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Japan Records High Trade Deficits in 2012 Due to Fall in Exports to China

January 24, 2013
Asia
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Japan
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Japan’s economy had record high deficits during 2012 due to falling exports to Europe and China in a trade gap estimated at $78 billion. Newly elected Liberal Democratic Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has proposed an aggressive round of stimulus spending to stoke the fires of economic development in the world’s third largest economy. The […]

The Return of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to the Diet: Will Shinzo Abe Reverse Japan’s Course?

January 8, 2013
Asia
Bank of Japan
China
Diaoyu
Diet
East Asia
Economics
inflation
Japan
Keynesian economics
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Prime Minister
Senkaku
Shinzo Abe
South Korea
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Newly elected though not unfamiliar to the office, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces a daunting task ahead of him as his Liberal Democratic Party successfully retakes the reins of Japan’s government from the upstart Democratic Party of Japan. The return of the LDP to power in Japan signals a shift back to the post-war […]