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Japan Surprises with First-Quarter GDP
The latest data suggests that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s inflation targeting policies, known now as “Abenomics”, are yielding at [...]
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Japan’s Bold Experiment
“Abenomics,” QE-Squared, or “the dash for Trash," are all terms to describe Japan’s highly unorthodox economic policies under Abe. With [...]
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FTA Time for Japan and Australia?
Japan is set to beat rival China to the punch in signing a free trade agreement (FTA) with Australia, cementing [...]
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A Japan – EU Free Trade Deal?
Amid talk of a super, transatlantic free trade zone, the eurozone now has a new potential partner: Japan. But, in [...]
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Haruhiko Kuroda Nominated as the Next Bank of Japan Governor
Haruhiko Kuroda’s nomination as the next Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor has won swift acclaim from financial markets weary of [...]
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EU-US Free Trade Agreement: End of the Asian Century?
Did February 12 mark the end of the “Asian Century”, barely a decade after it began? Delivering his State of [...]
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Who Wants to be a Millionaire: Asia-Pacific Edition
Choose your birthplace carefully if you wish to be among the millionaires of the Asia-Pacific region. This is the obvious [...]
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Will it Happen?
In the future, economic and diplomatic historians could look back at the current negotiations underway between Australia, Brunei, Chile, Canada, [...]
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Holiday Gift: Asia Thinking Stimulus
Christmas has arrived early in the Asia-Pacific region, with governments playing Santa Claus in a bid to revive economic growth [...]
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Japan’s Woes Drag On
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is set to pay the ultimate political price for his fiscal reforms, with his centrist [...]
