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17 Nov 17
Japan’s economy has experienced the longest period of uninterrupted growth in more than a decade, with faster growth than expected in the third quarter.
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24 Oct 17
Japan will make education and childcare a priority over fiscal reforms, the prime minister said after winning a new mandate this weekend.
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29 Sep 17
Japan’s government needs to set a new timeframe to achieve its budget-balancing goal, currently set for the fiscal year 2020/21, finance minister Taro Aso has said.
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1 Sep 17
The UK will work quickly after Brexit to establish a new economic partnership with Japan based on the final terms of the deal being negotiated between Japan and the European Union.
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14 Aug 17
Japan's economy grew at its fastest pace in more than two years in the second quarter of this year as consumer and company spending picked up, official data has shown.
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1 Aug 17
Japan must press ahead with reforms to boost wages and productivity as its workforce ages and shrinks, the IMF has stated.
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10 Jul 17
The Japanese government’s pension fund – the world’s largest – gained 7.9 trillion yen ($69.5bn) in the fiscal year that ended on 31 March.
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28 Jul 16
Japan will launch a 28 trillion yen ($266bn) economic stimulus package in another attempt to kickstart the country’s ailing economy, according to reports.
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31 May 16
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is set to announce a delay in a planned sales tax increase until October 2019 amid concerns that the hike could hit growth.
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23 Mar 16
The Japanese government should introduce reforms to boost wages growth as part of economic plans to help the country escape from deflation
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25 Jun 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
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5 Jun 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacificyou might have missed.
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27 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
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19 May 15
Japan’s should take urgent action to boost growth – the ‘third arrow’ of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s structural reform plan – if it is to secure a robust recovery...
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19 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.