Ministry of Justice to review factoring legal framework

The Ministry of Justice plans to revise the nation's lending laws that were crafted in 1896, updating them to accommodate the diversifying contract needs spurred by computer technology and globalization, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported Wednesd

Economic upswing prompts fierce debate – again

After more than a decade, economists have failed to reach a consensus about the nature of Japan's prolonged economic malaise. Hardly surprising, then, that there is little agreement about the strength and durability of its recovery.