materialize, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) should act swiftly through further and/or longer- dated asset purchases. Communication should … continue to be proactive in monitoring these risks. Japan’s external position is assessed as broadly in balance—compared to …

particularly concerning in Japan, where the success of Abenomics depends on a transition from stimulus-driven to self …

This paper assesses Japan's fiscal stance in the past and the future with a stochastic structural model called the …

This paper conducts micro-simulations to study the distributional effects of several tax measures in Japan, considering …

This paper investigates labor market dynamics in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic drawing on macro and micro data …. The pandemic and related containment measures had a large negative impact on employment, labor force participation … of employment in the hardest hit industries. We also find empirical evidence for the need to improve childcare and …