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...
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...
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...
Doshisha’s Prof. Noriko Hama advises redistributing wealth to kick-start Japan’s economy With the fanfare surrounding the arrival of economist Thomas Piketty in Tokyo earlier this month, it is perhaps...
Shinzo Abe’s Olympic challenge Prime Minister Abe’s medium-term plan to bring government deficit spending under control by 2020 is nothing short of an...
Talking (or not talking) about the hard issues of fiscal sustainability Prime Minister Abe speaks with confidence and conviction when he promises to make bold reforms and to drill through...
If Japan’s economy is going to fail, sooner is better A financial tsunami is looming over Japan’s horizon. If it is going to strike, as increasingly looks likely, then it...
Japan’s looming problem The above illustrates the financial crisis looming on Japan’s horizon. It was provided to Beacon Reports by ex-MOF economist Kazumasa...
Who will stop Japan’s vested interests from stomping on reform and productivity growth? Japan needs to introduce structural reform if it is to boost its moribund economy. Indeed, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...
Does Kyle Bass have it right? Jesper Koll responds to Bass’s prediction of impending financial meltdown in Japan Last month on CNBC, Kyle Bass, founder of Hayman Capital Management, predicted Japan would face financial meltdown within the...