Japan's Central Bank Is China's Biggest Cheerleader

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has a new strategy to support his country's listing economy: talking up China's.

It's a marked break with what other Japanese officials are saying. Finance Minister Taro Aso and economy czar Akira Amari have been eager to blame China's slowdown for Japan's woes. It's somewhat surreal to see them urge Beijing to implement economic reforms when they've done nothing of the sort in Tokyo -- and with more time on the job than their Chinese counterparts.