Japan’s national debt: Abe’s chance？ 超長期政權邁出第一步「安倍經濟學」；日本產經界聞新加值稅色變

Japan’s national debt: There’s nothing like optimism—except where it’s unrealistic http://econ.st/1KaskZy

The Economist

Shinzo Abe’s snap election gamble has paid off handsomely, and he may now become one of Japan’s longest-serving post-war prime ministers. The ruling coalition kept its two-thirds super majority in the 475-seat house. The coalition thus retains its power to pass laws without the upper house of parliament http://econ.st/1zntTLA

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安倍又一次得到了壓倒性的日本選民支持，邁進日本政治歷史上罕見的超長期政權的一步，但安倍首相已經沒有時間沉醉在勝利的美酒之中了，應將精力集中在推行安倍經濟學上，努力恢復日本的經濟發展。

好文嚴選：安倍超長期政權邁出第一步-風傳媒

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• Japan desperately needs economic reform; Shinzo Abe still offers the best chance of that http://econ.st/12mimAs

  
  

  

  Abe’s last chance

  TWO years ago Shinzo Abe ran for office vowing to end Japan’s long economic malaise by banishing deflation and smashing the old habits that impeded growth. He...

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• 「安倍經濟學」初見效，普通日本人卻高興不起來

  JONATHAN SOBLE

  
  日本旨在終結通縮、刺激增長的經濟政策顯出了效果，物價開始上漲。但日本人的工資卻上漲緩慢，工薪階層更窮了。安倍政府急需決定是否暫緩增加消費稅。

The Economist

For years, the political consensus has been that Japan's consumption (ie, value-added) tax needs to go up in order to control a ballooning public debt. In April the government of Shinzo Abe carried out a decision made by the previous government and lifted the tax from 5% to 8%. That is still low by developed-country standards, but it seems to have inflicted more pain than most predicted http://econ.st/1vF8sFs