Written by lookingbeyondbordersJanuary 23, 2013January 23, 2013

Japan’s Currency Dance: Weaken the Yen—But Not Too Weak

Weaken the yen: That has been a desperate plea by the captains of Japanese industry for years as the strong currency has hurt such exporters as Sony and Toyota. Reversing the yen’s rise was a major goal of Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Abe during his successful campaign against incumbent Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda last month. Sure […]

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Written by lookingbeyondbordersNovember 28, 2012

Facebook Needs a Dislike Button for Abe’s Ideas

For Shinzo Abe, it isn’t enough to see Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp., two icons of industrialJapan, reduced to junk-debt status. The man who probably will become prime minister next month might do the same for the yen. That is the upshot of his desire to browbeat the Bank of Japan into unlimited easing. Granted, his Liberal Democratic […]

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Japan’s Currency Dance: Weaken the Yen—But Not Too Weak

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Facebook Needs a Dislike Button for Abe’s Ideas

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