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Author Archives: Eamonn Fingleton
Best Books On Japan: A Second Opinion
I have had occasion to second-guess a recent list of best books on Japan. An old joke has it that a newspaper editor is a person who separates the wheat from the chaff, and then prints the chaff. On this … Continue reading
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Tagged fccj, jeff kingston, number 1 shimbun, the sun also sets
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The Weight of the Yen
As I have repeatedly documented at this website, the story of Japan’s two lost decades is a myth. But if I am right, how come so many ostensibly reliable observers seem to disagree with me? There are several reasons, none … Continue reading
Posted in Global economy, Japan, Press, Trade
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An invitation, some surprising facts, and two elusive experts
For thirteen years now I have been trying to organize a public debate on what really happened to the Japanese economy. The effort continues. The facts below have convinced at least one top American economic thinker that a debate is … Continue reading
Posted in American decline, Global economy, Japan, Manufacturing, Press, Trade
Tagged debate, edward j lincoln, japan, lost decades, robert alan feldman
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Translating Japan
It took an earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster to reveal how little the West understands the land of the rising sun. (This article first appeared in the June 2011 edition of the American Conservative.) TOKYO. The art of reading between … Continue reading
Posted in Japan, Manufacturing, Press
Tagged amakudari, chalmers johnson, chokepoints, david warren, emperor akihito, japanese earthquake, john beddington, kuro, william holstein
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The strength of Japanese manufacturing
For two decades the New York Times has reported almost nothing but gloom about Japan’s manufacturing industries. I challenged a recent report in a letter to the editor. Your report ( “Japan Confronts Its New Normal,” May 12 in the … Continue reading
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Beyond free trade
Meet the heterodox economists challenging globalism. (This article was first published in the April 2011 issue of the American Conservative.) “I don’t care who writes a nation’s laws, or crafts its advanced treatises, if I can write its economics textbooks.” … Continue reading
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The coming crisis in the global manufacturing chain
How much will the Japanese earthquake hurt the global economy? (Article as first published by the New Republic.) Not many people in the American electronics industry had ever heard of the Japanese town of Niihama before the summer of 1993. … Continue reading
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Tokyo, briefly terrified by quake, recovers quickly
This article was first published at the Atlantic’s website in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake. Click here for the original. TOKYO, Japan — Your first Japanese earthquake is your most memorable. Or so I thought until, along with about … Continue reading
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