Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) for Japan. The assessment reveals that Japan has … and institutional framework is in place, and Japan has achieved a good level of compliance with the FATF 40 …

Japan. Under the Fiscal Investment and Loan Program (FILP) reform initiated in 2001, the size of FILP has been significantly …

is Japan's saving behavior, the second is the remarkable swing in asset prices that occurred in the late 1980s and early …

This paper explores how corporate income tax reform can help Japan increase investment and boost potential growth …. Using international and Japan-specific empirical estimates of corporate tax elasticities, investment is predicted to expand … and 30 percent of the static revenue loss could be recovered in the long run through dynamic scoring, although Japan …

Japan has the most rapidly aging population in the world. This affects growth and fiscal sustainability, but the …

Japan’s high corporate savings might be holding back growth. We focus on the causes and consequences of the current … corporate behavior and suggest options for reform. In particular, Japan’s weak corporate governance—as measured by available … comprehensive corporate governance reform should be a key component of Japan’s growth strategy …

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 …

implications for Japan and Asia of several shocks to the Japanese economy. The results suggest that, while fiscal consolidation in … Japan would initially dampen domestic growth, over the medium term the impact on both the domestic and regional economies … would be positive. Quantitative monetary easing in Japan would boost domestic activity in the short-run, while being …