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Japanese government will take further measures to boost its economy, according to the media. After a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) on 4 April, the government announced a plan to stimulate consumer spending, by introducin...

In his policy speech to the ordinary Diet session on Friday, 22 January, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reassured to tackle the challenges to realize his growth strategy. In addition to the pursuit of better and innovative economic growth, he addressed th...

According to Nikkei Shimbun on 9 September, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was re-elected unopposed as a president of LDP, is planning a cabinet reshuffle in October. However, the reshuffle is expected to be a minor one since Abe wishes to focus on t...

Dr. Llewelyn Hughes, Research Director at GR Japan and Senior Lecturer at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University, writes on Japan's energy conundrum and Abe's policies in the East Asia Forum. 

GR Japan's Managing Director, Jakob Edberg, gave an interview for one of the major Swedish newspapers, Svenska Dagbladet.  The interview was published in the 6 January edition and could be viewed on the following link.

In a first such initiative in Japan, two of Japan’s major electric power companies, TEPCO and Chubu Electric, are holding a joint tender for the supply of LNG, inviting about 60 major LNG suppliers to bid. Bids are due by 19 December and a supplier w...