bank of japan

Withdrawal of QE could cause 'considerable fallout'

World's third-largest economy

Transfixed by Trump, Brexit and Le Pen, it is increasingly obvious that we have all become too addicted to banging on about the macro and politics.

Confidence in the Abe administration

Inflation to reach 2% by 2018

Still lower than other developed markets

Global trade deals

When Shinzo Abe first took up his post as Japan's Prime Minister, he did so thanks to his vivid use of language, writes Charles Stanley's John Redwood.

Looking favourably at Japan

The Japanese stockmarket had been sluggish and trading-orientated in the wake of the yen's recent appreciation, partly reflecting renewed jitters over the Trump risk when it came to the US presidential election, writes Hideo Shiozumi, manager of the Legg...