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Poll: Japan's Abe should proceed with tax hike

Economists back the sales tax increase even if it slows growth as part of a broader fiscal overhaul.

Japan ruling bloc wins upper house election

Gives P.M. Shinzo Abe's coalition a majority in both chambers and a mandate to push ahead.

Japan seeks to join U.S.-led Pacific trade talks

Decision to join talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) launches " third arrow" of Abenomics.

Abe aims to polish reform credentials with TPP trade decision

Japan's prime minister appears poised to raise the curtain on Act Three of his "Abenomics" drama with a decision to join talks on a U.S.-led free trade pact.

BOJ head to leave job early, could advance policy shift

Shirakawa says will step down together with his two deputies, three weeks before the end of his five-year term.

Japan revs up stimulus, aiming at economic rebound

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is in the final stages of drafting fresh stimulus spending reportedly totaling more than 20 trillion yen ($227 billion).

Japan's elections
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, led by Shinzo Abe, obtained two-thirds majority in the lower house of parliament in Sunday's nation-wide elections. Abe, who is set to be Japan's seventh prime minister in 6 1/2 years, returns to power was defeated three years ago. He has promised bold economic reforms aimed to increase inflation and end the decades of stagnant growth, which has led to Japan's economic problems.
- Japanese shares rise on Abe win [BBC]
- In Japan, Election a Symbol of Perpetual Change, Uncertainty [National Journal]

Japan voters back new government

P.M. Shinzo Abe's cabinet is popular, surveys show, and the economy remains voters' top priority.

New Japan PM: Saving economy top mission

Abe promised bold measures to pull Japan out of deflation.

Shinzo Abe returns as Japan's prime minister

The old-guard veteran named a new Cabinet, ending three years of liberal administrations and restoring power to his conservative, pro-big-business party.

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