Policy uncertainty in Japan

The association between economic uncertainty and suicide in Japan by age, sex, employment status, and population density: an observational study

“… 15 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 29 , 32 This index was developed to capture uncertainty in Japan using key terms from four major Japanese newspapers: Yomiuri, Asahi, Mainichi, and Nikkei. 17 As in previous research on economic policy uncertainty in other countries, 39 terms related to the economy, uncertainty, and policy were collected from these four newspapers. The collected terms were scaled based on the number of articles published in the same newspaper and the same month.…”

“…A similar example was the post-Brexit period in the UK that was characterised by increased uncertainty despite low levels of unemployment. 17 The aftermath of the Trump election in the US was also a similar situation. 17 The association between uncertainty and suicides therefore merits investigation, over and above existing studies on recessions/unemployment and suicides.…”

“… 17 The aftermath of the Trump election in the US was also a similar situation. 17 The association between uncertainty and suicides therefore merits investigation, over and above existing studies on recessions/unemployment and suicides.

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“…PM Kan resigns amidst further monetary easing and Japan's FX intervention./May–June 2016: Uncertainty rises due to the delay in the consumption tax hike and the Brexit referendum./November 2016–January 2017: Economic policy uncertainty escalates with the U.S. Presidential election and withdrawal from the TPP./March 2020: The Covid-19 outbreak in Japan sparks debates on fiscal stimulus and monetary easing, intensifying economic policy uncertainty. 17 …”

Estimation of Lockdowns’ Impact on Well-Being in Selected Countries: An Application of Novel Bayesian Methods and Google Search Queries Data

“…In addition, the economic policy uncertainty (EPU) indices mentioned already were considered. They are similar to GPR indices but focus on policy-related economic uncertainty [95,97,98,[104][105][106][107][108][109]. In the case of Denmark, the extended version of the index was taken as it is claimed by the authors to better capture country-specific issues for Denmark.…”