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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Toru Fujioka</title>
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		<title>Abe betting this tax hike will be different</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isabel Reynolds  and Toru Fujioka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s different this time. The four most dangerous words in markets, according to former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. With the consumption tax set to be raised for the first time since 1997, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#8217;s political future rides on a different outcome than last time &#8212; when the economy slid into a recession [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kuroda&#8217;s strategy follows in footsteps of U.S., Europe</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toru Fujioka</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Haruhiko Kuroda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monetary easing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has followed the lead of his U.S. and European counterparts in swinging from incremental moves to unprecedented stimulus.]]></description>
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		<title>Abe&#8217;s return could ease yen, aid exporters</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toru Fujioka  and Kevin Hamlin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The economy has shrunk almost 10 percent in the half decade since Shinzo Abe was last prime minister, as a soaring yen hollows out manufacturing. Abe&#8217;s return may be exporters&#8217; best chance yet to halt the damage. Abe&#8217;s calls for unlimited central bank liquidity have taken the yen down about 5 percent against the dollar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stimulus advocates tapped for BOJ slots</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toru Fujioka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The government has nominated two economists to the Bank of Japan&#8217;s Policy Board who have previously signaled support for stimulus, underscoring forecasts for policy makers to expand asset purchases in coming months. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda&#8217;s administration on Monday tapped Takahide Kiuchi of Nomura Securities Co. and Takehiro Sato of Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Output fall clouds recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keiko Ujikane  and Toru Fujioka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Industrial production unexpectedly dropped in February, undercutting signs of an economic rebound in the first quarter as policymakers assess whether to apply further stimulus. Factory output slid 1.2 percent from the previous month, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Friday, after a 1.9 percent gain in January. The median estimate in a Bloomberg [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shirakawa snubs &#8217;30s-style JGB-buying for rebuilding</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toru Fujioka  and Takashi Hirokawa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa is under fire for refusing to consider 1930s-style purchases of government bonds to fund reconstruction from the nation&#8217;s largest earthquake on record. Shirakawa repeatedly attempted to quash direct buying of government debt, a step allowed in extraordinary circumstances with the permission of the Diet, in appearances before lawmakers this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kan may need &#165;7 trillion tax hike</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/06/17/business/kan-may-need-7-trillion-tax-hike/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=kan-may-need-7-trillion-tax-hike</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toru Fujioka  and Tatsuo Ito</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Naoto Kan may have to raise taxes by as much as &#165;7 trillion to fulfill his pledge to cap bond sales in coming years, according to an independent adviser to the government. Kan has committed to holding new bond sales to &#165;44.3 trillion through the year to March 2012. At the same time, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JBIC vows to help companies regain global edge</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toru Fujioka  and Kyoko Shimodoi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Japan Bank for International Cooperation will take more risks to help companies win overseas projects after they lost bids in Abu Dhabi and Vietnam, the head of the state-run lender said. &#8220;We are going to take risks that cannot be taken by the private sector,&#8221; Hiroshi Watanabe, president and chief executive officer of JBIC, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strong yen weighs on exporters</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Clenfield  and Toru Fujioka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Exporters are in danger of being left behind by a global trade recovery as the nation&#8217;s change in government ushers in a tolerance for exchange-rate gains that threaten to erode their profits. Exports fell 36 percent in August from a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said Thursday, marking the 11th decline in a row. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stimulus called costly, short-term fix</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keiko Ujikane  and Toru Fujioka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The record &#165;15.4 trillion stimulus package may give the economy a short-term boost, but leave it saddled with a debt burden that will smother future growth, economists have said. The plan unveiled Friday by Prime Minister Taro Aso, who faces a general election this year, is aimed at creating jobs in an economy heading for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hunt is on for husbands as slump deepens</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toru Fujioka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When Yumiko Iwate&#8217;s pay was cut last year, she and her female colleagues all agreed there was only one thing to do: Find a husband. &#8220;I want to get married soon, hopefully by the end of this year,&#8221; said Iwate, a 36-year-old employee at a mail-order retailer in Tokyo. &#8220;The recession made me realize I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profits still possible with yen at 92 to dollar: Sakurai</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toru Fujioka  and Tatsuo Ito</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Japanese companies can remain profitable if the yen trades around 92 to the dollar, according to Masamitsu Sakurai, head of the nations second-largest business lobby. &#8220;While its difficult to endure abrupt currency swings, its manageable if the currency stays at the current level,&#8221; Sakurai, 66, head of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), [...]]]></description>
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