TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet approved a proposed 32 trillion-yen ($296 billion) supplementary budget Wednesday to help fund $1.1 trillion in measures to cushion the blow to the economy from …
Japan broker to ‘crowdsource’ ideas for new activist fund
One of Japan’s largest online brokerages will attempt to take shareholder activism into the mainstream with a new fund whose managers will “crowdsource” ideas from thousands of retail investors on how …
Japan Offers an Investment Haven Whichever Way the Pandemic Goes
Internationally exposed Japanese stocks will benefit if the global recovery is faster than expected, but also have the mountainous cash holdings to outperform if things go wrong.
Factbox: Key spending in Japan’s second stimulus package of $1.1 trillion
Japan will compile a fresh stimulus package worth $1.1 trillion, which would be among the world’s largest fiscal plans to cushion the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan considers fresh $1.1 trillion stimulus to combat economic impact of coronavirus pandemic
The total amount Japan plans to spend combating the virus fallout reached 234 trillion yen — roughly 40% of Japan’s gross domestic product.
Correction: Virus-Outbrak-Japan-Murakami story
In a story May 23, 2020, about Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami’s radio show, The Associated Press erroneously spelled book titles …
Why Japan is ungrateful for its success fighting coronavirus
The mystery of Japan’s response to the coronavirus pandemic can be boiled down to a simple question: how could it possibly have gone this well? From the beginning, the government of Shinzo Abe has …
FamilyMart to launch shorter business hours at 787 stores across Japan from June
FamilyMart Co. revealed on May 25 that it will introduce shorter business hours at 787 franchise stores in Japan from June 1. Some 5.4% of al･･･ …
Japan Doesn’t Want to Become Another Casualty of English
In a 2019 survey, Japan dropped to 53rd in global English proficiency, squarely in the “low proficiency” band. Japan ranks near the bottom of Asian and developed countries ali …
Bank of Japan’s Kuroda says ready to do more for economy after emergency lifts
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Tuesday the central bank may take more steps to cushion the economic impact from the coronavirus pandemic, maintaining his gloomy outlook even as a state …