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ECONOMICS

COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 17, 2015
Picketty's impact on Japan
Every policy proposed by Thomas Picketty clashed head-on with the view of mainstream economists in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 23, 2015
Draghi commits to €1.1 trillion QE plan in deflation fight
Mario Draghi led the European Central Bank into a new era with a historic pledge to buy government bonds as part of an asset-purchase program worth about €1.1 trillion ($1.3 trillion).
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 21, 2014
EU must pay heed to Japan's slide
If Western nations don't do a better job of internalizing the lessons of Japan, some of them might find themselves in even deeper trouble.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 1, 2014
Time to say goodbye to the business cycle?
The many failures of economics before, during and after the recent financial crisis have left an intellectual vacuum. It seems that governments' past success in stabilizing the economy in the short run encouraged too much debt and instability in the long term.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 10, 2014
Looming economic problems
The major uncertainty facing the world today, says George Soros, is not the euro but the future direction of China. The growth model that drove China's rapid rise appears to have run out of steam.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2013
Pope misunderstands the power of free markets
Pope Francis, unlike his more diplomatic predecessors, is said to engage the world in the style of after-dinner conversation. As a result, his recent remarks about the power of free markets seemed vague or poorly considered.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2013
Economists, stop playing in a science lab coat
Why do some economists keep insisting that economics is a science? If they would just give up on the science fixation, they might begin to appreciate the value in what they do.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 18, 2013
Civilizing academia's marketplace of ideas
History professor Niall Ferguson goes after liberal economist Paul Krugman, calling him the intellectual equivalent of a robber baron for the way he 'abuses his power' in the blogosphere.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 15, 2013
Nobel Prize shows wisdom, madness of crowds
Financial markets provide a useful reminder of just how humble economists should be about their understanding of the world.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 15, 2013
Fama, Shiller, Hansen receive Nobel Prize in economics
Eugene F. Fama, Robert J. Shiller and Lars Peter Hansen share the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their work toward creating a deeper understanding of how market prices move.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2013
Hiring more women seen as answer to economic malaise
Imagine our current discussions about women and the workplace — Can women have it all? How do women lean in? — taking place in a country with one of the worst gender-equality ratios in the world.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 10, 2013
The most important economist you never heard of
Economist Ronald Coase, who died last week at the age of 102, had an incalculable impact on academic thought and public policy.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 6, 2013
Homo economicus might be an idiot
Surprisingly, in social simulations, the species that helped others to gain resources and reproduce ended up doing better than those who acted out of pure self-interest.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 5, 2013
What Bismarck can show Red China
More than a century and a half after it was published, Alexis de Tocqueville's "The Old Regime and the Revolution" has become an unlikely best-seller in China.
COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2013
Why China's developmental state says no to liberalism
Modern history is the story of how liberal democracy, originating in Britain and America, spread around the world. This may sound like an absurd fantasy. In actuality, this Whiggish narrative of progress underpins most newspaper editorials, political commentary and speeches in the West, and frames larger...
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Mar 25, 2013
'Abenomists' beware: Rising prices just one pitfall of spiraling yen
The Bank of Japan on Wednesday installed a new governor and two deputy governors who — in line with the wishes of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — are advocates of ultra-easy monetary policy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 18, 2013
China adds Lou to economic team
China filled out Premier Li Keqiang's economic team over the weekend, installing sovereign-wealth fund chief Lou Jiwei as finance minister while retaining Zhou Xiaochuan as central bank governor.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jars Tokara Islands amid flurry of seismic activity
A strong quake struck off the Tokara Islands on Thursday afternoon, with the island chain having recorded around 1,000 earthquakes since a burst of seismic activity first began on June 21.
Japan to require flight passengers to keep power banks within sight
The transport ministry has announced new regulations requiring flight passengers to keep power banks within sight to mitigate fire risks while on board planes.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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