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Category Archives: Japan
The truth of Japan’s “slump”: An invitation to a debate
For years I have held that Japan’s “slump” is a media myth. I have twice in the past extended an invitation to the principal proponents of the slump story to join me in a live one-on-one debate. I have had … Continue reading
Posted in Global economy, History, Japan, Press, Trade, Uncategorized
Tagged alexander kinmont, american decline, arthritic japan, bill emmott, can japan compete?, current account, debate, edward lincoln, gillian tett, japanese slump, kenneth courtis, lost decades, manufacturing, michael e porter, myth, paul krugman, peter tasker, richard katz, robert alan friedman
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America’s bases: collateral damage for the US economy
America’s foreign military bases are bad business. (This article first appeared in the January 2011 issue of the American Conservative.) TOKYO. When German executives visit Tokyo, they are often treated to a session at Bernd’s Bar, a notably authentic German pub. … Continue reading
Posted in Global economy, History, Japan, Trade, Uncategorized
Tagged american decline
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The Economist on Japan’s population “problem”
The Economist magazine likes to feel superior to anything it doesn’t understand. Luckily for its self-esteem, there is a lot in East Asia that has it stumped. An example is Japan’s population policy. In the course of a major article … Continue reading
Posted in History, Japan, Press
Tagged arable land, birthrate, demographics, economist magazine, population decline
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Chalmers Johnson: The passing of a true scholar
In a field known for fractiousness, Chalmers Johnson spoke with unique authority. Today we received the sad news that Chalmers Johnson, America’s greatest Japan scholar, has passed on. Although late in life he achieved considerable fame for his critique of … Continue reading
Posted in American decline, China, History, Japan, Trade
Tagged chalmers johnson, death, japan scholars, miti and the iapanese miracle, nemesis, niagara
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The New York Times on Japan: Continuing fallout
Expert observers Holstein, Fallows, and Baker express their dismay at the Times’s miscues. I am not alone in challenging the New York Times’s recent account of a “disheartened” Japan. William J. Holstein, former president of the Overseas Press Club of America … Continue reading
Posted in Japan, Press
Tagged dean baker, deflation, disheartened, good deflation, japan, japanese economy, william holstein
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More nonsense from the New York Times on Japan’s “lost decades”
The Times says Japan is “disheartened.” It hasn’t looked at Japan’s trade figures — or America’s. The New York Times yesterday carried a major article headlined “Japan Goes from Dynamic to Disheartened.” Rarely has the truth of the Japanese economy … Continue reading
Posted in Japan, Press
Tagged disheartened, japan, japanese gdp, mark skousen, martin fackler, naka-dori, new york times, roppongi hills, tokyo midtown, vuitton, yen
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Appearance on BBC World
Posted in China, Japan, Sino-Japanese relations
Tagged bbc world, senkaku, Sino-Japanese relations, trawler
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Edwin Reischauer: An ambassador who lied TO his country
John Kennedy’s ambassador to Japan is the subject of a new biography. Unfortunately, as I point out in this review (which was first published in the June 2010 issue of the American Conservative), the author’s agenda has little to do with … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, History, Japan
Tagged cartel, detroit, galbraith, harvard, japan, mercantilism, packard, reischauer, renault, wanted: an asian policy
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Myths of the Japanese economy
This is a longer version of an article I have just published in the journal of the Overseas Press Club of America. Former Tokyo correspondents held a reunion at the Overseas Press Club in New York in March at which … Continue reading
Posted in Japan, Press
Tagged consumers, deflation, eugenic protection act, good deflation, japan, lifetime employment, opc, overseas press club
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How the press stabbed Detroit in the back
In a new article for CounterPunch, I show that, by failing to blow the whistle on protectionism in key foreign markets, the American press shares blame for Detroit’s implosion. For decades East Asian competition has played a controversial role in … Continue reading