The rising risk of China turning Japanese
The world today is witnessing an unsettling sense of economic deja vu. Beneath the gleaming skyline of Shanghai…
Japan’s cabinet approves record $785 billion budget, vows to keep debt in check
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi‘s cabinet on Friday approved a record $785 billion budget for the next…
Lower wages, aging population, but still prospering: How Japan is quietly showing the world how to grow without growth
What happens when an economy stops growing, but life continues to improve? Japan may already have the answer.…
Japan’s ‘Womenomics’ Push Ages Terribly As Economy Struggles
Pedestrians cross a road in Tokyo, Japan. Noriko Hayashi/Bloomberg Sometimes, it’s the pressing election issues that no one…