Commentary / Japan May 29, 2015
Changes to ODA Charter reflect new realities
by Ken Okaniwa
Japan's strategy for distributing foreign aid has undergone a much-needed revamping to reflect today's realities.
Commentary / World May 26, 2015
Development finance with Chinese features?
by Richard Kozul-Wright
If China can help find a way to balance the need for high standards and safeguards in project lending with the imperative of rapid loan dispersion, global economic governance would benefit significantly.
Commentary / Japan May 20, 2015
The AIIB has little to offer Japan and the U.S.
by Masahiro Matsumura
Japan is wise not to join China's Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, which could end up merely as a policy instrument for Beijing.
Commentary / World May 18, 2015
Long-term greening of China's financial system
by Ma Jun
It is imperative that development banks make sure financing decisions nurture environmentally sustainable growth.
Commentary / World May 16, 2015
Life-saving drugs for all can be achieved
by Peter Singer
With the right incentives, drugmakers could be induced to develop medicines that save lives in the Third World as well as the First.
Commentary / Japan May 4, 2015
by Koichi Hamada
Japan should not join the AIIB until the criteria for monitoring its investments are clear.
Commentary / World Apr 30, 2015
by Andrew Sheng and Xiao Geng
If Western leaders really do believe in innovation, competition and meritocracy, they should welcome the AIIB.
Business Apr 18, 2015
AIIB rise reflects new economies
by Mie Sakamoto
A planned Chinese-led investment bank may not have been the major theme at a meeting of Group of 20 finance chiefs, but it drew significant attention amid the growing presence of emerging economies. On the sidelines of the gathering, which ended Friday, Finance Minister Taro ...
Business Apr 8, 2015
Japan still on fence about AIIB but envisages $1.5 billion contribution if it joins
The government does not rule out the possibility of joining a China-led development bank to be launched by the year's end and also envisages a possible contribution of up to $1.5 billion to the institution in the event of Japan's participation, according to a ...
Editorials Apr 8, 2015
Japan should join the AIIB so it can exert influence from within to ensure it is run according to international norms.
Commentary | COUNTERPOINT Mar 28, 2015
China benefits from Washington's bumbling diplomacy
by Jeff Kingston
The surge of nations agreeing to participate in China's new development bank — the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank — marks a stunning success for Beijing, which has overcome U.S. opposition and arm-twisting to lure key American allies. Washington has been at its petulant worst, with ...
Commentary / World Mar 23, 2015
U.S. forfeiting its leadership in global finance to China
by Kevin Rafferty
China's plans to set up the Asian International Investment Bank have demonstrated that the U.S. has lost its way and is rapidly forfeiting claims to global financial, economic, political or moral leadership.