NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW Tokyo offered nothing more than it had three years ago William Pesek SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 03:00 JST Donald Trump may be famous — among other things — for his book “The Art of the Deal.” But last week Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe schooled the obsessively transactional U.S. president on how a
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The Washington Post By William Pesek September 19, 2019 William Pesek is a Tokyo-based writer and author of “Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan’s Lost Decades.” On Monday, President Trump announced that the United States and Japan reached an initial trade deal. But don’t be fooled. As geopolitical bets go, the one that Japanese Prime Minister
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FORBES William Pesek As Japan’s economy mulls ways to boost a flagging economy, no policy lever holds more promise than empowering women. In rabidly patriarchal Tokyo, no hint of progress is too small to celebrate as a touchstone moment for equality. This explains why the Twittersphere got so excited this week about Japan Airlines finally
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FORBES William Pesek It’s become a cliché to point out that stock market rallies rarely reflect events in the real economy. Sometimes, though, surging valuations can be a contrarian indicator. Take Manila, where the Philippine Stock Exchange is on a tear. The market slumped in 2018 to become one of the globe’s worst performers. The 13% drop
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