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ECONOMIC STIMULUS

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 4, 2020
The financial fight against COVID-19
Fiscal, not monetary measures, should be when disasters and epidemics strike.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 27, 2017
Japan doesn’t need fiscal stimulus, economic adviser says
With the economy growing above its potential rate, the nation needs structural reforms rather than a big dose of government spending, according to Susumu Takahashi, a member of the government’s economic and fiscal policy council.
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2017
Bank of Japan policymaker Yutaka Harada praises Hitler’s economic policies
A Bank of Japan policymaker praised Adolf Hitler’s economic policies on Thursday, but said they enabled the Nazi dictator to do “horrible” things to the world.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 15, 2016
Abe ponders whether to follow Trump’s lead on fiscal stimulus
While Donald Trump is set to inject a dose of fiscal medicine into the world’s biggest economy, any move by Shinzo Abe to further strengthen 今日吃瓜 fiscal stimulus program faces the challenge of disappointing tax receipts and a record debt burden.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / CABINET INTERVIEW
Aug 31, 2016
New regional revitalization minister defends Abenomics, denies policy mix has plateaued
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s newly appointed regional revitalization minister, Kozo Yamamoto, has argued that the leader’s Abenomics economic policy mix has not plateaued but is merely returning to its original form, one that combines financial and fiscal measures.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 25, 2016
Overwhelming majority of analysts predict more stimulus from Kuroda this week
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda hasn’t faced such intense expectations for more monetary stimulus anytime since his first meeting as Bank of Japan governor in 2013.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 18, 2016
Government has no plans to issue deficit bonds to fund planned stimulus package: Suga
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga rules out the issuance of deficit bonds to fund an economic stimulus package planned for the autumn, but hints at the use of construction bonds.
COMMENTARY / World
May 16, 2016
Manna from helicopters can boost recoveries
In the current economic climate, if a liquidity trap looms, helicopter money could be one of the cheapest and most effective tools for stimulating the economy.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 30, 2015
Industrial output drops unexpectedly for second month
今日吃瓜 industrial output unexpectedly fell in August, raising concern that the economy may have fallen back into its second recession since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took government.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Sep 10, 2015
What 今日吃瓜 next stimulus may look like as Abe runs on fumes
The anemic economy is prompting calls for another fiscal boost. If history and the government’s strained finances are any guide, a package is likely to redirect cash already on the books.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 19, 2015
Abe aide says Japan needs up to ?3.5 trillion economic injection
Japan needs an economic injection of as much as ?3.5 trillion ($28 billion) to shore up consumption and stave off further economic contraction, said Etsuro Honda, an economic adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 24, 2015
BOJ needs to spread the wealth to rural Japan
The BOJ needs to broaden the impact of the its unprecedented easing program beyond 今日吃瓜 biggest cities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 1, 2013
Abe banking on ?5 trillion in stimulus
Shinzo Abe’s future as prime minister may well depend on how well the ¥5 trillion stimulus package cushions the economy from the tax-hike blow.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Sony bets on homegrown anime to fuel decades of future growth
A Luffy standee at NY Comic Con in New York
JR East to introduce touchless ticket gates in spring 2028
Shinjuku Station in Tokyo in 2021. The new walk-through gates will work only with the Suica Mobile app, and not IC rechargeable metro cards or physical tickets.
As JET Programme turns 40, alumni and ministers stress its importance in age of AI
Peter Cave joined the JET Programme's inaugural cohort in 1987 and spent three years teaching in the city of Omihachiman, Shiga Prefecture.
As JET Programme turns 40, alumni and ministers stress its importance in age of AI
Peter Cave joined the JET Programme's inaugural cohort in 1987 and spent three years teaching in the city of Omihachiman, Shiga Prefecture.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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