Japanese economy
Despite languishing in the doldrums for nearly two decades, Japan is still the world's second-largest economy and the yen one of the world's most important currencies.
Recent articles
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(02 October 09)
The yen has climbed to an eight-month high against the dollar. But that's making Japan's economy weaker.
(25 September 09)
Many people dismiss the idea that Japan's credit bubble and bust in the 1980s and 1990s is relevant to the West's situation now. They shouldn't.
(07 September 09)
Japanese voters recently turfed out the party that has ruled the country since 1955, and replaced it with a party that has never governed before. Cris Solto Heaton explains what this means for Japan's economy, and why, although investors are right to be cautious, there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic.
