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The Nikkei Shimbun reported yesterday that the government and ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) are considering reductions in the maximum period over which companies are allowed to carry forward net operating losses (NOLs), for offsetting against...

Prior to IPF Breakfast Meeting presentation by Kozo Yamamoto, a member of the House of Representative, GR Japan Managing Director, Jakob Edberg, has provided an analysis of the current political situation and what to expect in the new Diet session on...

SNEAK PREVIEW! IPF Breakfast on 28 January 2014 at GR Japan,  Kozo Yamamoto.Prior to his talk for IPF Breakfast, Yamamoto, a member of the House of Representatives, Former Vice Minister of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, shares his perceptio...

At a congress of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on 19th January, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promised to link improvements in corporate earnings to higher pay. Abe expressed his intention to prioritise economic recovery, emphasising the need to cre...

Former defense minister and national security adviser of Japan, Yuriko Koike, expressed concern on Asia’s apathy to the protest in Thailand in a rare but very well written op-ed article on Project Syndicate. Koike warns that the current protest could...

The upcoming Tokyo Gubernatorial race is definitely the topic of the Day in Nagata-cho. Media reports about former PM Hosokawa possibly teaming up with former PM Koizumi on an anti-nuclear ticket has stirred a lot of discussions within the political ...