Japanese economy overview by Mark Burgess

"If you're looking at Japan, you have the Ministry of Finance issuing the debt, you have the Bank of Japan buying it, you can convert the debt into zero-coupon perpetual [bonds] and then gradually write the debt down," he told the conference.




"We're in a low-growth environment, and that's why we keep pulling the levers. "



Mark Burgess, chairman of Jamieson Coote Bond's advisory board



Source: The Age Newspaper, Wednesday 1st june, 2015
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Japan hints at delay of October sales tax increase

"A previous increase in the (sales) tax to 8 per cent in 2014 pushed Japan into a recession, prompting the government to delay the next phase of the increase that had been scheduled for October 2015"


Source: Minister back flips on Japan sales tax increase by James Mayger, Bloomberg, Australian Financial Review, Wednesday 1st JUne, 2016, page 10.




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Japanese invest in ASEAN has tripled in past five years according to BOJ

"Japanese investment to ASEAN nations almost tripled from five years ago to Y 20.1 trillion ($180 billion) at the end of last year (2015), according to Bank of Japan data... For a third straight year, in 2015 the amount of foreign direct investment from Japan to ....(ASEAN) exceeded such investment in CHina and Hong Kong, according to figures compiled by the Japan External Trade Organisation"


Source: South-east Asia wins Tokyo's investment battle with Beijing by Keiko Ujikane, Bloomberg, Australian Financial Review, Wednesday 1st June 2016, page 10.



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