Abe’s announcement that he will be stepping down for health reasons comes as Japan’s economy sinks deeper into recession

With two new appointments, Abe now boasts a complete set of nine Bank of Japan board members, all of whom support his reflationary policies

Abe has proven himself a successful politician, but the Japanese Prime Minister’s real test will come with repairing the country’s shrinking workforce and stagnating economy

In a bid to reboot the Japanese economy, Prime Minister Abe has launched a JPY 2.8trn stimulus plan

Price growth in Japan has failed to increase for the first time in almost two years and extinguished any hopes that a recovery will take hold soon

While political leaders in Japan are in agreement that major pro-casino legislation would bring extra capital, concerns have been raised as to whether it would encourage excessive gambling

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