Tag Archives: Japan

Cockpit Lesson for Korea and Japan

Should the Asiana Airlines crash in San Francisco be seen as an opportunity to rethink Asia’s overemphasis on hierarchy?

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Japan: Stuck in Neutral

Abe pivots between nationalists and modernity, big government and small government factions.

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Coordinate Currencies, or Stagnate

What can the United States, China and other nations do to prevent a wave of competitive devaluation of currencies?

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Japan: Is That Really The Third Arrow?

Does the third arrow of "Abenomics" miss the target in ending Japan’s stagnation?

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Japan: The World’s Really Lucky Country

Compared with other occupied nations, how did postwar Japan get so lucky?

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Japan: Beacon of Democratic Light?

Japan has a problem of overrepresentation of rural voters in their political system, as does the United States. Is Japan making progress?

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How Ben Bernanke Saved Europe’s Banks

The story of an unprecedented effort by the U.S. central bank to serve as the lender of last resort to the world.

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The Globalist Debate: How To Compete with China in Renewables

Is China really destroying the global energy innovation ecosystem?

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How Obesity Can Derail China’s Growth

What measures can China and other cultures take to stem the rising tide of obesity, particularly among children, in its population?

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Germany’s Energiewende: What Have We Learned So Far?

Is Germany’s energy transformation leading to a democratization of economic power?

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