Topic: Shoichi Nakagawa

BOJ's Shirakawa: did not discuss FX at govt meeting

Reuters - 7 hours ago
Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said he did not talk about currencies and monetary policy at a government meeting on Thursday aimed at...

TABLE-Japan big manuf mood improves in July-Sept

Reuters - 8 hours ago
Big Japanese manufacturers grew more optimistic about business conditions in the three months to September compared with the previous quarter, a...

TABLE-Foreign investors bought Japan stocks last week

Reuters - 8 hours ago
Foreign investors bought a net 40.1 billion yen ($478.2 million) of Japanese stocks last week, capital flows data from Japan's Ministry of Finance ...

BOJ's Shirakawa to appear in parliament 0100 GMT

Reuters - 8 hours ago
Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Masaaki Shirakawa will appear before a parliamentary committee on Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to around 12:30 p.m...

Japan as number three

Today's Zaman, Turkey - 9 hours ago
China has now officially supplanted Japan as the world's second largest economy. The question for Japan is whether or not the country will continue ...

U.S. Treasury Chief Geithner Says Japan Should Focus on Fostering Growth

Bloomberg - 10 hours ago
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said Japan should take steps to foster its economic recovery and declined to comment on the nation's...

Bank of Japan Vows to Step Up, if Necessary

DealBook - yesterday
The Bank of Japan stood pat on monetary policy on Tuesday but vowed timely action when needed, setting the stage for possible easing next month...

Watching the Japan follies

Time: The Curious Capitalist - 2 days ago
If I had hair, I'd be pulling it out. That's because I've been watching the latest, frustrating round of political hari-kari taking place in Tokyo...

New Job Opportunity - Spitting at the Moon

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - 4 days ago
In multiple posts Paul Krugman is saying "I told you so". For example, please consider Nobody Could Have PredictedPictures support the view that...

Queasing over Quantitative Easing, Part V

The Aleph Blog - 6 days ago
Does it matter who controls the businesses of the country? Does it matter who regulates the businesses of the economy? Should these people be smart...