Article: Sounding the alarm: a legacy of violence, fanaticism and assassination re-emerges in Japan.

Article: A yen for action: the Bank of Japan should cut ...
The Economist (US);  March 25, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... the Fed should raise interest rates again, if only to ... inflationary credentials. Japan's monetary policy ... needlessly high real interest rates because interest rates can never be negative. The Bank of Japan's official discount ...

Article: Rate cuts in Europe and Japan can't come too soon. ...
American Banker;  July 22, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... mainly at Europe and Japan. The question is ... banks that control interest rates in the key countries ... fiscal policy in Japan. On the other hand ... Ministry of Finance in Japan has traditionally argued for lower interest rates in an effort to ...

Article: Japan Interest Rates May Near Zero
AP Online;  March 19, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... AP Online 03-19-2001 Japan Interest Rates May Near Zero TOKYO (AP ... mounting demands for action, Japan's central bank reverted ... While it did not directly cut interest rates, the Bank of Japan decided at a policy board ...

Article: The Japan that should say no; raising interest ...
The Economist (US);  October 14, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... principle, there is nothing wrong with Japan raising its interest rates. If the Bank of Japan thinks that inflation is on the rise ... build a familiar case for higher interest rates. But even Bank of Japan officials would be pushed to argue ...

Article: Japan sees expansion next yearBut its interest ...
International Herald Tribune;  November 1, 2003 ;     563 words ... ... bankers consider how to raise interest rates when their economies are recovering. But with Japan's government and banks heavily reliant on rock-bottom interest rates, the Bank of Japan governor, Toshihiko Fukui ...

Article: The Tokyo tidal wave: a surge in Japanese interest ...
U.S. News & World Report;  September 17, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... by the Bank of Japan, aimed at snuffing ... blow from rising interest rates and sharply higher ... International interest rates had been moving ... especially in Japan, long the world ... staying apace of Japan's interest rates, which now exceed ...

Article: Derivatives group to prep dealers for negative interest ...
American Banker;  October 27, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... end of March, the Bank of Japan has steadily cut interest rates, to the point where its ... Although short-term interest rates in Japan are at an historically low level, real interest rates - adjusted for inflation ...