Japan’s Yen Problem: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Tackling Stronger Currency With New Stimulus Measures

Japan has hit the skids in the past few months, with a mixture of national and international developments complicating Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s efforts to release the country from decades of low growth and near-deflation. The headwinds are giving Abe, who has staked his career on a brand of economic policy known as Abenomics, a renewed reason to try more government spending and new kinds of tax breaks.