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This R&D provides resources on the Japanese economy. The Japanese government issued revised economic figures last week and revealed that the economy actually grew at a pace of 1% instead of a previously announced 0.8% contraction in economic activity. The revision was due to more consumer spending and business investment, but economists warn that the nation’s demographics and too many Japanese firms are unwilling to invest profits in the economy. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is hoping that the economy recovers to bolster the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) fortunes in Upper House elections that are due next year.
The latest report from Japan paints a more positive picture of the country’s economic performance https://t.co/V1uNtTBsRr
— NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) December 8, 2015
Japan’s economic experiment: Can strong policy can offset weak demographics? https://t.co/l3bQoQKvIw pic.twitter.com/m6DcILGSne
— Real Time Economics (@WSJecon) December 9, 2015
Japan avoids technical recession https://t.co/ymoKGFb8TR
— BBC Business (@BBCBusiness) December 8, 2015
Japan’s rigid labor system is now working against the economy https://t.co/ORJ1IIu1k6 pic.twitter.com/XdS9H5j0sw
— Bloomberg Business (@business) December 11, 2015
Japan’s Economy: Out of Recession, Not Out of the Woods https://t.co/CVo733pkla
— The Diplomat (@Diplomat_APAC) December 9, 2015
#China overtakes #Japan as Asia’s top high-tech goods exporter. https://t.co/nxtTDJwAxe
— Aaron Brickman (@aaronbrickman) December 9, 2015
One of Japan’s most senior politicians says that it desperately needs immigrants or it will lose to China https://t.co/z1OFoYiB4F
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) December 10, 2015
Capture Japan’s stock market revival at a 10pc discount https://t.co/SdfihRZgQG pic.twitter.com/THNLIfiwVG
— Telegraph News (@TelegraphNews) December 13, 2015
Foreign students and workers back life in Japan, but say work for local firms “unappealing” https://t.co/p7LWvFjmqP
— The Japan Times (@japantimes) December 11, 2015
Made for each other: Japan has the skills and capital, India is the vast untapped market https://t.co/PXuev4HLNE pic.twitter.com/CtRXi720NA
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) December 13, 2015