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Korea Has Surpassed Japan in Per Capita GDP
And Its Lead Is Growing
25
My Financial Times Oped On The Yen
Japan’s currency is so weak because exporters have lost their competitiveness
6
China On Track To Pass Japan in Auto Exports
EVs Help China Do To Japan What Japan Did To The US In The 1970s
6
Did Wages Really Rise The Fastest In 28 Years?
You Need To Look At Wages Per Hour, Not Per Month
7
Inflation: Japan Stands Alone, Part I
The BOJ’s Dilemma on Interest Rates and the Yen
2
Will Kuroda Blink This Week?
BOJ Has Spent 5% of GDP In Flailing Effort To Block Interest Rate Rise
7
Why Kishida Retreated From “New Form of Capitalism”
Can It Be Resurrected In “Five-Year Plan” Promised for December?
6
¥144 Is Weakest Since Last November
Yen Follows Rate Gap As Markets Now Take BOJ and US Fed At Their Word
7
Kishida May Raise Corporate Taxes, Part I
Tokyo Is Thinking the Unthinkable
4
Mr. Kishida: To Get 30% Female Executives, Enforce the Law
Kishida Issues 30% Goal But No Accompanying Practical Measures
13
What Kishida Should Have Done On Wages, Taxes
An Agenda For The Distribution Side of The Growth-Distribution Virtuous Cycle
7
Wage Hikes in April Fail Their First Test
Only 1% Vs. Predicted 2%; Not Enough for BOJ To Hike Interest Rates
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