Japan-related Jan 22, 2013

'Abenomics' out of the gate

by Kevin Rafferty

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would do well to consult professor Noriko Hama of Doshisha University. Asked by The Japan Times what the country needs, she replied in feisty fashion: “The three things Japan should do in 2013 are raise wages, raise interest rates — ...

Japan-related Jan 21, 2013

Japan's leaders must see the need for sustaining a fiscal Big Bang

by Gregory Clark

With Japan’s stock market surging even before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe unveiled his plans for economic stimulus, we would have expected the usual anti-stimulus critics to be silent, at least for a while. But no. Already we hear the usual complaints — more printing ...