Losing Money in Japan’s Yucho
Now that Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has a clear mandate for economic reform, he has wasted no time in transforming his electoral capital into practical results. Koizumi has finally...
View ArticleJapan Emerges from Stagflation… Finally
By Andrew L. Jaffee The good economic numbers keep coming out of Japan, but perhaps the best news is that the House of the Rising Sun is starting to experience a little price inflation. No, that is not...
View ArticleJapan’s Economy – Rising Again
After more than a decade of stagflation, Japan has reemerged as an economic powerhouse: Japan Emerges from Stagflation… Finally Losing Money in Japan’s Yucho Japan: Victory for Koizumi and the World...
View ArticleFurther Proof Japan Rising Again
By Andrew L. Jaffee Japan’s exports were healthy even during its 10-year recession, but a truly healthy economy cannot survive on exports alone. Japan’s domestic economy is back, largely due to the...
View ArticleKoizumi Loves Elvis
By Andrew L. Jaffee Concluding a press conference with President Bush today, Japan’s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said: Thank you American people for “Love Me Tender.” Yes, Elvis has touched the...
View ArticleJapan Wants Iraqi Oil
By Andrew L. Jaffee Some more good news from Iraq? Japan wants to buy oil from Iraq. By Hisane Masaki, entitled “Japan energy: Goodbye Iran, hello Iraq,” from the Asia Times Online: Fresh from a...
View ArticleJapan: Beheading in the Name of…
By Andrew L. Jaffee A 17-year-old Japanese kid killed and beheaded his mother. He put her head in a bag and stopped by an internet cafe to watch a music DVD before turning himself in to police(!?!?!)....
View ArticleHappenstance or destiny?
A personal, historical vignette By Cainnech Ó Sullibhain This story goes back to November 1966, when I met Fr. Franciscus Tadashi Hasegawa at the Peace Memorial Cathedral in Hiroshima, Japan. A few...
View ArticleJapan’s Gulf Policy and Response to the Iraq War
By Shirzad Azad This article suggests that Japan’s staunch support for the United States over the course of the Iraq War was substantially influenced by its foreign policy toward the Persian Gulf...
View ArticleFor labor (UAW), no job is better than having a job
By Andrew L. Jaffee A $14 billion emergency bailout for U.S. automakers collapsed in the Senate Thursday night after the United Auto Workers refused to accede to Republican demands for swift wage cuts....
View ArticleEffective Sanctions on Iran — Oxymoron
by Yoram Ettinger, The Ettinger Report Twenty eight years of unilateral and multilateral US-led sanctions, accompanied by diplomatic pressure and cyber sabotage, have failed to deter Iran’s Ayatollahs...
View ArticleRemembering and honoring those killed or injured at Pearl Harbor
Let us pause to remember, honor, and pray for those brave American souls senselessly killed, injured, or traumatized by fascist Japan on December 7, 1941. Let us also remember that the battle against...
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