Editorials Feb 2, 2019
More significant wage hikes to shore up consumer demand are needed, along with accelerated efforts to develop new growth sectors through structural reforms and deregulation.
Business / Economy | 2019 Outlook Jan 2, 2019
by Cory Baird
While it is not known which events will hold back global commerce, professional economic soothsayers appear in agreement that growing risks and uncertainty will slow Japan’s growth.
Editorials Dec 26, 2018
The Japanese economy needs efforts to turn the current boom into a sustained expansion.
Business Dec 19, 2018
The number of superrich households in Japan has almost doubled since 2011 to a record high, thanks to rising stock prices and an economic expansion, an indication that this segment of society has benefited from Abenomics. The number of households with net financial assets of ...
Commentary / Japan Nov 4, 2018
Good deflation: The right kind of intervention
by Jesper Koll
Make no mistake — good deflation is an integral part of economic management in Japan.
Business / Economy Oct 22, 2018
Investors' gloomy take on Japan may be upended by inflation, analysts say
The Abenomics trade is so 2013. Foreign investors haven't been much interested in Japan lately, despite the strongest economy in two decades. What could turn that around, some market observers say, is a surprise revival of inflation. While the official consumer price index rose at ...
Commentary / Japan Oct 16, 2018
Shrinking hasn't stopped Japan from growing
by Daniel Moss
More immigration allows much-needed growth in the workforce and a higher consumption tax shores up government finances.
Business / Economy Oct 15, 2018
Abe says he's going ahead with Japan's consumption tax hike in October 2019
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Abe asked relevant ministers to come up with measures to mitigate negative impacts of the increase.
Commentary / Japan Sep 28, 2018
Japan's successful economic model
by Adair Turner
The commonplace gloom about Japan's prospects is grossly overdone — many countries would be lucky to have its problems.
Commentary / Japan Sep 25, 2018
Japan's economy is starting a new chapter
by Daniel Moss
Look what happened over two decades while the world was distracted by China.
Commentary / Japan Sep 25, 2018
How Abe should spend the next three years
by Noah Smith
The country still needs to reform its labor market, deal with an aging population and press for gender equality.
Commentary / Japan Sep 2, 2018
Japan, savings superpower of the world
by Jesper Koll
Japan's renaissance as the world champion surplus saver and source of financial capital is a key consequence of Abenomics and the domestic economic recovery.