Archive - Japan Economy Watch

Two Big Losers In the Election: LDP and CDP

LDP Refused to See Message In Last Year’s Lower House Loss; CDP Could Not Exploit LDP Weakness

Jul 22

BBC Interviews Me On Economics Of Election

Inflation, The Yen, Consumption Tax, Aging, Productivity

Jul 19

Toyota’s Blind Spot On BEVs

Part 2 of BYD Aiming to Seize Toyota’s Crown

Jul 14

Polls Are Volatile in Upper House Race

Japan-US Brinksmanship in Trade Talks; Consumption Tax Debate

Jul 2

June 2025

Opposition Fumbles Politics Of Consumer Tax Cuts

Ishiba Cries Wolf (i.e., Greece) on Government Debt

Jun 30

Exports, Globalization, and The Road to Recovery:

Dialogue between Richard Katz and Noah Smith, Part 3

Jun 23

China’s BYD Aiming to Seize Toyota’s Crown Via BEVs

Smugness is Achilles' Heel of Japanese Automakers

Jun 16

Road to Recovery: Creative Destruction Vs. “Greenfield” Foreign Direct Investment

Dialogue with Noah Smith, Part 2

Jun 9

Dialogue With Economist Noah Smith, Part 1

Changes In the Last Three Decades; Culture in Economic Performance

Jun 2

May 2025

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