Japanese Economy

Reaffirming Tokyo's Leader in Washington

Joshua W. Walker | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Washington DC, US Foreign Policy, Japan Earthquake, Japan, Yoshihiko Noda, Tokyo Japan, US-Japan Relations, Japanese Politics, Japanese Economy, World News
Joshua W. Walker

In isolation, neither 3.11 nor Mr. Noda have changed Japan. Yet in different ways both have exposed the Japanese state's shortcomings by contrasting the resilience of its citizenry with the impotence of its government.

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China And Japan Agree To Start Talks On Free Trade Deal

Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Japanese Economy, Chinese Economy, Business News, Free Trade Agreements, Free Trade, Video, Japan, China, Japan China Free Trade, Business News

BEIJING (Reuters) - Japan and China agreed to start formal talks early next year on a free trade pact that would also include South Korea, Japanes...

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Japan Intervenes In Market To Weaken Its Currency

AP | By MALCOLM FOSTER | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Video, Currency Markets, Japan Tsunami 2011, Japanese Economy, Business News, Japan Weakens Yen, Japan, Foreign-Currency-Markets, Japanese Earthquake, Japanese Yen, Business News

TOKYO -- The dollar jumped about 5 percent against the yen Monday after Japan intervened to weaken its currency, whose appreciation has threatened the...

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Watermelon Nets $4000 At Japanese Auction

Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Crazy Watermelons, Japanese Watermelon, Japanese Economy, Watermelon Prices Japan, $4000 Watermelon Japan, Fruit Prices Japan, Most Expensive Fruit Japan, Most Expensive Watermelons Japan, $4000 Watermelon, Food Auctions Japan, Densuke Watermelon, Chocolate Eclair Day, Food News

Only in Japan would a $4000 watermelon be a sign of recession. The Japanese are notorious for paying sky-high prices to buy luxury foods at auction—...

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Japan's Prices Rise For First Time In Two Years

AP | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Trade Deficit, Japan Earthquake, Deflation, Inflation, Economy, Japanese Economy, Free Trade, Japan Nuclear Meltdown, Japan, Consumer Price Index, Business News

TOKYO -- Japan's consumer prices in April rose for the first time in more than two years on a spike in energy and tobacco prices, the government said ...

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NY Fed Decides To Intervene In Currency Markets

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NY Federal Reserve Bank, Yen, Japan Earthquake, Japan Tsunami, G7, Dollar, Currency Markets, Japanese Economy, U.S. Treasury, Exchange Rates, Euro, Business News

WASHINGTON — The New York Federal Reserve Bank confirmed that it intervened in currency markets on Friday for the first time in more than a decade. ...

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Investors Rush To Pull Out Of Tokyo Stock Exchange

Reuters | Antoni Slodkowski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japanese Economy, Tse, Yen, Fear, Japan Earthquake, Toyko Stock Exchange, Investors, Business News

(Reuters) - A massive selloff on the Tokyo Stock Exchange wiped out some 23.5 trillion yen ($287 billion) from the market's value on Monday with i...

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Tough Loving the NYTimes #2: Japan's 'Generational Roadblock'

Paul Kleyman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ageism, New York Times, Baby Boomers, Unemployment, Japan, Economics, Dean Baker, Japan Economy, Japan Unemployment, Japanese Economy, Japan Youth Unemployment, Media News
Paul Kleyman

For me a cautionary flag goes up whenever I read or hear a piece of so-called journalism that poses an issue in a way that blames a demographic group or otherwise vulnerable population segment.

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Is QE2 the Road to Zimbabwe-style Hyperinflation? Not Likely

Ellen Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deflation, Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe, Fed QE2, Quantitative Easing, Japanese Economy, Credit Crisis, Hyperinflation, Eu, Japan, Business News
Ellen Brown

Unlike Zimbabwe, the U.S. can easily get the currency it needs without being beholden to anyone. But wouldn't that dilute the value of the currency? No.

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China: Is It Turning Japanese?

Foreign Policy | Michael Pettis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chinese Economic Growth, Japanese Economy, Bejing, Chinese Economy, Asian Economy, Asia, China, Japan, Economic Boom, World News

China has formally overtaken Japan as the world's second largest economy. Yet, for all the recent excited commentary, there's less cause for baijiu to...

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Japan: Land of the Rising Debt

Vitaliy N. Katsenelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Debt, Japan, European Sovereign Debt Crisis, Japanese Economy, Yen, Debt Crisis, World News
Vitaliy N. Katsenelson

Investors are scared of the sovereign debt crisis unfolding in Europe. However, they are ignoring a more likely and significantly larger debt catastrophe that is about to hit the second-largest economy in the world -- Japan.

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Michael Moore To Japan: "Don't Be Like Us"

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japanese Economy, Japan, Michael Moore, Michael Moore Capitalism: A Love Story, Japan Economy, World News

TOKYO (Reuters) - Firebrand director Michael Moore is in Japan to promote his latest documentary on the global economic meltdown, which he says should...

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Is Harley-Davidson the Next Casualty?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Parker

How can Harley-Davidson stem the bleeding of red ink?

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Hatoyama's Hard Road for 2010

Devin Stewart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japanese Economy, Dpj, u.s. Foreign Policy, Democratic Party of Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, Japan, Ichiro Ozawa, Asia, World News
Devin Stewart

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has paved an unnecessarily difficult path for himself and his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) for 2010 as a crucial upper house election approaches this July.

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Japan's New Government Faces Dire Economic Challenge

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japanese Economy, Democratic Party of Japan, Hirohisa Fuji, Yukio Hatoyama, World News
Sheldon Filger

With Japan's export machine badly hurt due to the global contraction in trade, the agenda of the new power elite in Tokyo risks a double-dip recession.

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Japan Breaks Out of U.S. Orbit

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gdp, Japanese Elections, Obama, U.S., Japanese Economy, Asia, Japan, China, Yukio Hatoyama, Djp, Liberal Democratic Party, World News
Diane Francis

The transfer of power in Japan marks a desire on the part of many Japanese voters to move toward Asia and out from under the West's sphere of influence.

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Dispatch From Tokyo: The Economy, Music Biz & Google

Mark Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Digital Music, Music Business, Japanese Economy, Suicide, Wireless Internet, Timothy Geithner, Japan, Music Industry, World News
Mark Joseph

Japan is still an odd hybrid of the past and the future. They've skipped the personal computer and gone straight to the cell phone, where much of e-traffic occurs.

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It Will Take Years Before the Current Recession Will End

Michael D. Intriligator | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japan's Lost Decade, Economy, Economic Crisis, Japanese Economy, Financial Crisis, Banking Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Barack Obama, Great Depression, Business News
Michael D. Intriligator

Many are predicting that the current recession will end soon, by this summer, later this year, or at most next year. I don't believe this prediction -- it will take years for the recession to end.

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Obama Visit Strengthened Historic Partnership with Canada

Megan Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Prime Minister Harper CNN, Intellectual Property, President Obama, Ottawa, Japanese Economy, Prime Minister Harper, Fareed Zakaria, China Economy, Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Prime Minister Harper Fox, Canada, World News
Megan Harris

During this period of global economic turbulence, it is astute for America to remind its friends how much they are valued and to refer to their shared history. It's a diplomatic retention strategy.

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Japan: Recession Spurs "Work-Sharing" To Avoid Layoffs

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Global Recession, Japan Recession, Recession Japan, Japan Layoffs, Economic Recession, Japanese Economy, Japan, Recession, Business News

HIRAKATA, Japan — Yasuo Igarashi spends a lot of time these days on the jungle gym with his daughter, after his employer joined the growing rank...

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Japanese Gang Members Feel Effects Of Recession

Globalpost | Justin McCurry | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOKYO -- Kazuhiro Yamada may describe himself as an innocent victim of the recession, but he is unlikely to win much sympathy. Until he lost his j...

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Toyota Trouble: Posts Largest Loss Since 1950

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Japanese Economy, Global Financial Crisis Asian Stocks, Yen, Global Economy, Toyota, Asian Stocks, Business News

Toyota, which just last year posted record profit and dethroned General Motors as the world's largest automaker, said it was headed for its first annu...

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Warning: Japanese Economy Faces Its Longest Period Of Contraction Ever

Financial Times | Mure Dickie | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japanese Economy, Japan, Economy, Japanese Economy Contracting, Global Economic Crisis, Business News

Japan's gross domestic product contracted much more rapidly in the third quarter than initially thought, underscoring the weakness of the world's seco...

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