Asahi Newspaper 24th Nov 2009
Deputy Finance Minister Dr. Kouhei Otsuka (who formerly worked at the Bank of Japan) made comments on a TV Asahi programme on 23rd November with regard to the government’s engagement with the issue of prices going into a long-term deflationary cycle revealing government fears that “the recent drop in prices represents [...]
Jirou Terajima gives an interesting overview of socio-economic statistics for 2007, with a mind to what can be expected in 2008 (Sekai, March edition).
The Asahi Shinbun reports in its morning edition today on Japan’s national debt. The Finance Ministry reported on 25th February that in the last quarter of last year the country’s national debt rose, after remaining steady over the previous two quarters, to a record high of ¥838,005,000,000,000 (８３８兆５０億円). If this debt were divided equally amongst [...]
Yoshiki Hatanaka, a senior consultant with Japan’s International Development Centre specializing in Middle Eastern economics, international oil, etc., writes in Sekai about Sovereign Wealth Funds. After providing an explanation of what SWFs are, an overview of the effect of the sub-prime crisis on them, and a brief analysis of Russian and Chinese SWFs, the [...]
