HC Picks Category: 02 Economy

2019/09/07
570,000 stores apply for consumption tax reward point program
"Coming soon consumption tax rate raise in Japan and acceleration of cash-less payments."
2019/09/07
Japan real wages drop for 7th straight month in July
2019/08/26
Making Tokyo more competitive
"A bilingual environment throughout Japan should help a lot."
2019/08/01
Japan as No. 1: The 21st-century version
"I would recommend this article to all Japanese workforce."
2019/07/25
Deficit Of Women Leaders Is A $750 Billion Problem For Japan
"It is not clear where $750bn came from, but an interesting story."
2019/07/14
Japanese firms change job structures to compete globally
"Well, I still believe training young people is the most important thing."
2019/07/10
Once a Miser, Japan Inc. Is Opening Its Wallet to Buy Back Shares
"Good thind is that managements are getting aware of better balance sheet structure."
2019/06/26
Japan’s Banks Pinched by Zero-Yield Experiment
"No yield environment and capitalism cannot exist together for too long…"
2019/06/25
90% foreigners want better public support to adjust to life in Japan: poll
"It may be rather easy to open up Japan to foreign workers."
2019/06/24
The eurozone’s Japanification - more to come
"Fair comparison of the two economies."
2019/06/17
How Japan turned against its 'bazooka'-wielding central bank chief
"Credit culture might have been too weak. When negative rates had been introduced, bankers compressed spreads at the same time."