J- Links of Interest

Week 38 - 2022

Articles

The yen is bound to turn the tables on the dollar (Peter Tasker)

This Man Loves Japan. His Name Is Tommy Lee Jones. (yahoo.com)

Shinzo Abe’s Assassin and Japan’s Complicated Spirituality | The New Yorker

How centuries of self-isolation turned Japan into one of the most sustainable societies on Earth (phys.org)

In Japan, start-up culture is starting to emerge (acs.org)

How Haku® Vodka Celebrates Japanese Ingenuity | VinePair

Why Japan is building smart cities from scratch (nature.com)

1992 law leads to lonely, mundane twilight years of yakuza boss | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

Supply Chains Aren’t Broken, at Least Not in Asia - Bloomberg

Tourism and foreign labour a ray of hope for Japan’s economy (eastasiaforum.org)

The Design History of Tokyo's Public Housing - Bloomberg

The Japanese consumer is about to get whacked | by Norbert Gehrke | Tokyo FinTech | Sep, 2022 | Medium

How the Moonies took over Japan - UnHerd

Analysis

Abe Shinzo's quest for a tier-one nation Japan (substack.com)

Abe Left Japan’s Economy Worse Than He Found It (substack.com)

What are the world's most complex economies? | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)

[Stock-Analysis] HAMAKYOREX: A Robotics-Focused Shipping Company with a P/E of 8! (konichivalue.com)

Japan: An Empire Reawakened? | Geopolitical Monitor

Weak yen most 'textbook-driven currency move' in 30 years: Monex Group (cnbc.com)

Videos/ Podcasts

Business Success Japan: Anne Hooghart on High- and Low-Context Cultures on Apple Podcasts

Watch Value Investing in Japan Has Merits, Eastspring Says - Bloomberg