Bank of Japan is signaling that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government needs to do more to help achieve 2 percent inflation and revive the economy, former BOJ Policy Board member Sayuri Shirai said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 1, 2016
In major setback for Abenomics, BOJ gives up hitting inflation target during Kuroda's term
The Bank of Japan acknowledges defeat in its quest to achieve 2 percent inflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / ANALYSIS
Oct 27, 2016
Japan's market eager for more hints on BOJ's next move
Financial market participants have been anxious to get more hints on what the Bank of Japan will do next to spur inflation, as the central bank is widely expected to stand pat at its two-day policy meeting through Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 18, 2016
Japan Inc. unimpressed with BOJ's latest attempt to spur growth, poll shows
Japan Inc. has little faith in the central bank's latest shift in monetary policy, with companies saying it will not generate long-desired inflation, spur further business investment or have an impact on the economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 17, 2016
BOJ downgrades Tokai, upgrades Chugoku, Kyushu-Okinawa in report on regional economies
The Bank of Japan kept its economic assessment of six of the country's nine regions level on Monday but downgraded Tokai, where Toyota Motor Corp. and its suppliers are based, as the yen's appreciation weighed on export-oriented manufacturers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 13, 2016
BOJ may need to taper bond-buying stimulus next year, analyst says
The Bank of Japan will be forced to start tapering bond-buying stimulus as soon as a year from now as it runs out of willing sellers, says the nation's top-rated analyst. The good news, he says, is yields will not jump.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 12, 2016
BOJ ready to act if global downturn threatens inflation goal: board member
The Bank of Japan will not hesitate to pull the trigger on additional monetary easing if a drastic global downturn threatens the bank's efforts to achieve its inflation goal, a BOJ board member said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 10, 2016
Kuroda signals BOJ may delay reaching 2 percent inflation target to 2018
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda gives the clearest signal yet that the bank may delay the forecast date for achieving its 2 percent inflation target to 2018.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 9, 2016
BOJ chief sees no need to cut rates now
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda says the central bank will not hesitate on monetary easing if necessary, but that such action is not currently warranted.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2016
Nuclear cash cow Monju now a liability for residents as plant faces ax
In February 1983, Mayor Koichi Takagi of Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, spoke to residents in the town of Shiga, Ishikawa Prefecture, who were hoping the town would be chosen as the site for a new nuclear power plant.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Oct 3, 2016
BOJ seen adopting American WWII rate-pegging ploy to spark inflation
In deciding to target bond yields, Japan is deploying a monetary strategy to combat deflation used by its former enemy in World War II. The trouble is that America's experience back then suggests the tactics probably will not work on their own.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2016
BOJ chief Kuroda has ruined his chances for second term: Abe aide Nakahara
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has ruined his chances of getting a second full term, according to Nobuyuki Nakahara, who has advised the prime minister on the economy and was an intellectual father of the BOJ's first run at quantitative easing in 2001.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 29, 2016
Buckle down for more wars if Clinton wins
What makes Hillary Clinton so dangerous is her advocacy of U.S. military dominance around the globe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2016
As rivals circle, Japan boosts firepower to buy global energy assets
Japan plans to rush through a bill to provide more financial muscle for its companies to compete for global energy assets, just as other resource-hungry Asian economies such as China and India are also looking to snap up depressed oil assets.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 23, 2016
BOJ's bid to control yields likely to spur demand for company debt
The Bank of Japan's decision to explicitly control sovereign bond yields will probably cap interest rates, bolstering demand for corporate debt offering extra premiums, according to analysts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2016
Kuroda's strategy shifts from shock and awe to bond market finesse
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda stormed onto the global stage in 2013 with the subtlety of a Metallica concert, electrifying markets with a shock-and-awe strategy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 21, 2016
BOJ shifts policy framework to target Japan's yield curve
The Bank of Japan shifts the focus of its monetary stimulus to controlling the shape of yields across different maturities.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 20, 2016
As BOJ begins two-day meeting, all eyes on review of monetary policy
The Bank of Japan kicked off a two-day policy meeting Tuesday amid growing speculation that the BOJ may further loosen its monetary grip after carrying out a "comprehensive assessment" of the aggressive easing steps it has implemented over the past three years.
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
Japan finds a 'stealth' cure for zombie businesses: Let them fail
A worker at Sakai Seisakusyo prepares to transport metal rods at its factory in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on July 8.
Trump makes his grand RNC entrance with a bandaged ear and a VP pick
Former U.S. President Donald Trump during the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday
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.
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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