Japan needs stable, sustained inflation, govt executive says

Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Kihara on Sunday stressed the need to achieve an economy where inflation rises stably and sustainably, when asked whether the next central bank governor should maintain ultra-easy monetary policy. ( read original story ...)

Death and Japan’s nuclear shelter salesman

And, of course, a superb marketing tool for any half-decent nuclear shelter salesman. The Bulletin’s January 24 decision to move the hands of its doomsday clock closer to midnight (signifying global catastrophe) than they have ever been before should, ( read original story ...)