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Koichi Hamada

Koichi Hamada

The Japan Times

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Japan Needs Higher Interest Rates

Japan Needs Higher Interest Rates

NEW HAVEN—On a recent visit to Sapporo, the city on Japan’s northern island where my parents came from, my wife and I found gentle people, mild...

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Koichi Hamada

The yen’s plunge changes the case for Bank of Japan rate hikes

In my early years as an economics professor, I was occasionally asked to present my work to a group of international economists, and several times I...

13.07.2026 100

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Koichi Hamada

Should the Bank of Japan Raise Interest Rates?

09.07.2026 100

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U.S. President Donald Trump is no game theorist

10.02.2026 100

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Koichi Hamada

Trump Is No Game Theorist

04.02.2026 100

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Is Takaichi Sanae Japan’s Margaret Thatcher?

07.11.2025 90

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The Twilight of Pax Americana

11.09.2025 100

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