What if China Devalues?
The rhetoric from Congress would be blood-curdling. There might even be a repeat of the quotas and sanctions imposed on Japan in the 1980s.
Is Abenomics Working Too Well?
In the battle for the Economics Premier League, Monetarist United has pulled well ahead of big-spending Keynes City and the hard men of Vienna F.C.
Historical Fiction
Herr Schmidt was quite mistaken in his view that Japan is the Billy No Mates of Asia
Abe Offers Japanese Lessons for Europe
A job for anybody who wants one – a phenomenon which must seem like a distant dream to millions of unemployed youngsters in the Eurozone.
Sayonara, Tourist-san
His approval rating of 60% makes him the most popular leader in the G8, leaving aside Vladimir Putin.
Tokyo’s New Guv’nor
Ishihara’s legacy includes exterminating thirty thousand crows and ordering the removal of the Tsukiji fish-market, much loved by tourists…
Exorcising the Deflationary Demon
Since Japan’s problem is almost the mirror image of the turmoil buffeting emerging markets, there would be little downside in putting the pedal to the metal.
Abe Road 2014
The third arrow struck a chord because it told people what they wanted to hear – that government can push a button and remake reality.
Where’s Voldemort?
Every time the focus is on the events of seventy and eighty years ago, it means a loss for Japan and a win for China
Higher Wages are Coming to Japan
British prime ministers would invite union leaders and heads of industry to Number 10 Downing Street in order to thrash out wage deals over beer and sandwiches