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STIMULUS

BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 13, 2014
Japan's GDP set to fall sharply; stimulus expectations may surge
Japan's economy likely shrank sharply in the second quarter, which would be bad news for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's growth policies, but it could raise market expectations of further stimulus.
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2014
Homebuyers in Japan seen at risk amid floating-rate loan rush
Japanese homebuyers are piling into floating-rate mortgages, stirring debate over whether they are too complacent as Bank of Japan stimulus revives inflation.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 10, 2014
Fed advances discussion on strategy to exit from loose policy: FOMC minutes
The Federal Reserve has begun detailing how it plans to ease the U.S. economy out of an era of loose monetary policy, appearing near agreement on a three-pronged strategy to manage interest rates in the future, according to minutes of the last Fed policy meeting.
LIFE / Language
Apr 12, 2014
STAP
Stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency first came to the public's attention on Jan. 28, after the British journal Nature published research showing that Haruko Obokata and her team in Kobe had successfully reprogrammed the adult cells of mice into STAP cells by subjecting them to stress
COMMENTARY
Mar 20, 2014
Recent stimulus setting up debt crisis for China
The idea that China acted in economically rational ways that merit U.S. study and replication, as suggested by two Chinese economists, is just too much. Asia's biggest economy is merely delaying a debt crisis that will be much bigger and more spectacular than it had to be.
EDITORIALS
Feb 3, 2014
New horizon in stem-cell research
A team of scientists led by 30-year-old Dr. Haruko Obokata has challenged the established theory in biology that it is impossible to reprogram specialized cells to become stem cells without tampering with cell nuclei.
EDITORIALS
Dec 13, 2013
Abe's stimulus only a short-term fix
The Abe administration's latest stimulus package has the central government spending more than it is due to receive in revenue from the fiscal 2014 tax hike, showing that the Japanese economy has yet to enter a self-sustaining cycle built on private-sector demand and investment.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 10, 2013
Office vacancies in Tokyo at lowest rate since 2009
The office vacancy rate in Tokyo fell in September to its lowest level in four years as the amount of space taken up in the month more than doubled, according to broker Miki Shoji Co.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 1, 2013
Abe banking on ¥5 trillion in stimulus
Shinzo Abe's future as prime minister may well depend on how well the ¥5 trillion stimulus package cushions the economy from the tax-hike blow.

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