Subject: Japan Update from David Hale Global Economics
From: "David Hale" <[email-masked]>
To: "R. Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 10:29:35 -0700 (PDT)

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Dear R. Hunter,

Attached please find our report on Japan's recent political and economic 
trends. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won a landslide election victory in 
December, and is now trying to find ways to promote growth.

The Bank of Japan is providing aggressive stimulus through asset 
purchases, which is expected to continue after its rate review on April 
30th. The VAT hike originally scheduled for this October has been pushed 
forward to April of 2017. There are important changes occurring in 
corporate governance to force companies to focus more on shareholders 
rather than stakeholders, which should help to bolster profitability 
over time.

Prime Minister Abe is coming to Washington at the end of April to 
finalize negotiations on the TPP. The risk is that Congress may not give 
President Obama the fast track trade promotion authority he needs to 
complete the talks. If TPP fails, it will be a major setback for Abe's 
attempt to promote structural reform in Japan.

With all best wishes,

David Hale 

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