YankeeX comments

BOJ now owns 50% of all outstanding Japanese Government Bonds. Now that's news. Oh, 80% of ETF market as well.

Devaluing the currency to help exporters for decades is now biting them in their you know where. Debt does matter and there are limits to irresponsible government spending

Clowns running this country

Desperate to keep asset prices high for the wealthy few will run the yen and Japanese households into the ground

History repeating itself. Kuroda refuses to pop the bubble he created and continues to devalue the yen while the rest of the world tightens. Playing with fire

Inflation amplified by massive QE. More stagflation will put pressure on Kuroda and BOJ

Another point to the yen's slide

A decade of money printing and weak economic fundamentals is devastating the yen. Looks like a possible financial crisis and stagflation in the pipeline if they don't take action. Doing more of the same will only result in more of the same.

Self inflicted through a decade of money printing and pumping up asset prices. China's economic slow down and worsening trade deficit will make 2022 a not so good year!

Crazy to see again how far the Japanese government will go to save face in their embarrassing attempt to protect their industry.

On Jan 30th, around 220,000 tests were taken with 72,000 testing positive which is 31%

Elementary schools were closed today so it's get worse along with the hospitalizations. Wonder if this could be another undoing of a Japanese PM?

Woman in Japan are treated less to their male counterpart generally. This applies across the board

Wages won't grow because the Japanese economy and businesses are simply shrinking. Paying your unproductive employees more won't address the root problems.

I question whether the J government understands the purpose of the vaccine passport enabling international travel going both ways. OR is it just something they see going on overseas and is trying to emulate without understand the true purpose.

The resumption of flights to Vietnam highlights Japan’s demographic aging and the economies reliance on cheap foreign factory workers aka technical trainees.

The Japanese people have seen no benefits. Abenomics is a big joke with money printing endangering the financial future of the nation. Abe knows nothing of economics as he's too focused on his family legacy, Constitional revision. The bigger the mountain, the deeper the valley.

How do these jokers get elected. Says a lot about their constituents!

Wasting tax money on a zombie company

How is it completely groundless when it's completely identical?

Patrons in Japan never greet their servers which I think would exasperate the situation. Any time you enter an establishment in Europe, it's good manners to greet the staff. Japanese rare do this. Don't think it was racism either as the French are like this to everyone, particularly non French speakers.

Abenomics is a joke. The only reforms we've seen from his administration are the interpretation of the constitution and the secrecy laws. With the record low turnout, i don't see this election as a fresh mandate but rather a waste of hLf a billion dollars for self perseveration. He a bot-chan. He's not interested in biting the hand that feeds him.

What do you expect when your export business account for only 15 % of GDP. The weak yen has only helped the large multinationals which generate revenues overseas with repatriating profits. Corporate Japan! This government has no idea and is digging a deeper hole with all the printing and asset purchases. Artificially propping the markets with ReIT and ETF purchases. When Kuroda eventually will tapers due to BOj and JGB credibility issues, watch out DOOM day!

I might agree with Japan if people were actually eating it. I can only assume some corrupt officials pockets are getting fat and this sham is to spite the west. Waste of tax payers money and puts a negative light on Japan.

The teams potential might have been reached and is considering jumping ship. This announcement is a bit quick though and might come off as insensitive.

The Japanese media were too optimistic to the point of setting unrealistic expectations for the Japanese public. Either way they tried their best.

Shame. 18 and 19 year olds are no longer kids and the fact that it was multiple incidences implicates the malicious nature. Ok maybe not prison but I hope something is done.

Abe is wishing up in not visiting Yasakuni! US has advised him that this cemetery is a more similar comparasion to Arlington!

And it will drop 2% tomorrow

Can't believe they call themselves a research center. There are over a dozen things that could be done e.g. corporate governance and deregulations just to name a few. Hiring babysitters is NOT going to cure Japan's economic problems. Pathetic