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US ECONOMY

COMMENTARY / Japan
May 4, 2015
An Asian community can wait
Japan should not join the AIIB until the criteria for monitoring its investments are clear.
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2015
China's slowing new normal
Beijing must do what it takes to ensure that any further slowdown in China's economy is not viewed as secular trend.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 30, 2015
AIIB and global governance
If Western leaders really do believe in innovation, competition and meritocracy, they should welcome the AIIB.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 30, 2015
Is low growth the global economy's new norm?
While no one should expect a return to the pre-crisis boom years, the right government incentives encourage more robust economic growth.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2015
Japan's economy needs a dose of shock therapy
A little more monetary shock-and-awe by the Bank of Japan could stem Japan's 'deflationary mindset.'
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 23, 2015
Russia's economy steps back from the brink
Russia's economic performance is leading some forecasters to be a bit more optimistic about the depth of its recession.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 22, 2015
CCP will do what it takes to keep China growing
The Chinese government is using every tool it has to keep its long growth run going.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2015
Asia must solve its growing China problem
Asia needs a growth plan that relies less on China and more on domestic demand.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 21, 2015
Globalism in need of revival
Heavily dependent on other countries for markets and resources, Japan must take a leading role in promoting globalism.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 19, 2015
Toyota delivers a blow to Abe's 'reshoring' plan
Toyota's move to build new factories overseas deals a blow to the government's hope that the weak yen would encourage manufacturers to move production back to Japan.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 15, 2015
From immigration to zoning, reforms need central guidance to succeed: adviser
The central government must exert control over the regions to push through regulatory reforms needed for economic revival, said the head of a council on special economic zones.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2015
The not so spectacular BRICs?
According to one forecast, most BRIC economies will fail to meet long-range growth expectations.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2015
An opportunity for China
For China, accepting lower growth provides a crucial opportunity to support stable and sustainable development.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 6, 2015
Japan's battery-powered economic recovery
A renewable-energy boom would do for Japan what quantitative easing can't: produce a thriving economic ecosystem that creates wealth, jobs and international esteem.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 5, 2015
Despite signs of recovery, Japanese manufacturers resist Abe's call to spend
Growth expectations dented by a lack of structural reform are preventing most Japanese firms from investing in new equipment despite the BOJ-engineered rally in earnings and stocks.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 2, 2015
Too few workers in Russia and too many poor people
Independent of the current economic crisis, Russia's labor market has entered a deep, prolonged decline in its economically active population.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2015
Guess what's weakening the U.S. middle class
There are roughly three main hypotheses for why American middle-class wages have been falling: robots, unions and China. Evidence may point to the least favored answer as the right one.

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.