Commentary / Japan Nov 7, 2019
Japan, by Japanese and for Japanese
by Jesper Koll
Japanese markets for the Japanese and by the Japanese is poised to become the next big megatrend in Tokyo financial markets.
Business Nov 29, 2018
Inbound investment to Japan continues on upward trend driven by Asian neighbors
by Cory Baird
The total value of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Japan increased to ¥28.6 trillion in 2017, bringing the country a step closer to meeting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's goal of doubling such investment to ¥35 trillion by 2020, according to the Japan External Trade ...
Business Apr 11, 2018
During Tokyo visit, Ghana's finance minister upbeat on future funding opportunities in Asia
by Cory Baird
Many African countries are starting to look toward Asia to develop deeper economic relationships and tap into the region's abundant investment resources to fund development needs, Ghanaian Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said Wednesday in an interview with The Japan Times. The finance minister, who was ...
Commentary / World Mar 25, 2015
The Chinese government wants to buy Europe
by Leonid Bershidsky
European openness to investment by Chinese state entities means support for a regime that is not necessarily Europe's friend and that certainly doesn't share its values.
Editorials Jul 23, 2014
Foreign direct investment in Japan remains sluggish even as FDIs increase in other industrialized economies.
Commentary / World Jul 20, 2014
India's defense sector faces the malcontents
by Harsh V. Pant
Once again, India is being courted as a potentially lucrative market for global defense contractors, but after so many false starts in the past, the new Modi government will have some convincing to do.
Commentary / World Aug 30, 2013
by Shinji Fukukawa
If Japan wants to regain its international competitiveness and recover its innovative capabilities, it must encourage leading foreign firms to come to the Japanese market.