Japan Economy

Economy comes first in Obama-Abe meeting

27 Feb 2013

Abe is determined to revive the economy. Speaking at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC, Abe said that not only was he personally back as prime minister, but "...

Warehouse demand remains strong in Japan, says GLP trust

27 Feb 2013

Japanese real estate investment trust GLP J-REIT, which has risen more than 20 per cent since its initial public offering in December in Tokyo, expects demand for warehouses in Japan to remain...

US, Japan focus on trade to boost both economies

24 Feb 2013

In White House discussions on Friday, US President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took up a range of security concerns. But their minds were largely focused on one thing:...

Japan trade deficit widens on weaker yen

21 Feb 2013

Japan's trade deficit swelled to a record 1.63 trillion yen (HK$135 billion) on energy imports and a weaker yen, highlighting one cost of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policies that are driving down...

Can Japan direct downward march of yen without triggering a currency war?

2 Feb 2013

When Shinzo Abe became prime minister of Japan late last year, he promised to deliver change. Shortly after, he announced a 10.3 trillion yen (HK$877 billion) stimulus package to end deflation and...

Opinion

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Growth must replace public stimulus, Shinzo Abe says

For the past four years, the majority of money spent by the government has been raised by selling bonds. Abe announced the shift in a policy speech on the same day that an opinion poll showed a...

Global economy searches for a happy ending

Tthe current global economy feels like the beginning of the third and final act of a story, which begins in search of resolution. Policy uncertainty will be the chief issue facing the US; in...

Fall in Japanese exports boosts push for weaker yen

Japan's exports fell more than analysts forecast, and the annual trade deficit swelled to a record, bolstering the case for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to weaken the yen even as trade tensions mount...

JAPAN

Japan faces wage hurdle in bid to end deflation

A decade and a half after Japan slumped into deflation, the central bank is set to signal its strongest effort yet to reverse the trend. The biggest challenge may be that the nation has come to...

Abenomics swings into action

Shinzo Abe was as good as his word. Two weeks after being chosen as Japan's prime minister, his government announced a huge package of stimulus measures with a headline number of 20.2 trillion yen...

COMPANY VISIT

Fighting the headwinds

Having bucked market trends by posting record earnings for the first half of the year, All Nippon Airways (ANA) now aims to sustain its solid profit growth despite the clouded operating outlook in...