Post-LDP Leadership Election: What’s Next for Japanese Politics?
September 21, 2018Tobias Harris, Sasakawa USA Fellow for Business, Economy and Trade, was joined by Prof. Toshihiro Nakayama, Japan Fellow at the Wilson Center, for a September 21, 2018, policy lunch talk on the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) presidential elections held the previous day. The discussion was moderated by Sayuri Romei, Sasakawa USA’s Associate Fellow for Security and Foreign Affairs.
Tags: Abe, Abenomics, Japan, japan political pulse, LDP, Liberal Democratic Party, Shinzo Abe, tobias harris, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations
Discussion on Japanese politics and gender issues with Diet member
April 30, 2018Sasakawa USA hosted Hiroe Makiyama, Member of the Japanese House of Councillors (Democratic Party, Kanagawa prefecture), for a conversation on Japanese politics and her work on gender equality and childcare from 3-4:30 p.m. on Monday, April 30. Tobias Harris, Sasakawa USA’s Fellow for Economy, Trade and Business and creator of Japan Political Pulse, an aggregator of major opinion polls conducted by Japanese media outlets, served as moderator.
Tags: Abe, Abenomics, Japan, japan political pulse, Japanese Diet, Japanese politics, LDP, Liberal Democratic Party, Shinzo Abe, tobias harris, us-japan relations
Fiscal 2018 Tax Reforms Aim at Overcoming Deflation
January 18, 2018Author: Morinobu Shigeki
Categories: In-Depth with Nippon.com
The Liberal Democratic Party and Kōmeitō announced a tax reform package for fiscal 2018 that will affect the income tax, the corporate tax, and the tax on business succession (inheritance tax) as well as establish such new taxes as a departure tax for travelers leaving Japan.
Tags: Abe, Abenomics, fiscal reform, Japan, Liberal Democratic Party, Shinzo Abe, taxes
Sasakawa USA Fellow Tobias Harris interviewed by CNBC on cabinet reshuffle, Abenomics
August 7, 2017Author: CNBC Asia
Categories: In the News, Sasakawa USA Blog
In advance of the August 3 reshuffle of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet, Sasakawa USA Fellow for Trade, Economy, and Business Tobias Harris was interviewed on the significance of the reshuffle and on the impact of poor approval ratings on Abe’s economic plans.
Tags: Abenomics, Economy, japanese economy, Shinzo Abe
Assessing Abenomics as formerly Japan-specific issues spread to other developed economies
December 7, 2016Author: Akinari Horii
Categories: In-Depth with Nippon.com
While acknowledging the partial success of Abenomics, former Bank of Japan Assistant Governor Akinari Horii warns of the possible dangers of BOJ debt monetization. Financial uncertainty in Japan could also have wider global ramifications.
Tags: Abenomics, banking, debt, economics, Economy, finance, Financial Markets, global economy, government, Japan