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    Don’t cry for me Argentina, and Japan, too.
    • Nov 10, 2021
    • 4 min

    Don’t cry for me Argentina, and Japan, too.

    By Ichiro Suzuki Simon Kuznets, the 1971 winner of Nobel prize in economics once said “There are four kinds of countries: developed...
    Japan’s 2021 General Election
    • Nov 4, 2021
    • 4 min

    Japan’s 2021 General Election

    By Ichiro Suzuki In the October 29th general election, Japanese voters brought back the ruling coalition to govern the country...
    China's 3 Warfare on the World
    • Oct 22, 2021
    • 0 min

    China's 3 Warfare on the World

    Why is this Chinese real estate giant failing?
    • Oct 1, 2021
    • 0 min

    Why is this Chinese real estate giant failing?

    China's Hostage Diplomacy
    • Sep 28, 2021
    • 0 min

    China's Hostage Diplomacy

    China’s Japan, not Lehman, Moment
    • Sep 28, 2021
    • 6 min

    China’s Japan, not Lehman, Moment

    By Ichiro Suzuki This is what has been expected for a very long time. Too much debt in the overextended real estate sector would...
    Will China Ban Shang-Chi, the Legend of Ten Rings?
    • Sep 24, 2021
    • 0 min

    Will China Ban Shang-Chi, the Legend of Ten Rings?

    A Few thoughts on External Accounts and Growth Model
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 5 min

    A Few thoughts on External Accounts and Growth Model

    By Ichiro Suzuki In recent years, trade and current accounts have become poor indicators of a country’s economic success, as far as...
    Is the East Rising and the West Declining?
    • Sep 15, 2021
    • 0 min

    Is the East Rising and the West Declining?

    The World’s Largest Banks
    • Sep 15, 2021
    • 5 min

    The World’s Largest Banks

    By Ichiro Suzuki In the summer of 2007, a financial sector analyst from Shanghai proudly told me “Seven out of the ten largest banks on...
    Yoshihide Suga’s Early Exit
    • Sep 7, 2021
    • 5 min

    Yoshihide Suga’s Early Exit

    By Ichiro Suzuki On September 3, Yoshihide Suga, Prime Minister of Japan has announced that he is not running for the upcoming...
    A Tale of Two Draconian Interest Rate Hikes
    • Aug 25, 2021
    • 5 min

    A Tale of Two Draconian Interest Rate Hikes

    By Ichiro Suzuki Yasushi Mieno was a career central banker who served as governor of the Bank of Japan, for five years beginning...
    Why did Chinese Olympians Wear Mao's Badges?
    • Aug 20, 2021
    • 0 min

    Why did Chinese Olympians Wear Mao's Badges?

    The Nixon Shock
    • Aug 20, 2021
    • 4 min

    The Nixon Shock

    By Ichiro Suzuki The weekend of August 13-15 has marked the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s announcement that sent...
    Tech Cultural Revolution
    • Aug 10, 2021
    • 5 min

    Tech Cultural Revolution

    By Ichiro Suzuki China’s President Xi Jinping is clueless, as far as the financial markets’ workings are concerned. The tyrant thinks...
    A Trip to Hawaii
    • Aug 3, 2021
    • 4 min

    A Trip to Hawaii

    By Ichiro Suzuki According to the Nikkei, Japan’s business daily, the iPhone Pro Max (512 gigabytes) costs 45% of average monthly...
    Life of Bureaucrats at Kasumigaseki
    • Jul 27, 2021
    • 4 min

    Life of Bureaucrats at Kasumigaseki

    By Ichiro Suzuki Working for the government has long been highly prestigious among able young men and women for decades. It has been...
    Tanshin-funin (assignment away from home)
    • Jul 20, 2021
    • 4 min

    Tanshin-funin (assignment away from home)

    By Ichiro Suzuki In early June, two months into Japan’s baseball season, Justin Smoak, first baseman for the Yomiuri Giants, had...
    What's Behind China's Firewall?
    • Jul 13, 2021
    • 0 min

    What's Behind China's Firewall?

    Japan’s Stakeholder Capitalism
    • Jul 13, 2021
    • 4 min

    Japan’s Stakeholder Capitalism

    By Ichiro Suzuki For Corporate Japan, the final week of June is a time for public corporations’ annual general shareholder meetings....
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