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13/04/2023
Japan's Productivity through the Lens of “Cheap Japan”
Historically, Japan was recognized as an expensive country, and the issue of the domestic–foreign price gap was subject to ext...
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Column03/03/2023
"Cheap Japan" through the lens of the Big Mac
In recent years, the so-called "cheap Japan" phenomenon, where prices in Japan are cheaper than other countries, has often bee...
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01/03/2023
Summary Results of the 7th Survey of Nuclear Disaster Evacuees from Futaba, Fukushima-The First Survey since the Start of Return*-
Surveys on damage, living environment and reconstruction under the Great East Japan Earthquake have been conducted by a resea...
Keiko Iwasaki
Insurance Research Department
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15/02/2023
Japan’s Economic Outlook for the Fiscal Years 2022 to 2024 (February 2023)
Real GDP grew at an annual rate of 0.6% from the previous quarter in the October–December quarter of 2022, which marked the first ...
Taro Saito
Economic Research Department
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07/02/2023
Japan Real Estate Market Quarterly Review-Fourth Quarter 2022
Japan’s real GDP is expected to increase by 0.3% q-o-q (annualized 1.0% increase) in Q4 2022, led by private consumption and for...
Makoto Sakuma
Financial Research Department
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16/11/2022
Japan’s Economic Outlook for Fiscal Years 2022 to 2024 (November 2022)
However, this does not mean that the economy is deteriorating, as the main cause is the deterioration of external demand due to a ...
Taro Saito
Economic Research Department
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09/11/2022
Japan Real Estate Market Quarterly Review-Third Quarter 2022
Japan’s real GDP is expected to increase by 0.4% q-o-q (annualized 1.5% increase) in Q3 2022, with steady domestic demand cover...
Yoshida Tasuku
Financial Research Department
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12/10/2022
Medium-Term Economic Outlook (FY2022 to FY2032)
Global real GDP growth rate is projected to slow down to 2.8% in 2023 due to higher inflation and monetary tightening despite pro...
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16/08/2022
JAPAN’s Economic Outlook for Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023 (August 2022)
In the April–June quarter of 2022, real GDP grew from the previous quarter at an annualized rate of 2.2%, driven in part by a stron...
Taro Saito
Economic Research Department
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10/08/2022
Japan Real Estate Market Quarterly Review-Second Quarter 2022
Japan’s real GDP is expected to increase by 0.8% q-o-q (annualized 3.2% increase) in Q2 2022, driven by the rebound of consumpti...
Watanabe Fumiko
Financial Research Department
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26/05/2022
Will Consumer Prices in Japan Continue to Rise?-Future Prospects for Consumer Prices
Consumer prices in Japan are rising. The consumer price index (CPI, all items less fresh food) has increased for the past 11 cons...
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19/05/2022
Japan’s Economic Outlook for Fiscal 2022 and 2023 (May 2022)
In the January-March quarter of 2022, real GDP posted an annualized growth rate of negative 1.0%, the first decline in 2 quarter...
Taro Saito
Economic Research Department
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18/05/2022
Reflections on Financial Regulators’ Initial Responses to COVID-19
More than two years have passed since the outbreak of COVID-19. The world may have to live with the pandemic and its legacies for f...
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13/05/2022
Japan Real Estate Market Quarterly Review-First Quarter 2022
Japan’s real GDP is expected to decline by 0.5% q-o-q (annualized 2.1% decline) in Q1 2022, dragged by the quasi-state of emerge...
Hiroto Iwasa
Financial Research Department
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16/02/2022
Japan’s Economic Outlook for Fiscal 2021 to 2023 (February 2022)
In the October–December quarter of 2021, real GDP posted an annualized growth rate of 5.4%, the first increase in two quarters, ...
Taro Saito
Economic Research Department
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04/02/2022
Japan Real Estate Market Quarterly Review-Fourth Quarter 2021
Japan’s real GDP is expected to grow by 1.4% q-o-q (annualized 5.6%) in Q4 2021 driven by a strong rebound of private consumption ...
Makoto Sakuma
Financial Research Department
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16/11/2021
Japan's Economic Outlook for Fiscal 2021 to 2023
In the July–September quarter of 2021, real GDP posted an annualized contraction of 3.0%, the first negative growth in two quar...
Taro Saito
Economic Research Department
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10/11/2021
Japan Real Estate Market Quarterly Review-Third Quarter 2021
Japan’s real GDP is expected to contract by 0.2% q-o-q (annualized 0.9%) in Q3 2021 dragged by the continued state of emergency a...
Makoto Sakuma
Financial Research Department
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13/10/2021
Medium-Term Economic Outlook (FY2021 to FY2031)
Global real GDP is projected to grow by 5.7% in 2021 due to the economic recovery from COVID-19 against the backdrop of the develo...
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17/08/2021
Japan's Economic Outlook for Fiscal Years 2021 and 2022
The Japanese economy has been stagnant since the beginning of 2021. Real GDP in the April–June quarter of 2021 grew at an annual r...
Taro Saito
Economic Research Department
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13/08/2021
Japan Real Estate Market Quarterly Review-Second Quarter 2021
Japan’s real GDP is expected to grow by 0.4% q-o-q (annualized 1.5%) in Q2 2021, likely to avoid entering a technical recession....
Watanabe Fumiko
Financial Research Department
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26/07/2021
Damage, Living Environment, and Reconstruction under the Great East Japan Earthquake-The 6th Survey of Nuclear Disaster Evacuees from Futaba, Fukushima, Summary of Results 2020
Surveys on damage, living environment and reconstruction under the Great East Japan Earthquake have been conducted by a resea...
Keiko Iwasaki
Insurance Research Department
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19/05/2021
Japan's Economic Outlook for Fiscal Years 2021 and 2022
Real GDP in the January-March quarter of 2021 posted its first negative growth in three quarters, with an annual rate of 5.1% dow...
Taro Saito
Economic Research Department
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13/05/2021
Japan Real Estate Market Quarterly Review-First Quarter 2021
Japan’s real GDP contracted by 1.3% q-o-q (annualized 5.1%) in Q1 2021, posting negative growth for the first time in three quar...
Makoto Sakuma
Financial Research Department
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16/02/2021
Japan’s Economic Outlook for FY 2020–2022
Real GDP in the October–December quarter of 2020 grew at an annual rate of 12.7%, a soaring rate following the highest growth rat...
Taro Saito
Economic Research Department
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08/02/2021
Japan Real Estate Market Quarterly Review-Fourth Quarter 2020
Japan’s real GDP is expected to expand by 2.1% q-o-q (annualized 8.5%) in Q4 2020, but likely to slip into negative growth in Q1 20...
Makoto Sakuma
Financial Research Department
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17/11/2020
Japan's Economic Outlook for FY 2020–2022
Real GDP in the July–September quarter of 2020 grew at an annualized rate of 21.4%, reflecting a sharp increase in private consu...
Taro Saito
Economic Research Department
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10/11/2020
Japan Real Estate Market Quarterly Review-Third Quarter 2020
Japan’s real GDP is expected to expand by 3.8% q-o-q (annualized 16.1%) in Q3 2020, unlikely to recover the pre-pandemic level....
Makoto Sakuma
Financial Research Department
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13/10/2020
Medium-Term Economic Outlook (Fiscal Years 2020 to 2030)
The global economy is recovering slowly after plunging sharply due to the novel coronavirus infection.The real GDP growth rat...
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18/08/2020
Japan’s Economic Outlook for Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021
The real gross domestic product (GDP) in the April–June quarter of 2020 marked a record minus annual growth of 27.8%, reflectin...
Taro Saito
Economic Research Department
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Yasuhide Yajima
The U.S. Dollar’s Amazing Strength in the Deepening Financial Crisis
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Kanako Amano
An International Comparison and Analysis of Japan's High Suicide Rate
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Japan’s Economic Outlook for Fiscal Years 2024-2026 (November 2024)