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Public policy initiatives are not enough to change Showa mindsets
Policymakers know what Japan’s problems are: An aging society, a declining birthrate and low productivity are to name a few. Yet the inward-focused…
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The Bank of Japan Faces Daunting Challenges
Economist Takeo Hoshi, Dean of the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Economics Professor Takeo Hoshi spoke earlier this week about daunting…
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Expanding Japan’s Entrepreneurial Mindset
Prime Minister Kishida aims to boost yearly investment in startups and the number of unicorns 10-times each by 2027, under his “new capitalism” economic…
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Expanding Japan’s Entrepreneurial Mindset
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The Bank of Japan Faces Daunting Challenges
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Schmatz co-founder offers Japan startup takeaways
Schmatz Co-founders Christopher Ax (left) and Marc Luetten (right). What’s the secret sauce to successful entrepreneurship in Japan? This author met…
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Making the case for NATO Indo-Pacific cooperation
Japan Maritime SDF destroyer JS Kurama leads a formation of U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers. First published by The Japan Times Much of the postwar…
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Japan thought leadership events to return as more robust hybrids
Left to right: Edelman’s Richard Edelman (appearing online), Nomura’s Ross Rowbury, LDP’s Taro Kono, FT’s Kana Inagaki and Rakuten’s Billie Cole…
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Ending Child Abuse in Japan
Child abuse is not okay Japan lags other countries in addressing child abuse. Its government only started to track the number of child abuse…
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