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Japan cuts female leader goal in blow to 'womenomics'
AFP, Published on 04/12/2015
» TOKYO - Japan has dramatically slashed its goal for raising the rate of women in government leadership positions, officials said Friday, in an apparent admission that its target was too ambitious.
Weak Japan data offer latest bad news for Abenomics
AFP, Published on 27/11/2015
» TOKYO - Japan on Friday published a string of mostly weak data, the first major figures since news that world's number three economy had slipped back into recession.
Is South Korea turning Japanese?
Asia focus, Published on 23/11/2015
» South Korea's recent economic performance has been disappointing. After 40 years of astonishing 7.9% annual gross domestic product growth, the average growth rate dropped to 4.1% in 2000-10, and has stood at a mere 3% since 2011. This has many wondering whether South Korea is headed for the kind of protracted deflation and stagnation that characterised Japan's "lost decades", from which it is just beginning to emerge.
Asia markets down after Paris attacks
AFP, Published on 16/11/2015
» HONG KONG - Asian stock markets tumbled and the euro lost ground early Monday in the first trades after the deadly weekend terror attacks in Paris.
Japan July-Sept GDP shrinks 0.2%, second straight quarterly fall: govt
AFP, Published on 16/11/2015
» TOKYO - The Japanese economy shrank 0.2 percent in the July-September period, the government said Monday, slipping into recession for the second time since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came to power nearly three years ago.
Japan can benefit from Pacific TPP
News, Yuriko Koike, Published on 02/11/2015
» On Oct 5, after years of exhausting -- and exhaustive -- haggling, a dozen Pacific Rim countries finally signed up to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), an agreement that promises everything from more trade to a cleaner environment. The negotiations were such that the hair of Akira Amari, Japan's economic and fiscal policy minister, turned completely grey. His solace, however, is that the TPP will prove to be a key foundation stone of the "Asian Century".
Japan teeters on edge of recession
AFP, Published on 30/10/2015
» The Bank of Japan on Friday cut it growth outlook and pushed back the timeline for a key inflation target, but held off fresh easing even as Tokyo's blueprint for reviving the world's No. 3 economy falters.
Bank of Japan holds fire on fresh stimulus despite sinking economy
AFP, Published on 30/10/2015
» TOKYO - The Bank of Japan Friday held fire on expanding its massive stimulus programme despite more weak data as the world's number three economy teeters on the edge of recession.
Weak Japan inflation, spending numbers keep BoJ easing on table
AFP, Published on 30/10/2015
» TOKYO - Japan posted weak inflation and household spending figures on Friday that boost the chances the central bank will unleash another wave of stimulus after a meeting later in the day.
Ex-wrestler, TV anchor to make Japan's new Cabinet: reports
AFP, Published on 07/10/2015
» TOKYO - A former wrestler and television anchorwoman are expected to become part of Japan's Cabinet on Wednesday, as part of a reshuffle by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expected to keep most major portfolios the same.