As a result of ongoing deflation, Japan’s biggest banks have reduced their 10-year fixed mortgage rates to record lows

The downgrading of Japan’s economy is exactly what Shinzo Abe doesn’t need two weeks before an election

In this handy guide, World Finance explains what quantitative easing is – and how governments have used it as a financial tool

World Finance asks Professor Janet Hunter, Economic Historian at the London School of Economics and Political Science, whether Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe can end the country’s deflationary spiral

After a gloomy second quarter, the turnaround so many expected has failed to materialise

As the Japanese economy starts to recover, foreign investors are taking the lead on equities and real estate as long-term investments

The planned rise of the consumption tax in Japan from five percent to eight percent has taken place as the country tries to tackle its public debt problem

The last 12 months have seen a turbulent succession of high interest rates and economic reforms. IronFX Global predicts how global currencies in 2014 will shape up

The prospects for most advanced economies look set to improve by varying degrees in 2014, but emerging economies still have the more promising outlook. There is risk in all quarters, however

Japan’s lacklustre growth and soon-to-come tax hike could deter consumers from spending further still, begging the question: Is Abenomics working?

Japan’s relationship with China and Abeconomics were the key topics of Shinzo Abe’s session at WEF, Davos

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is on a mission to remedy gender inequality in the Japanese gender force

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