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Daniel Moss
For Daniel Moss's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 24, 2020
Good riddance to China's scrapped growth target
These figures had outlived their usefulness and only fueled cynicism about accuracy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2020
The coronavirus recovery is doomed before it even begins
As swiftly as lockdowns were imposed across Asia, the process of lifting them will be slow and uneven.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 18, 2020
Central banks have let the genie out of the bottle
If anyone knows how hard it is to roll back extraordinary monetary support, it's Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 29, 2020
The world’s economic visionaries can't see past tomorrow
The Bank of Japan was once a monetary policy pioneer. Now it's in crisis mode.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2020
Coronavirus tests Abe’s leadership as economy stalls
The prime minister's economic package may look bold, but action comes late.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2020
COVID-19's economic hit is all in your mind
Psychology can be more powerful than facts when it comes to an epidemic's impact
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 18, 2020
Take COVID-19, add a trade war and raise taxes: A recipe for disaster
Japan is facing a trifecta of challenges with severe economic consequences.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 3, 2019
Stimulus can fix a lot of policy errors
Japan's misguided consumption tax hike makes a big fiscal package inevitiable.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 11, 2019
Trade war frontlines are friendlier than you think
Here it's apparent that centuries-old ties between the nations can't be unwound by political rhetoric spewing from distant capital cities.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2019
China won't be able to save the world economy this time
Beijing played a pivotal role in reviving global growth after recessions in 2001 and 2008, but things are very different now.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 1, 2019
Tax hike comes at an inauspicious time
An increase in the consumption levy is the last thing Japan's economy needs.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 27, 2019
This dirty word is driving economic change in Japan
Japanese businesses are starting to recognize the need to import more labor, but there's still reason to be wary of the 'I' word.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 24, 2019
Robot wolves and bionic suits might just save Japan
The nation's demographic decline has created an opening for the technology sector.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 17, 2019
Empty hair salons can't be saved by BOJ
Struggling businesses in rural Japan show the limits of the central bank's massive easing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 2, 2019
Don't give Trump too much credit for a trade truce
The forces shaping the global slowdown predate both the U.S. president and his Chinese counterpart. The solution will take more than handshakes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 10, 2019
A top global finance meeting loses relevance
Ministers mouth the right words, but aren't empowered to solve what ails the global economy.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 26, 2019
Abe should postpone tax hike
A higher levy would undermine the Bank of Japan's ability to consider additional stimulus.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2019
We're not even close to the next great recession
The IMF's latest numbers show a worrisome trajectory, but they aren't terrible.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 27, 2019
Struggling to achieve 2% inflation? Then try for 3%
There's been talk of weakening support for Japan's price-increase target. Far from abandoning it, the BOJ should double down to change psychology.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2019
Hero to zero — exports turn to source of fragility in Asia
A decades-old economic model needs reappraisal as the global downdraft causes trade-reliant economies to reel.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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