50+ Shades of World Debt
Imagine if one day your debt piled so high you owed more than three times your income.
For an individual, it’s a nightmare scenario. Unimaginable....
Say Hello to Japan’s New Generation Workers
By Alecsandra Tubiera
The new generation – or mostly known as the millennial generation – is the current age of workers in Japan, innovating ideas...
Greece – Suicide or Murder?
By Peter Koenig
Pundits from the left, from the right and from the center cannot stop reporting about Greece’s misery. And rightly so. Because Greece,...
Revolutionising Japan’s Businesses Through Women
By Alecsandra Tubiera
There will always be a call for more women in the workforce, and as times are changing, it is evident that women...
Japan’s politics is opening up to women, but don’t expect a feminist revolution yet
Three women have in recent months been appointed to politically powerful positions in Japan. But even as seeing women in positions of power becomes...
The World is Dedollarizing
By Peter KoenigWhat if tomorrow nobody but the Unites States would use the US-dollar? Every country, or society would use their own currency for...
China-US Trade War: Japan G20 Déjà vu?
By Jack Rasmus
This past June 29, 2019 Trump and China president, Xi, met again at the G20 in Japan in the midst of a...
Why Workstyle Reform Just Might Work in Japan
By Ginka Toegel
Ikigai– in Japanese it means, loosely, “what makes life worth living.” If reforms by the Shinzō Abe government succeed, it may one day...
Japan in the Face of Breaking Into New Working Culture
By Alecsandra Tubiera
The land of the rising sun, Japan – in its entirety is often viewed as a place filled with extraordinary ideas and...
Trump and the Taiwan Gambit
By Peter Koenig
Taiwan has become a new “eastern pivot” for Donald Trump. Against all international laws and UN charters, he is approaching Taiwan, as...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth
By Danny Leipziger
China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives?
China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...
