Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga delivered his first policy speech since becoming Japan’s leader on Monday, on October 26, during the 203rd Extraordinary Diet session,...
The story dates back to when the world spoke only one language. People built a city on the vast land and started erecting a gigantic...
Within the world of global finance, there is a high degree of interest in who becomes the next prime minister of Japan. Above all, investors need...
Photo: Mori Building Co Ltd's new Toranomon Yokocho The Japanese hospitality industry was among the hardest hit by the new coronavirus pandemic, combined with business and...
The latest GDP figures are in and they are shockingly bad. On August 17, Japan’s Cabinet Office released the latest economic data for the...
Amid fears sparked by the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, the Shinzo Abe administration has called on industry to pull out of China. But his...
Finalizing an economic package was a major cause of delay in announcing the state of emergency, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Tuesday, April 7,...
The global coronavirus crisis has the potential to change politics everywhere. Governments that botch their responses are likely to lose favor rapidly. Underestimating the threat...
Monetary policies will have to be considered as the spread of the novel coronavirus presents “the biggest uncertainty for Japan’s economy,” Bank of Japan (BoJ)...
Japan has been experiencing low inflation and deflation since the 1990s, and the Bank of Japan (BoJ) has been fighting deflation ever since. It is...
More than once this writer has come out with the view that the government should drop the planned consumption tax rate hike slated to rise...