From Mitsubishi Motors to Kikkoman – over a thousand Japanese firms are celebrating their hundredth birthday in 2017. The development reveals much about Japan’s history and economic base. What do Japanese companies such as camera...
Japanese PM Abe’s approval rating has dropped to record new low amid a growing scandal surrounding suggestions that he intervened with officials at the ministry of education on behalf of a friend. Julian Ryall reports....
The conventional narrative is that the yen’s strength is being driven by risk. It seems to border on circular logic. If the yen is up, it must be due to investors being averse to risk,...
According to METI, retail sales rose by 3.2% year on year(YoY) in April 2017. The growth rate is the highest since April 2015. A breakdown of retail sales shows that a broad range of sub-sectors...
According to the BoJ March Tankan Survey, the business conditions of Japanese companies improved in the first quarter of 2017. The improvements seem larger for manufacturers than for non-manufacturers. Large manufacturers saw their business condition...
The Trump administration seems to be stepping up the pressure on the Japanese yen, accusing Japan of manipulating the exchange rate to its advantage. In our view, the accusation is essentially valid. Japanese policy makers...
Investors are anxiously awaiting more details on the new US Administration’s economic policies and priorities. Part of the challenge is that the cabinet represents a wide range of views and it is not clear where...
Fulfilling his campaign promise, President Trump has pulled the US out of the ambitious free trade deal negotiated by his predecessor Obama. Analysts view China as the prime beneficiary of the US’ abandonment of TPP....
The US economy created roughly nine million net new jobs since the start of 2009. Through organic growth and acquisition, majority-owned affiliates of US multinational companies have also expanded their employment outside the US. It is...
On December 8, Japanese government revised its GDP statistics to conform to the latest standard of national accounts, SNA2008. Before the revision, Japan was one of the last countries, among OECD members not to be...
The leaders of the two countries have signed a civilian nuclear cooperation, allowing exports of crucial Japanese technology to fuel India’s growing economy. But concerns remain about India’s non-proliferation status. The Indo-Japanese nuclear deal has...
Asia’s two economic giants viz., Japan and China shares a very intricate and crucial relationship among themselves. Though in early 1990s Japan accounted for almost 10% of the International trade it soon dwindled with a...
