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Japan’s gross government debt-to-GDP ratio
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Japan opts for another round of fiscal stimulus
Urs Schoettli
Urs Schoettli

Japan is looking for ways to reduce its public debt, currently worth more than 200 percent of its GDP. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has managed to raise the consumption tax, but the government’s budget for this year still relies on social programs to alleviate demographic limitations and convince consumers to spend. Combined with increasing defense spending obligations, it is hard to see how the country can bring down its ballooning debt. 

Birth and death rate per 1,000 Japanese citizens
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Leadership Challenges 2020: Japan’s unique social contract

While Japan has known prosperity and stability under the leadership of longtime Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, it faces demographic challenges that will require difficult decisions. Social cohesion is of the highest importance for the Japanese and many see immigration as a threat, but the rapidly dwindling population will need to ...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
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Scenarios for the legacy of Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister since the end of World War II, has made a huge imprint on his country’s politics, especially through “Abenomics” and his drive to beef up defense capabilities. His eventual successor will have a host of domestic challenges to overcome, including a growing demographic imbalance ...
 Urs Schoettli
Urs Schoettli
Leaders of Japan and the U.S. sit in the audience during Summer Sumo Grand Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
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Japan accelerates and expands its defense preparations

For seven decades after World War II, Japan was comfortably ensconced in a geopolitical framework that seemed both stable and predictable. With the rise of China and, more recently, new responses from the United States to economic and geopolitical challenges, this framework is evolving. More than ever in the postwar ...
 Urs Schoettli
Urs Schoettli
President Moon Jae-in speaks to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over the phone
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Instability in East Asia: Trade clash between two U.S. allies

By imposing economic sanctions on South Korea, Japan establishes a dangerous precedent. At times when countries neighboring North Korea should be strengthening their ties and establishing transnational security cooperation, the conflict between Tokyo and Seoul could ultimately weaken the region and provoke North Korean adventurism.
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Urs Schoettli
A picture of the leaders of the United States and Japan meeting in Washington
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Japan’s mercantilism in the spotlight again

With his focus on the trade dispute with China and several other fronts opened, U.S. President Donald Trump has been lenient in his criticism of Japan’s mercantilism. If he wins a second term in office, however, he may change tack and slap tariffs on, for example, Japanese cars – a ...
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Urs Schoettli

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Game for Japan’s future

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BRI rebooted
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BRI rebooted

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Southeast Asia and China
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Southeast Asia and China

Southeast Asia has emerged as the Asian epicenter of the United States-China great power competition. At the same time, several other outside players are also competing there, including Japan, India and Europe. Gain insight on our experts’ scenarios for the region with this special offer.
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