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Latest Issues

CNN Interviews Me On Joint US-Japan Intervention To Strengthen the Yen

CNN interviewed me today about the joint US-Japan intervention to strengthen the yen. We discussed why Washington did this, whether it will work, and fears that financial turmoil in Tokyo could raise interest rates in the US.

To see the i...

8 days ago
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¥370 Trillion Won’t Yield Miraculous GDP Boost If Companies Can't Compete

Takaichi’s Pie-in-the-Sky Investment Scheme, Part 2

Source: https://www.nomuraconnects.com/focused-thinking-posts/investing-for-a-strong-and-prosperous-japan/ Note: These eleven projects out of 56 account for two-thirds of the ¥370 trillio...

10 days ago
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Takaichi Claims Her Investment Plan Will Yield 1.4% GDP Growth, Part 1

Will This Be High-Tech “Bridges To Nowhere”?

Source: https://asia.nikkei.com/politics/takaichi-s-new-economic-blueprint-for-japan-4-things-to-know and https://www.nomuraconnects.com/focused-thinking-posts/investing-for-a-strong-and-prosper...

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Japan’s “Make China Great Again” Energy Policy in Southeast Asia

Source: https://ember-energy.org/data/electricity-data-explorer/?data=capacity&temporal_res=yearly

It is one of Japan’s most short-sighted policies: the attempt to keep Southeast Asian countries hooked on fossil fuels, especially natural g...

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Power Wars: Japan’s Fossil Empire Strikes Back

Source: https://ember-energy.org/data/electricity-data-explorer/

A decade ago, Japan was a global leader in solar power. Solar accounted for a higher share of electricity in Japan than in the US, the EU, or China. Today, it is becoming a l...

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    Richard Katz is a Special Correspondent for Weekly Toyo Keizai of Japan, and, during the years of working on his latest book, was a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics In International Affairs

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