On the surface, recent economic news in Japan offers a silver lining for Abenomics. Despite the initial misgiving at the beginning of 2016, Japanese exports have maintained a moderately expansionary trend in the first 4...
The side effects of Negative Interest Rate Policies in Europe and Japan — what we’ve come to call the NIRP absurdity — are becoming numerous and legendary, and they’re fanning out across the globe, far beyond...
The March BoJ Tankan showed that Japanese companies are feeling the chill in their business condition and starting to prepare for continued deteriorations ahead. The business condition DI for large manufacturers deteriorated from 12 in...
Deflation is portrayed as the great economic scourge. It exacerbates debt servicing costs and encourages consumers to defer purchases. Central banks in Japan and Europe have responded with aggressive, unorthodox measures, often combining asset purchase...
The TPP, one of biggest trade deals in history was signed on Wednesday, February 3, in New Zealand. The TPP involves 12 Pacific Rim nations – Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand,...
BoJ surprised the market by taking an easing action on January 29. It was a bold move, introducing a negative central bank policy rate for the first time in Japan’s history. From February onward, the...
It’s been described as a relationship in an upward trajectory. And ties between India and Japan are likely to get a further boost when PM Abe visits New Delhi for the 9th annual Indo-Japanese summit...
September BoJ Tankan survey delivered a few positive surprises for the economy. Non-manufacturers’ business condition DI improved by 2 points and the capital expenditure plan for large corporations for the fiscal year 2015 was revised...
In September, 11 new members of staff are scheduled to start work at Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport. The latest additions to the workforce will be tasked with menial jobs, such as cleaning the concourse and...
Japan could be the biggest risk to solar demand in 2015, as the country is facing grid connection issues and changes in FIT. Japan has seen a massive boom in solar demand in 2013 and...
“Japan Government Bonds Rise as Market Shrugs Off Downgrade,” the Wall Street Journal headline said with some astonishment after Moody’s had dared to downgrade Japan’s credit rating to A1 – fifth notch from the top....
Friendship is blossoming between India and Japan, much to China’s chagrin. But needling Beijing is what’s behind it in the first place, says DW columnist Frank Sieren. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese...
