What if globalization is just getting started? The resilience of the international system should get its due.

The central bank is easing off stimulus, as confidence and exports rise and companies begin to spend.

Even if Abe follows precedent and makes a change at the BOJ after one term, Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's legacy will live on.

A labor shortage could fuel the nation's next innovation boom.

Japan is favoring more machines over increased immigration to bolster its dwindling workforce, but that solution won't increase domestic consumption.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should let BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda finish the work he started.

After years of resisting wage hikes, Japanese companies are starting to recognize the need to lock in staff before they literally disappear.

Victory in Japan's battle with too-low inflation looks as elusive as ever.

A withering factory town in the rust belt is looking for revival through a dose of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's "robot revolution." Kadoma's population in Osaka Prefecture has shrunk 13 percent as the nation ages, prompting mergers among elementary schools and emergency services departments. Factories ...