Asia

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won his election comfortably, as many in the market hoped and expected.

2016 saw $366bn in online sales in China

Since its accession to the WTO in December 2001 China has accounted for an increasing share of the global economy. Helped by fast export and investment growth it remains an engine of trade and is expected to generate some 35% of global growth over the...

Markets have realised they have a new concept of risk to play with: idiotic risk. Largely unquantifiable, we see many shining examples, whether in North Korea, the White House or No 10.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won a decisive victory in the snap election he called on 22 October.

The strength of emerging market (EM) economic growth this century has been well documented, as has the shift (broadly speaking) from commodity and manufacturing based economies to ones more supported by shifting demographics and the burgeoning middle...

Katsunori Kitakura, lead strategist at SuMi Trust, explains why investors have cause to be optimistic following Shinzo Abe's re-election.

Established free trade agreements

Impact on future policy

China's debt could reach $7.6trn by year-end