Fascinating video chart. The hegemony of USA, the rise and relative fall of Japan and now the rise of China.Read more…
Japanese government battles for Japanese companies worried by Brexit
One of the key arguments that the TUC made when campaigning for a Remain vote in the EU referendum in June was that, outside the EU, we would find it more difficult to attract inward investment in manufacturing, including from the Japanese (who made si…Read more…
Workers in Japan let down by Abe’s new spending plans
Last month Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set jaws dropping by announcing a 28.1 trillion yen (£208.1 billion) stimulus package. The package is designed to jump start Japan’s economy that has been struggling with slow growth and see off the threat of deflation. The important feature of the…Read more…
You won’t believe who’s proposing these ideas to raise pay…
Apologies for the clickbait headline, but you really won’t. In the last week, someone called on the government to: ensure annual pay rises for public sector staff; introduce mechanisms to get profitable companies to raise wages by more than inflation; and push workers from insecure work…Read more…