THE WASHINGTON POST Opinion by William Pesek September 8, 2021 at 11:33 a.m. William Pesek is a Tokyo-based writer and author of “Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan’s Lost Decades.” Over the past decade, Japan has tried a variety of strategies to restore its economic relevance. It spent trillions of dollars jolting growth. It devalued
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Trailblazing cabinet minister Seiko Noda has hinted that she might run William Pesek NIKKEI ASIA William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of “Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan’s Lost Decades.” There is a favorite anecdote I share when describing the dismal state of Japan’s gender dynamics. It involves Sheryl Sandberg,
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The Washington Post By William Pesek Jan. 2, 2020 The news that former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn has arrived in Lebanon after fleeing house arrest in Tokyo jolted the international business community and the Japanese public. Ghosn’s great escape has left the Japanese authorities befuddled. They have been forced to admit that they have no record of
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NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW In power for nearly 2,886 days, he has not kick-started Japan’s economy William Pesek Shinzo Abe, center, is applauded by his party members after being elected as Prime Minister on Dec. 26, 2012: nearly seven years on, Japan is coming up short. © Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images In December 2012, Shinzo Abe surprised Japan’s political
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