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 …

capital provision, and accelerate agricultural and services sector deregulation. Corporate governance reforms already underway … materialize, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) should act swiftly through further and/or longer- dated asset purchases. Communication should … and low net interest margins could further undermine core profitability and weaken capital buffers. Supervisors should …

region because of a reallocation of capital flows toward non-Japan Asia … 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 …

economies—Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines—for the period 1997–2050 using a simulation approach …

crisis, Japan attempted just such an exit. This note revisits the Bank of Japan’s experience and draws potential lessons for … nature of the assets acquired during the present crisis could pose additional complications, parts of Japan’s arsenal …

the United States, the euro area, and Japan in the emergence and evolution of today''s global trade imbalances. Simulation … 1999, as well as account for some the surpluses in the euro area and Japan. Differences in TFP developments across sectors …

This paper describes determinants of Japan’s productivity growth, reform outputs, and speculation on future potential … Bank of Japan’s understanding of price stability and monetary policy; examines the impact of Japan’s inflation and price … stability in both Japan and in the other Asian countries …

This 2002 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of Japan rebounded strongly in the first quarter of 2002 …