KEY ISSUES Abenomics has lifted Japan out of the doldrums and needs to be reinforced to accomplish the desired 'once in … effort to meet the unprecedented challenges Japan is facing: ending an entrenched deflationary mindset, raising growth …, restoring fiscal and debt sustainability, and maintaining financial stability in the face of adverse demographics. Japan should …

The rapid aging and shrinking of Japan's population will dominate economic policy making in coming decades-impelling a …

This Selected Issues explores Japan's experiences with past valued added tax (VAT) rate increases and discusses …

This 2019 Article IV Consultation with Japan highlights that the rapid aging and shrinking of Japan's population has … become central to macroeconomic policies and outcomes. The consultation centered on the macroeconomic effects of Japan …

This Selected Issues paper assesses the relationship between demographic trends and housing prices in Japan. Among … and understand to what extent demographic trends have influenced housing market prices in Japan in the past twenty years …