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japan economy watch richard katz substack japan economy watch subscribe sign in home notes my books entrepreneurship technology the economy politics climate change int l trends subscription archive about power wars japan s fossil empire strikes back solar power flattening out in japan while soaring elsewhere jul 19 14 18 2 signal vs noise on jgbs and yen did a takaichi fiscal shock really cause jgb yield rise jul 10 8 1 1 surprise ceo switch at toyota how will it affect ev strategy from ev first koji sato to toyoda protégé kenta kon jul 6 15 12 4 most popular view all japan s minimum wage miracle oct 14 2024 24 2 korea has surpassed japan in per capita gdp jan 29 2022 11 23 ishiba gives away the store to trump sep 7 2025 24 9 4 how trump s victory will impact japan nov 10 2024 25 3 don t heed panic mongers on japanese interest rates or yen dec 15 2025 26 2 5 yen going to 170 jul 3 2024 24 3 2 latest top discussions former boj board member shirai says yen could hit 165 boj rate hikes are not a magic bullet to reverse yen weakness jul 1 8 2 toyota finally moves on evs with big help from china part 1 japan announces huge subsidy hikes for evs even tesla but byd subsidy is slashed jun 29 5 2 alan greenspan the excellent the bad and the ugly a young alan greenspan with ayn rand jun 23 10 3 1 china caught in high technology low productivity trap comparisons with japan jun 22 13 4 3 assessing boj s claim that companies are now competing for workers the growing salary bifurcation of the labor force jun 17 8 6 3 thanks for making me 12th highest on substack s list of rising business and economics related newsletters a big thank you to those of you who upgraded to paid subscriptions to read my two most recent paid memos jun 15 13 2 1 the real rate of inflation in japan official numbers vs boj correction for subsidies as i detailed in this post the bank of japan boj is now regularly releasing figures that correct the official consumer inflation numbers to account jun 12 8 1 see all japan economy watch mostly about japan but also international trade and us economic policy subscribe recommendations paul cavey paul cavey observing japan tobias harris beacon reports richard solomon power japan walter james japan economy watch subscribe about archive recommendations sitemap 2026 richard katz privacy terms collection notice start your substack get the app substack is the home for great culture this site requires javascript to run correctly please turn on javascript or unblock scripts