On December 29, 1989, Japan's Nikkei 225 reached an all-time high, marking the peak of Japan's economic miracle. But instead of continuing to grow, the Nikkei fell dramatically, eventually plummeting ...

Noriko Hagiwara loves her six-inch platform boots. She shops at pricey downtown boutiques named Egoist and Galsville. She tints her hair.Time to play? She's got plenty. The 17-year-old hangs out in ...

Strangely enough, the literature on “state capacity” – including that on industrial policy and on the entrepreneurial state – says very little about the people who staff the higher ranks of the state.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's economy shrank for the first time in a year and at a faster pace than expected, data for the March quarter showed on Friday, underscoring the fragile nature of its recovery ...

A country’s economic decline is not always obvious. In the 1980s, numerous American and European commentators hailed Japan as the world’s economic future. Japan’s subsequent slump into its “lost ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. At least on Japan, Warren Buffett’s investment strategy seems ...

The Japan University of Economics (JUE), which is part of the renowned Tsuzuki Education Group, was established in 1968 as a college specializing in economics and offers a broad range of courses. A ...

SEQUELS rarely live up to the original. So said Japanese who warned that the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Japan’s second city, might be a miserable failure. Cynics spied a bad cover version of an ...