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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has ignited interest in Japan with his economic policy agenda, dubbed Abenomics. Paul Sheard, chief global economist for Standard & Poor’s, ...
By Standard & Poor's | 18 June 2013
J.P. Morgan’s top money manager sees fear of China driving long-term reform in Japan and says investors should take recent stock market losses on the chin.
By Alison Tudor-Ackroyd | 17 June 2013
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Despite dire warnings about the yen’s decline, most of Japan’s neighbours are net importers.
By Nick Ferguson | 11 June 2013
Investors and economists in Tokyo wonder how to get Japanese corporations to start investing a ¥200 trillion cash horde.
By Jame DiBiasio | 10 June 2013
Japan’s prime minister laid out his growth plan yesterday, but the news failed to bring an end to market volatility.
By Nick Ferguson | 6 June 2013
Abenomics won another victory on Friday when inflation and industrial production data both showed strong improvement.
By Nick Ferguson | 3 June 2013
Our readers, like the rest of the world, cannot decide if Abenomics will work or not.
By FinanceAsia Editors | 29 May 2013
A selection of photos from the FinanceAsia Japan Achievement Awards celebration held in Tokyo last week.
By FinanceAsia Editors | 22 May 2013
A Singapore business trust with a portfolio of Japanese shopping malls, Croesus will raise $297 million from the fixed-price offering as investors load up on high-yielding ...
By Anette Jönsson | 3 May 2013
Rating agency Standard & Poor’s questions the Japanese prime minister’s ability to achieve needed reforms.
By Nick Ferguson | 24 April 2013
Yield-hungry investors will get new asset classes to focus on when Asian Pay Television Trust, Investec Aviation Trust and Japan shopping mall-focused Croesus Retail Trust hit ...
By Anette Jönsson | 23 April 2013
Japan accused by senior Chinese banker of using quantitative easing to avoid dealing with the true sources of deflation.
By Jame DiBiasio | 9 April 2013
The former Bank of America Merrill Lynch banker will take on a dual role as head of equity derivatives trading for Asia-Pacific.
By Anette Jönsson | 28 March 2013
We present the firms that demonstrated the best track record in Japan during 2012.
By FinanceAsia Editors | 22 March 2013
We select the best capital markets, M&A and financing transactions in Japan during 2012.
By FinanceAsia Editors | 21 March 2013