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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 26, 2017
China signals slower growth is acceptable to curb debt, poverty and smog
China can achieve a goal of doubling the size of its economy by 2020 even if annual expansion slows to 6.3 percent, according to a senior Communist Party official, signaling a greater willingness to tackle debt and pollution at the expense of growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 8, 2017
Third-quarter GDP growth revised up to annualized 2.5% as Japan's economy continues to mark steady rise
Japan's economy grew by a revised annualized rate of 2.5 percent instead of 1.4 percent in the July-September quarter as private expenditures and investment improved.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 29, 2017
Japan's economy maintains moderate recovery for sixth month, government says
Japan's economy is recovering moderately, supported by pickups in private consumption, capital spending and exports, the government said Tuesday in maintaining its monthly assessment for November.
EDITORIALS
Nov 17, 2017
Wanted: Domestic demand-driven growth
Consumer-led economic growth will remain elusive as long as corporations enjoying record profits hesitate to give substantial wage hikes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 31, 2017
Why economic growth is no longer enough
Gains in capital productivity are not being translated into higher median incomes — a breach of the social contract on which liberal economies rest.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 25, 2017
Government retains upbeat economic view for October while pick-up in imports pauses
The economy is recovering moderately, the government said in its report for October, reinforcing the view that what would be Japan's second-longest postwar expansion phase is still in place.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 2, 2017
The dangers of demographic denial
The benefits of having a rapidly growing youthful population is fast fading as advances in automation reduce labor-intensive employment opportunities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 25, 2017
Government keeps steady outlook on Japan's economy, seeing 'moderate recovery' for fourth straight month
The government on Monday maintained its assessment that the economy has been recovering moderately in September, boosting the likelihood of the current expansion becoming the second longest in the postwar period.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 20, 2017
Japan's booming and now needs more immigrants
Japan is favoring more machines over increased immigration to bolster its dwindling workforce, but that solution won't increase domestic consumption.
EDITORIALS
Aug 15, 2017
Economy picking up speed
Without wages hikes it will be difficult to turn the economy's continuing uptrend into sustained growth.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 14, 2017
The curse of middle-aged capitalism
Young, innovative corporations dazzle while their older peers tread water; the disconnect does not bode well for the U.S. economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2017
IMF urges Japan to boost foreign, female and elderly labor participation
The International Monetary Fund has called on Japan to promote the use of foreign workers and the participation of women and elderly people in the labor market as part of efforts to achieve firmer and sustained growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 26, 2017
China's per capita GDP set for ongoing rise as the economy shifts from manufacturing to services
China's transformation from rags to riches isn't over quite yet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 8, 2017
Japan's first quarter GDP downgraded to annualized 1.0% rise
The government on Thursday significantly downgraded economic growth in the January-March quarter from preliminary data, due largely to a fall in crude oil inventories.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
May 15, 2017
Effect of changes in modern motherhood has economists worried
Motherhood is changing, as are mothers' working lives — and those changes have economists concerned.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2017
The happiest nations don't focus on growth
The world's happiest nations rank low in economic growth but high in social trust.
EDITORIALS
Feb 1, 2017
Elusive primary balance goals
The government should not rely solely on unrealistic economic growth forecasts in its bid to achieve its promary balance surplus goals.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 10, 2017
Growth prospects under a changing climate
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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 22, 2016
Cooperation key to realizing an Asian century
If Asian countries can develop a shared vision for an economic community and a political association, this century could be theirs.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 22, 2016
Globalization's last gasp
Does Donald Trump's election mean that globalization is dead, or are reports of the process' demise greatly exaggerated?
'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.
A peek inside the brains of ‘super-agers’
For a little more than a decade, scientists have been studying a subset of people they call "super-agers.” These individuals are age 80 and older, but they have the memory ability of a person 20 to 30 years younger.
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.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.

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