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ASIAN ECONOMIES

Fertility rates remain low across much of Asia, with past policies to curb population growth proving difficult to reverse, while governments explore adaptation strategies like immigration and AI.
COMMENTARY
Mar 5, 2025
It’s time we adapt to low fertility rates
South Korea’s fertility rate saw a slight increase, but experts doubt it signals a long-term reversal. Similar trends are seen in Singapore and Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 31, 2020
Undead economies are the price of mini-lockdowns
After pocket lockdowns, get ready for pint-sized recoveries.
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 / World
Jan 5, 2020
The half-century miracle of Asian resurgence
To turn optimistic long-term forecasts into reality, Asian states will have to overcome the major challenges of mass poverty, jobless growth, rising inequality and the middle-income trap.
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
May 18, 2018
Asia urged to reduce pricey oil dependency as crude hits $80
The cost of Asia's growing thirst for oil will surpass $1 trillion this year, about twice as much as in 2015 and 2016, as oil prices touch $80 per barrel and continental demand hits a record.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 4, 2017
Long-awaited 'Asian century' might not ever come
There may well be an 'Asian century' in the future, but don't hold your breath.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2016
Asia's economic rise pulling Americans west
The U.S. is in the process of transforming from a trans-Atlantic economy to a trans-Pacific one.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 5, 2016
Asian currency rallies no longer make sense
Strength in the region's currencies is out of step with weaker growth and trade, and the threat of more easing.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2016
Yellen shows deft hand in Asian diplomacy
While its mandate is domestic stability, concerns about Asia's growth limits the Fed's ability to normalize rates.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2016
The lunar year that was — from bad to good
Entrenched economic interests and a 'little bric' of bureaucracy, regulation, interventionism and corruption continue to impede the structural changes needed to attract more foreign direct investment and drive long-term job creation in Asia.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 22, 2016
The bigger Asia builds, the harder it falls?
Could the opening of the world's second-largest building in the heart of Shanghai portend a financial crash?
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2016
Emerging skills gap could derail Asian growth
Governments across Asia must devise ways to transform their education and training systems, so that workers acquire the skills they need to boost economic growth and productivity.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2015
Asia should call a truce on the currency war
Asian policymakers need to understand that currency devaluations aren't a cure-all — and if they pursue trade-offs there's no avoiding their downsides.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2015
Asia's almighty middle class
Asia's rapidly growing middle class will serve as a keystone for economic and political development in the region.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2015
Global economy's Chinese headwinds
Last year, interest rates were supposed to start rising in the U.S. and U.K. and quantitative easing would deliver increased inflation in Japan. Twelve months later, economic headwinds from China are a major reason why normality seems as distant as ever.
COMMENTARY
Nov 15, 2013
Building financial safety nets for Asia
Tighter U.S. monetary policy could intensify the global credit shortage, thereby increasing pressure on Asia's economic and financial systems.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 28, 2013
Asia's real problem is boosterism, not Fed policy
Asia has come a long way since 1997. But rapid growth and its unquestioned success in surviving the global meltdown has revived a hubris that policymakers need to own and analyze.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Tropical Storm Nari moves northward, with possible landfall Tuesday
Tropical Storm Nari's forecast path as of Monday morning
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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