The Statistics Bureau of Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications today announced adjustments to the data used in the basket to calculate the government Consumer Price Index. The proposed

At last week’s Bank of Japan rate setting meeting the Monetary Policy Committee decided to keep its bond buying and monetary expansion targets unchanged, as almost universally expected. Board Member

The early successes of Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s bold monetary policy in lifting Japan out of deflation and towards his stated target of 2% inflation have clearly stalled.

After the sweeping victory of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the general elections of December 14 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was officially re-elected to office on the 24th of

Japan: Through Sales Tax and Elections Uncertainty Japanese equity markets and USD/Yen soared this week as investors came to realize that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, to their overwhelming surprise, was

As recently as yesterday there was overwhelming consensus in the media, markets, and analyst community that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would press ahead and announce as planned the second installment

Markets soared overnight as Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda stunned investors and analysts at the conclusion of the BOJ’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting with the surprise announcement of another

Since the release of the “Japan Revitalization Strategy” in late June, the mood in Tokyo’s Kasumigaseki district has been relaxed, with ministry bureaucrats settling in for a bit of summer

The advent of spring in Tokyo traditionally brings with it a season of holidays and celebration to go along with the blooming of the famous cherry blossom trees, but this

The highly publicized race for Governor of Tokyo Prefecture officially kicks off today, with all eyes on February 9 to see whether the front-runner, former Health Minister Yoichi Masuzoe, supported