The fading shadow of reflationists in the Bank of Japan, and the latest addition to the board of an academic favouring an end to ultra-low interest rates, will likely bring the central bank's thinking ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday the central bank will conduct monetary policy bearing in mind there are ...

Deputy Director for the Asia and Pacific Department, Mission Chief for Japan, IMF ...

Kishida may not be running for re-election, but a major shift in defense policy already occurred during the administration of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe when Japan reinterpreted the ...

Japan on May 8 downgraded the severity category ... The central government’s basic policy on dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic is now abolished. It will no longer provide instructions or ...

Labour cash earnings rose more than expected in December and the November figures were all revised upwards. If Shunto results ...

“We found that the relaxation policy had several noteworthy effects,” comments ... pandemic on infection-prevention behavior and risk perception: a panel data analysis of Japan,” was published in the ...

This book uses “life cycle theory” to analyze, from a consistent perspective, various phenomena related to consumption in Japan, such as the consumption ... our understanding of microeconometric ...

and Logistics Agency in Japan’s Ministry of Defense. Commentary is produced by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a private, tax-exempt institution focusing on international ...

The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labour shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak ...

TOKYO – Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba used his policy speech to Parliament on Jan 24 to reiterate some hard truths: His country is running short of people, its economy is sputtering ...