The inside story of the BOJ’s great monetary experiment
Former Bank of Japan insider Sayuri Shirai shared her thoughts about unleashing the world’s greatest monetary experiment. As a...
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Ex-BOJ member says government must allay pension jitters before Japan can reflate economy
First published by The Japan Times Former Bank of Japan Policy Board member Sayuri Shirai says the central bank...
Tokyo professor forecasts labor pool skills drought
As lifetime employment ceases, Japanese firms are less willing to train employees. Employers seek to hire the already skilled,...
Enough already! Why Japan needs no more venture capital…
The yearly total investment available to startups in Japan, about $2bn, is dwarfed by the US’s $60bn. Yet, Tokyo...
Follow Japan’s thought leaders
Isolated from the West in 1635 by the Tokugawa shogunate, the culture of modern-day Japan remains in part a...
BOJ yields to negative interest rates
The Bank of Japan is a profit-making institution. That could change. Takuji Okubo, chief economist at Japan Macro Advisors,...
What’s Next for Abenomics?
First published by The Diplomat Leading Japan economist Takatoshi Ito once described Japan’s underlying problem: “When an economy is...
OECD Japan expert Randall Jones puts Japan’s economy into global perspective
Randall Jones, Head of Japan/Korea Desk at OECD (L); Richard Solomon, Editor-in-Chief, Beacon Reports (R) As the OECD and the...
Economic policy advisor Motoshige Itoh talks about how to resolve Japan’s growing debt problems
How should an advanced nation like Japan with low growth potential, an aging population and a shrinking workforce, go...
Economist Richard Katz: Unshackling Japan’s human potential
Two and one-half years after its inception, Abenomics isn’t working. Economist Richard Katz believes that is because Abe’s three...