This Selected Issues paper discusses the impact of global financial turmoil on Japan. It describes how close …

Japan is facing a sizable fiscal imbalance against a backdrop of weak trend growth and growing external imbalances in … reforms on the Japanese and world economies. Simulation results indicate that these could reduce substantially Japan''s fiscal … imbalance with only limited spillovers to the rest of the world. Specifically, faster productivity growth would help lower Japan …

Spain (Spain), amendments to the 2010 NPA with the Government of Japan (Japan), and a new note purchase agreement (NPA) with … the People's Bank of China (China). The new borrowing agreement with Spain, the amendments to the NPA with Japan, and the … February 22, 2017, for Spain; April 20, 2017, for Japan; and April 21, 2017, for China. Pursuant to Section III, paragraph 2 of …

This book examines imbalances in seven major economies: China, France, Germany, India, Japan, the United Kingdom, and …

facilitating the resolution of global imbalances while sustaining robust global growth. China, the euro area, Japan, Saudi Arabia …

The startup ecosystem in Japan has seen gradual growth, supported by the government’s recent "Startup Development Five … Japan, with comparison to international peers, and studies potential drivers of startup financing and their relevance for …

Market income inequality in Japan has been on a steady rise since the 1980s, and is now close to the OECD average … 2010-19 to identify the factors driving income inequality in Japan. Results indicate that while increase in the employment …

Japan’s fertility has declined in the past three decades. Raising Japan’s fertility rate is a key policy priority for …

lowest across the globe. This paper empirically examines what drives these large gender gaps in leadership in Japan, using …The share of women in managerial and leadership roles in Japan – in both the public and private sector – are among the … childcare work; (ii) Japan’s unique employment practices (non-regular employment, long in-person working hours); and (iii) the …