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Dec 16, 20224 min read
India’s Rise
Ichiro Suzuki India is on the rise. It is expected to overtake China as the most populous country as soon as in 2023. This takes place...


Dec 12, 20225 min read
Soccer in China
Ichiro Suzuki China is missing in Qatar. For the fifth time in a row, Chinese men, ranked 79th in the world at present, are not in the...


Nov 23, 20224 min read
Toyota Motor
Ichiro Suzuki Toyota Motor Corporation is thriving. For the fiscal year through March 2022, Toyota’s consolidated earnings jumped 36%...


Nov 15, 20224 min read
Germany AG
Ichiro Suzuki In the first week of November, German Chancellor Olaf Scholtz visited Beijing to meet President Xi Jinping, who just won...


Nov 8, 20225 min read
Curse of Life Time Employment
Ichiro Suzuki The U.S. dollar is roaring on the Federal Reserve Bank’s determination to get the surging inflation under control. On...


Nov 1, 20224 min read
What Holds Back Japanese Women
Ichiro Suzuki ‘Diversity’ is a popular buzzword in Japan in the 21st century. This imported word is usually narrowly interpreted as...


Oct 26, 20224 min read
End of Savings Glut
Ichiro Suzuki Unexpected a year ago, major central banks around the world are finding themselves in a war against the worst inflation...


Oct 18, 20224 min read
China’s Population Peaks Out
Ichiro Suzuki China’s population has been aging fast, and this is widely known. If there is any surprise in this, it is aging faster...


Oct 14, 20222 min read
The Bank of Japan vs. Speculators
Ichiro Suzuki The Bank of Japan was under pressure in recent weeks. Some speculators began to believe that the BOJ’s ability to cap...


Oct 14, 20224 min read
A Bad Week in Britain
Ichiro Suzuki As soon as Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral was over, Britain was thrown into financial markets’ turmoils. Markets...


Oct 4, 20224 min read
Shinzo Abe’s State Funeral
Ichiro Suzuki On September 27, the Japanese government held a state funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated...


Sep 27, 20226 min read
Japanese Banks’ Sins
Ichiro Suzuki In 1868, aspiring young samurais founded a new government in Japan, ending Tokugawa Shogun’s two and a half centuries of...


Sep 20, 20225 min read
Foreign Exchange Reserves
Ichiro Suzuki Contrary to all the headlines on Japan’s economic malaise, the country’s foreign exchange reserves remain solidly...


Sep 6, 20224 min read
Quiet Capital Outflows from China
Ichiro Suzuki China’ renminbi (RMB) is weak lately. After having approached 6.3 against the U.S. dollar, the RMB has shifted its...


Sep 1, 20224 min read
Iwakura Mission
Ichiro Suzuki In 1868, two and a half centuries of Tokugawa Shoguns’ rule in Japan was brought to an end, as the last Shogun returned...


Aug 23, 20223 min read
De-Japanification
Ichiro Suzuki About ten years ago, in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, some economists came to believe that economies...


Aug 17, 20225 min read
The Irresistible Charm of Authoritarian Growth
Ichiro Suzuki Economists Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robison, from MIT and Harvard, published a book in 2012 that became a best...


Aug 11, 20223 min read
Mitsubishi Corporation Board of Directors
Ichiro Suzuki At the end of June, eleven men and women were elected as trading house Mitsubishi Corporation’s board of directors at...


Aug 2, 20223 min read
China’s Financial Woes
Ichiro Suzuki As competition against the U.S. intensifies, President Xi Jinping is aggressively seeking diplomatic relationship with...


Jul 26, 20224 min read
Revolt of Mortgage Borrowers
Ichiro Suzuki In many Chinese cities, people are refusing to pay mortgages as it is becoming clear that real estate developers are not...
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