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Takatoshi ItoProject Syndicate |
TOKYO – Last month, the Bank of Japan took its first important step toward monetary-policy normalization. The BOJ ended its negative interest-rate...
TOKYO – Harvard Professor Ezra Vogel’s 1979 book, Japan as Number One: Lessons for America , became an instant bestseller in Japan. The...
TOKYO – Japan has had a difficult year so far. On January 1, as Japanese families gathered to celebrate the new year, a powerful earthquake shook...
TOKYO – At their recent summit in San Francisco, US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping made progress in a few key areas. Notably,...
TOKYO – Rightly concerned about a decline in Japanese universities’ research capabilities, the Japanese government has created a ¥10 trillion...
TOKYO – Following the latest G20 summit, held in New Delhi earlier this month, there is no longer any doubt about India’s central position in...