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  • 29 Mar 2023
    • Japan
    • Japan's Economy
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Sustainability

    Japan feels the pinch as fertiliser costs soar thanks to Russia’s war

    Yusaku Yoshikawa
    The country has for too long relied on foreign sources without cultivating domestic alternatives.
  • 12 Sep 2019
    • Asia
    • China's Economy
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Japan's Economy

    Economic diplomacy: Indonesian trade, ADB v BRI and Chinese money

    Greg Earl
    Indonesia’s economic growth might not be spectacular, but it is the world’s most stable – and that helps Australia.
  • 28 May 2019
    • Global Economy
    • Japan's Economy
    • Japan

    America’s fiscal policy rethink reaches Japan

    Stephen Grenville
    A radical call urges Japan delay tackling chronic deficit and huge debt – and, of course, build no bridges-to-nowhere.
  • 26 Sep 2017
    • Japan's Economy
    • Japan

    Abe gambles on a stoic Japanese electorate

    Greg Earl
    Abe will be counting on uncertainty from North Korea to make Bill English-style conservative familiarity more attractive to the Japanese electorate.
  • 28 Aug 2017
    • Japan's Economy
    • Japan

    Japan’s five years of Abenomics

    Peter McCawley
    Overall, the indications are that Abenomics has helped nudge the Japanese economy towards a stronger growth path.
  • 8 Aug 2017
    • Japan's Economy
    • Japan

    Abenomics loses some of its razzle-dazzle

    Greg Earl
    Domestic economic reform and constitutional reform should always have been two sides of the same coin.

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