Search results

Basic Policy signals Tokyo’s economic direction

Location:

JAPAN

These policies also foster communication between government and business, labour unions and other stakeholders. Continuity of policy is matched this year by adjustment in response…

Japan will raise defence spending and cut deficits

Location:

JAPAN

The budget is likely to be enacted by the end of the current fiscal year in March 2024. Rapidly increasing military spending reflects drastic changes in Tokyo’s defence policy. On…

Japan will strengthen relations with Gulf states

Location:

JAPAN

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar are major suppliers of oil and gas, and Japan needs to secure its future energy supplies, but Tokyo would like strategic…

Family planning improves global development outlook

Location:

INTERNATIONAL

The impact of contraception use in countries.

Suga's strategy will boost semiconductors and regions

Location:

JAPAN

Priorities include digitalisation, a greener society, regional vitality and increased child support. Perhaps the most strategically important element, however, is the aim of…

Churn of firms and jobs should stimulate productivity

Location:

INTERNATIONAL

Unprecedently large numbers of people both lost and found jobs in the United States. Other advanced economies have protected firms and jobs to a greater degree, reducing churn…

Low growth may undermine Abe's policy promises

Location:

JAPAN

The Abe government's economic policies.

Demographic-focused policies would raise global growth

Location:

INTERNATIONAL

The end of population growth in many countries threatens GDP growth prospects, while the rise in life expectancy and an expanding dependent population threaten fiscal…

China's gains from one-child policy's end may not last

Location:

CHINA

The impact of the end of China's one-child policy.

Key anniversary raises hopes for China's liberals

Location:

CHINA

Elite politics in China.