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Update: LDP Concedes to DPFP On Raising Tax-Free Income Bracket

Contrarian Musings: Could LDP Defeat Improve Prospects for Reform?

How Trump's Victory Will Impact Japan

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

Japan’s Minimum Wage Miracle

PM Ishiba’s Electionomics

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

Arbitrators Hand Victory to Nippon Steel

BOJ’s Next Rate Hike Likely Delayed To Early 2025

Company Ability to Use Technology Deteriorating, Part I

Free Book Chapter Through Sept. 20th

Gyrations in Yen and Stocks: How Much Impact?

Nippon Steel Is “Canary In The Coal Mine” Of US Protectionism

Japan's "Economy Shock" If Trump Returns

Three, Maybe Four, Interventions Push Yen to 156/$

Prospects for Financial Reform

May Wage Data Mixed: Are Shunto Hikes Spreading to Rest of the Workforce?

My Nikkei Oped On Boosting Entrepreneurship

Yen Going to ¥170/$?

The Snowball Effect And Economic Reform

Financial Times Names "The Contest" One Of Best Summer Reads

Myth: Japanese Are Only Good At Incremental Innovation

Japan’s Declining Commercial Innovation, Part I

GDP: Six Years of Zero Growth

Japan’s Technological Prowess Should Enable 2.3% Per Capita Growth, Part I

Don’t Panic About A Yen “Free Fall”

BOJ Stands Pat; Yen Weakens to ¥158; Inflation Substantially Below 2% Goal

Econvue Podcast on My Book And Other Japan-Related Topics

Would Yen Intervention Succeed?

"Pivot Global" Interview Video

Biden Statement On Nippon Steel Does Not Preclude Merger

Why Did The BOJ Move Despite Conflicting Evidence on Wages and Prices?

BOJ Finally Pulls the Trigger on Rate Policy, But It’s a Low-Caliber Gun

Shunto: Why 4-5% Headline Wage Hike Really Means 2-3%

How Much Change When BOJ Eventually Tweaks? Part 1

Generational Change, Technology, and Japan’s New Opportunity For Recovery

Hope For A Deal between Nippon Steel and the Steelworkers Union Before Election Day

Koll Vs. Katz On Japan’s Economic Trajectory

Germany Surpasses Japan At #3 Nominal GDP Spot

Video of My Talk and Q&A on Japan Zoominar

Foreign Affairs Runs Precis of My Book

Stock Rally Does NOT Mean “Japan Is Back”

Economist interview with me on innovation, Japan's stock rally and environment for startups

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Forbes Asia, Asia Times Reviews of My New Book

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

The Contest for Japan’s Economic Future

Asia Times: Kicking Japan back into entrepreneurial high gear

Market Misreads Services Inflation And the BOJ