Peter Tasker: News & Insights

The yen is bound to turn the tables on the dollar

U.S. competitiveness worries will bring currency imbalances into focus

Impressive social cohesion will ensure minimal price rises

Media commentary has been too focused on the downsides

Great share giveaway would be a major boost for individual investors

Shinzo Abe will become ABE Shinzo in official English texts as of Jan 1 2020

America's CFIUS review process is smarter than an absolute limit

Proponents advise printing money until inflation hits and approve of Abenomics

The Tokyo-Seoul relationship stands to deteriorate further

Sino-American rivalry might end decades of economic stagnation

Europe struggles to escape stagnation, while Japan is recovering from its lost decades

Japan may profit from globalization but sticks resolutely to its own time warp

Mistake to suggest central bank should abandon easing. BOJ must soldier on

Rugby World Cup creates chances for Japan to win points on and off the playing field

Japanese government can use the scandal to enforce tougher rules

Abe's expansion of foreign worker schemes risks creating social and political tensions