Topic: Japanese Economy

The Japanese government said on Thursday it would turn down about 52,000 applications received a day earlier under its cash-for-clunkers programme...

Japan alarm over China purchases of JGBs

Subscription page The Japanese finance minister has raised concerns about China's recent sharp increase in purchases of Japanese government bonds...
Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said he did not talk about currencies and monetary policy at a government meeting on Thursday aimed at...
Big Japanese manufacturers grew more optimistic about business conditions in the three months to September compared with the previous quarter, a...
Foreign investors bought a net 40.1 billion yen ($478.2 million) of Japanese stocks last week, capital flows data from Japan's Ministry of Finance ...
Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Masaaki Shirakawa will appear before a parliamentary committee on Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to around 12:30 p.m...
The Bank of Japan stood pat on monetary policy on Tuesday but vowed timely action when needed, setting the stage for possible easing next month...

Watching the Japan follies

If I had hair, I'd be pulling it out. That's because I've been watching the latest, frustrating round of political hari-kari taking place in Tokyo...

New Job Opportunity - Spitting at the Moon

In multiple posts Paul Krugman is saying "I told you so". For example, please consider Nobody Could Have PredictedPictures support the view that...
U.S. equity markets finished flat to start the week as conflicting data once again left traders with little conviction over how the economy will...