NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW OPINION After restoring its finances, the Japanese group must rediscover its lost spark William Pesek Longtime Sony watchers can debate when exactly one of Japan Inc.’s best turnaround stories began. April 1, 2014 is as good a guess as any. That was the day then-CEO Kazuo Hirai plucked Kenichiro Yoshida from relative
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POLITICO As a real estate mogul in the 1980s, Donald Trump railed against Japanese economics. Now, to counter China, he is fatefully emulating them. By WILLIAM PESEK May 23, 2018 Donald Trump’s plan to make the American economy great again is deceptively simple: wrestle jobs, market share and indeed the future back from China. But
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ASIA TIMES Tokyo has an embarrassment of riches on its hands. That could put its economy in Washington’s crosshairs By WILLIAM PESEK MAY 23, 2018 The 7.8% year-on-year jump in exports in April is a welcome sign that Japan’s second quarter started with a bit more vigor than the first. Asia’s No. 2 economy contracted 0.6% between January and
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NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW OPINION Abe must launch reforms after output drop, but will struggle to go ahead William Pesek May 17, 2018 Japan hit a snag with the 0.6% economic contraction in the first quarter. The question is whether it is just a hiccough or a troubling end to the best run of growth since
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