Japan Economy

The Search for a New Growth Model

Motohisa Furukawa | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: WEF 2012, World Economy, Davos, Japan Economy, Davos 2012, Wef, Japan, World Economic Forum 2012, World Economic Forum, Business News
Motohisa Furukawa

Equilibrium between the economy, society and the environment must be viewed as complementary rather than a trade-off. This is not a zero-sum game.

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Japan Unveils Program To Ease Strains Of Strong Yen

AP | By TOMOKO A. HOSAKA | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Japan Loan, Japan Recession, Yen Loan, Japan Downgrade, Yoshihiko Noda, Strong Yen, Japan Economy, Yen Problems, Japan, Japan Program, Business News

TOKYO -- Japan's government on Wednesday unveiled a $100 billion loans program to ease the strains of a strong yen and encourage companies to turn adv...

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Pity the Policymaker

Mohamed A. El-Erian | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Japan Economy, Deleveraging the Economy, Deleveraging, Europe Economy, US Federal Reserve, US Economy, Fiscal Policy, Foreign Policy, World News
Mohamed A. El-Erian

Six important issues speak to the problem for policymakers in Europe, the US, and Japan. First, all three economic areas are struggling with unsettling de-leveraging dynamics.

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Back In Recession, Japan Keeps Interest Rates Near Zero

AP | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Earth Quake, Japan Recession, Bank of Japan, Japan Economy, Disaster, Japan Central Bank, Nuclear Crisis, Japan Interest Rates, Business News

TOKYO -- Japan's central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged at virtually zero Friday to shore up a quake-battered economy. The Bank of Japan's...

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Report from Tokyo: A Mindset of Normalcy

David Wagner | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Tokyo, Fukushima Daiichi, Japan, Japan Economy, World News
David Wagner

The best way for Japan to heal is to become an engine of growth again. Respecting the Fukushima Daiichi tragedy can and must lead to a return to a normal life now.

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Lost Japan Sales Cut Into Profits Of U.S. Companies

Posted 06.26.2011

Read More: Japan Economy, Wall Street Profit, Coach Inc, Japanese Consumers, Nuclear Japan, Japan Earthquake US, Coca Cola, Coke Japan, Business News

NEW YORK (Phil Wahba) - The Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis are cutting into the sales and profits of U.S. companies that serve Japan...

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OECD: Tax Hike In Japan Will Help Economy During Recovery

AP | By JACOB ADELMAN | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Deficit, Recovery, Japan Earthquake, Japan Education, Japan Economy, Sales Tax, Corporate Tax Decrease, Gross Domestic Product, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Oecd, Business News

TOKYO -- Japan should as much as quadruple its sales tax rate to deal with a crushing deficit that's bound to grow as it spends on reconstruction from...

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Japan's Earthquake Will Hit Economy Harder Than First Feared

Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Japan Economy, Economic Japan, Japanese Automakers, Japan Recession, Toyota Motor, Global Economy, Bank of Japan, Japan Disaster, Fukushima Daiichi, Japan Earthquake Economy, Business News

TOKYO (Rie Ishiguro and Shinji Kitamura) - The economic damage from Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami last month is likely to be worse than fir...

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Safes, Cash Wash Up On Japan Shores After Tsunami

AP | TOMOKO A. HOSAKA | Posted 06.10.2011

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OFUNATO, Japan — There are no cars inside the parking garage at Ofunato police headquarters. Instead, hundreds of dented metal safes, swept out ...

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Japan's Government Needs to Move Quickly

Daniel Wagner | Posted 06.03.2011

Read More: Chernobyl, Japanese Government, Semiconductors, Fukushima, Japan Tsunami, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Nuclear Power, Japan Economy, Supply Chain, Business News
Daniel Wagner

No one can truly know the economic impact of Japan's earthquake because the world has never experienced such a severe natural disaster in an economy so critical to the global supply chain.

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Why the Japanese Government Can Afford to Rebuild: It Owns the Largest Depository Bank in the World

Ellen Brown | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Privatization, 2011 Japan Tsunami, National Debt, State Owned Banks, Japan Nuclear Crisis, Japan Economy, Business News
Ellen Brown

The Japanese government can afford its enormous debt because it owns the bank that is its principal creditor. But competitors are attempting to force the bank's privatization.

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An American Industrial Renaissance?

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.27.2011

Read More: Outsourcing, Suppliers, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Markets, Japan Economy, General Electric, Apple, Japan Tsunami, Industry, Electronics, Labor Standards, Business News
Robert Kuttner

In the sorting out of the wreckage after Japan's earthquake and tsunami, many Americans have begun paying more attention to a phrase they had barely known -- "supply chains."

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Should Coca-Cola Unplug Its Vending Machines in Japan to Conserve Scarce Power?

David Meerman Scott | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Meerman Scott

Nearly two weeks after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northeast Japan, the Tokyo area suffers power cuts and reduced train service, d...

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If Japan Can Address Her Crises, Then the U.S. Can Address Job and Energy Insecurity

Ann Pettifor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, U.S. Economy, Job Security, Clean Energy, Japan Tsunami, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Unemployment, Bank of Japan, Economic Crisis, Japan Economy, European Union, Banking Crisis, Public Financing, Business News
Ann Pettifor

The valuable argument coming from the ashes of this crisis is simple: Japan can afford to rebuild. The economic possibilities of nations depend on human, technological and organizational power.

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GM Cuts Unnecessary Spending After Japan Disaster

AP | JANNA HERRON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gm, GM Japan, GM Spending, General Motors, Japan Economy, Business News

NEW YORK — GM said Saturday it is cutting unnecessary spending companywide as it assesses the impact of production disruptions from the earthquake a...

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William Alden

Yen Intervention Resolves Immediate Crisis, But Japan's Economy Still Threatened

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

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The yen eased off its all-time high Friday as the world's major central banks lent their support, but Japan's economic troubles are far from over, exp...

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As the Global Economy Trembles, Our Nation's Capitol Fiddles

Robert Reich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japan Earthquake, Global Economy, Robert Reich, Japan Earthquake 2011, Japan Tsunami, Economy, Japan Economy, Japan, Libya, Democrats, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News
Robert Reich

The world's third largest economy suffers a giant earthquake. A civil war in Libya and tumult in the Middle East cause crude-oil prices to climb. Poor harvests around the world make food prices soar. And Washington is doing nothing.

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William Alden

U.S. Economic Policy Not Changing In Response To Japan As Officials See Little Risk

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Treasury Department, Japan Earthquake, Economic Policy, Japan Tsunami, Japan Economy, Economic Crisis, Business News, Quantitative Easing, Federal Reserve, Timothy Geithner, Japan, Business News

American policy makers are expressing assurance that the ongoing crisis in Japan will not affect the tenuous economic recovery underway in the United ...

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Bank Of Japan's Emergency Funding Hits $700 Billion

AP | TOMOKO A. HOSAKA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japan Economic Recovery, Bank of Japan, Japan Emergency Funding, Japan Earthquake 2011, Nikkei, Japan Economy, Business News

TOKYO — Japan's central bank continued to flood money markets with cash on Wednesday, bringing its total emergency funding to nearly $700 billion as...

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The Only Question That Matters for Investors

Dan Solin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Solin

You have a choice. You can listen to the musings of people who believe they can predict the future, or you can plan intelligently for your own.

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Japan's Nuclear Crisis Leads To Plummeting Oil Prices

AP | PABLO GORONDI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Japan Nuclear, Crude Oil Prices, Singapore, Japan Oil, Per Barrel, Global Oil Prices, Japan Economy, Business News

NEW YORK — Oil prices fell sharply Tuesday on deepening fears about Japan's economy after its nuclear crisis worsened following a devastating ea...

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The Silver Lining of Japan's Quake

Nathan Gardels | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japan Earthquake, Japan Tsunami, Japan Earthquake 2011, Japan Economy, Japan Tsunami 2011, Japan, World News
Nathan Gardels

No one can anticipate or control the wrath of Mother Nature or political turmoil on the other side of the planet. But it is no less true for being a cliché that crises do present opportunities -- and Japan is no different.

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Japan Plans Spending Package as Quake Slams World's Most Indebted Economy

Bloomberg | Christopher Anstey | Posted 05.25.2011

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Prime Minister Naoto Kan, battling what he called Japan's worst crisis since the end of World War II, plans a post-earthquake rebuilding package, a st...

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Quake Shakes Japan Nuke: Facts & Fission

Gavin D. J. Harper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Japan Earthquake, Japan Earthquake 2011, Japan Tsunami, Alternative Energy, Nuclear Power, Japan Economy, Nuclear Energy, Japan, Nuclear, Green Energy, Energy Policy, Green News
Gavin D. J. Harper

It has been known for some time that the Japan's nuclear industry's safety claims have been based on shaky foundations.

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The Big One Hits Japan

Mark Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japan, Japan Economy, Japan Suicide, Japan Earthquake 2011, Japan Tsunami, Japan Earthquake, Japan Tsunami 2011, World News
Mark Joseph

If trouble comes in multiples, that is definitely true of Japan today.

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