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Japan’s Minimum Wage Miracle

Oct 14

Korea Has Surpassed Japan in Per Capita GDP

Jan 29, 2022

Yen Going to ¥170/$?

Jul 3

The Houthis, A Disappointing Wage Report, and the Tumbling Yen

Jan 17

How Trump's Victory Will Impact Japan

Nov 10

Market Misreads Services Inflation And the BOJ

Jan 4

Japanese Companies Losing Their Ability To Exploit New Technology, Part 2

Dearth of PhDs At Companies, Shutdown of Industrial Labs

Nov 1

Japan’s Minimum Wage Miracle

Lifting Wages of 20 Million, But Without The Job Losses Business Lobbies Predicted

Oct 14

PM Ishiba’s Electionomics

Telling BOJ Not To Hike Interest Rates; Hollow Promises on Minimum Wage

Oct 8

The BOJ, the Fed, and The Future Of The Yen

Yen May Not Recover As Much As Some Expect

Sep 30

Arbitrators Hand Victory to Nippon Steel

USW Still Refuses to Return to Bargaining Table; Hopes Biden Will Block Merger

Sep 27

BOJ’s Next Rate Hike Likely Delayed To Early 2025

Nippon Steel Merger Gets Reprieve And, Reportedly, Big Legal Victory

Sep 23

Company Ability to Use Technology Deteriorating, Part I

50 Top Japanese Companies Match World’s Best; Rest Lag Far Behind

Sep 12

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