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Participants of the G7 finance ministers and central bankers meeting pose for a family picture, ahead of the kickoff of the meeting at Aoba Castle in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo May 19, 2016. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS

Will Japan Continue to be a Laboratory of Economic Innovation?

by Michael Schuman | Aug 1, 2016 | Opinion

For the past 70 years, Japan has been a crucible of experimentation in economic policy. During its go-go years, Tokyo’s unusual practices to spur rapid growth became a model for much of the rest of Asia, while its unconventional attempts to revive its post-bubble...

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Tokyo elects Yuriko Koike as first female governor to lead city. Reuters

First Woman Governor Elected in Tokyo, Says Defying Party Secured Win

by Najeeb Al-Khash and Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 1, 2016 | World

Tokyo’s new governor Yuriko Koike on Monday credited her landslide victory to having stood up to the powers that be in Japan’s ruling party who didn’t want her to run. Koike, 64, was elected Tokyo’s first female governor in the Sunday vote,...

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Pedestrians walk on a street in front of the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, July 15, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino

Helicopter Money: Why Some Economists Are Talking About Dropping Money from the Sky

by Neil Irwin | Jul 30, 2016 | Business

For years, central banks have been doing everything they can think of to try to get higher inflation and stronger growth. The next step just may be a metaphorical helicopter, high above Tokyo. The Bank of Japan met Friday to decide on the next steps in its long battle...

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Niantic, game developer of Nintendo’s smash hit Pokemon GO, Chief Executive Hanke poses for a photo after an interview with Reuters in Tokyo,Reuters

‘Pokemon Go’ Troubles Police, Doubles Nintendo’s Stock Price

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 19, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

Although stupefying gamers worldwide ‘Pokemon Go’ had some unpleasant runs with the real world, British police have recently released an audio recording of a call to the emergency 999 line in which a youth reported his Pokemon had been stolen. Police were not amused....

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Japanese Prime Minister and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Shinzo Abe reacts as he arrives at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, 10 July 2016. The Upper House election was held on 10 July, and Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito won a majority in the election, E.P.A

Japan’s Ruling Bloc Wins Landslide in Upper House Election

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 10, 2016 | World

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his ruling coalition had a massive win on Sunday in an election for parliament’s upper house, despite concerns about his economic policies and plans to revise the nation’s post-war pacifist constitution for the first...