Each spring, as reliably as the changing of the seasons, Japan releases grim new population data that prompts handwringing in the press and vows by politicians to address the country’s demographic …
South Korea Wants Some of Japan’s Newfound Market Swagger. It Might Get Japan’s Lost Decade Instead.
Japan’s episode was brought on by the collapse of a real estate bubble in the early 1990s. Naturally, China tops the watch-list as a property crisis exacerbates deflation. Germany gets mentioned as a …
Japan Is Back. Is The Defeat of Deflation the Reason?
The Nikkei stock index recorded last week its first new high in 34 years, a fitting tribute to Japan’s re-emergence as a genuinely exciting economy.It also comes amid mounting evidence that Japan has …
Welcome to Japan, Where the Bad News Is the Good News
But not to worry. This is Japan, where all bad news is relative. Take a look around. There are few signs of the societal discord you might expect in a place with trend lines like Japan’s, such as …
India Approves Three Chipmaking Units Worth $15.2 Billion
India on Thursday approved setting up three chipmaking units worth 1.26 trillion rupees ($15.2 billion) from firms including India’s Tata Group and Japan’s Renesas, taking the country a step closer to …
Embattled Japan PM faces ethics committee, with popularity and budget on the line
Fumio Kishida on Thursday became the first sitting Japanese prime minister to appear before a parliamentary ethics committee, as he sought to draw a line under a funding scandal that has hurt his …
Moving to Japan is a Big Step – But One that is Getting Smaller
Once seen as a challenging place to work and live in due differences in language, culture, and business practices, Japan is now open, globalized, and hungry for international talent and investment.
Japan spending survey shows one region really likes to drink
Japan’s Ministry of Finance conducts an annual survey on the spending habits of Japanese households, sifting through both total expenditures by city and what exactly those households spent their money …
Japan’s finance minister eyes future rise in interest rates, Nikkei reports
TOKYO, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said there will likely … according to an interview with the Nikkei newspaper published on Saturday. “The Bank of Japan holds …
Japan spending survey shows one region really likes to drink
Japan’s Ministry of Finance conducts an annual survey on the spending habits of Japanese households, sifting through both total expenditures by city and what exactly those households spent their money …