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Japan's 'Abenomics' experiment is on the rocks. by Charles Riley @CRrileyCNN October 5, 2015: 9:52 PM ET . Japan needs more women at work. Three years ago, Shinzo Abe launched a grand experiment ...
Two years after Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe unveiled his plan to finally break the country’s economy free from more than 20 years of under-performance, the much-hoped-for renaissance has ...
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had a bold strategy: shock therapy for an economy that had been stagnant for 20 years and was overtaken by China as the world’s second-largest in 2010.
To revive Abenomics, he calls for a co-ordination between monetary and fiscal policy to tackle Japan’s deflation problems and urges the Japanese government to declare that it will not raise the ...
Japan's core consumer price index rose just 1.3% in July, partly because of the impact of a recent sales-tax increase. WSJ's Ramy Inocencio speaks to Tokyo reporter Mitsuru Obe on whether Prime ...
Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party has figured out a novel and interesting way to stay in power -- govern pragmatically, focus on the economy and give people what they want. Prime ...
Hiroyuki Kawanishi’s tiny two-room flat in Tokyo may not be much, but it’s home. With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe trimming benefits for the poor as he increases spending on the military and cuts ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to restore Japan’s economy to health and win the battle with deflation. His decision to put off a planned tax rise is a stark signal that he hasn’t delivered ...
In the few months since Japan embarked on its ambitious Abenomics experiment, stocks have taken off and a free-falling yen has improved the prospects for exporters.But labeling the strategy a ...
The death of Shinzo Abe, namesake of Japan's "Abenomics" policy, makes any immediate challenge to his legacy highly unlikely but could eventually allow Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to phase out ...
Two years after Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe unveiled his plan to finally break the country’s economy free from more than 20 years of under-performance, the much-hoped-for renaissance has ...