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Japan’s Minimum Wage Miracle
Lifting Wages of 20 Million, But Without The Job Losses Business Lobbies Predicted
Korea Has Surpassed Japan in Per Capita GDP
And Its Lead Is Growing
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How Trump's Victory Will Impact Japan
Trade Policies and Inflation Will Hit Japan Hard
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Yen Going to ¥170/$?
If So, Is That A Change in Fundamentals or Speculative Over-Reach?
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The Houthis, A Disappointing Wage Report, and the Tumbling Yen
Market Sees Latest Wage Report Delaying BOJ Rate Hike
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Market Misreads Services Inflation And the BOJ
BOJ"s Mixed Messages Add to Market Misinterpretation
The Weak Yen Reflects Weak Japan
PPP vs. Market Value For The Yen, Part II
Bestseller In Japan: “Degrowth Communism” As The Answer to Climate Change, Part I
Neither Accurate Nor Marxist
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Myth: Japanese Are Only Good At Incremental Innovation
Japan’s Declining Commercial Innovation, Part II
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Forbes Asia, Asia Times Reviews of My New Book
I’m so gratified that Forbes Asia and the Asia Times each saw fit to write a review of my new book on reviving entrepreneurship in Japan:
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Hurricane Trump Hits The Yen
Why Did the Yen Recover to ¥147? Why Not To The ¥130s Range?
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Japanese Government and Business Stiffen Resistance to Trump
Trump Contradiction: Asking Japan to Buy More US Farm Goods While Making Them Price-Prohibitive
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