Photovoltaics: One bright idea
While at the Swiss patent office in Bern in the summer of 1905, Albert Einstein wrote several transformative papers....
Category: Economy & Finance
The Oriental Economist’s Richard Katz explains why Japan is not Greece
Many economists believe that Japan will become a net debtor nation. Analysts differ about when. Earlier this year we...
Japan’s economic integration with China
The economies of Japan and China are integrating. This started with Japan supplying China’s demand for heavy industrial goods...
Unleashing value from Japanese companies
Since the bubble burst in the early 1990s the value of Japanese stocks have on average reduced by a...
Investing in Japanese real estate
The Nikkei Weekly recently reported that foreign investors since last year have been buying up Japan’s real estate. Driving...
Japan’s M&A under the microscope
Bruce Pomer is Managing Partner of WESTGATE ADVISORY and an investment banker working in Tokyo. With his vision into...
When will Japan become a net debtor nation?
The expert’s estimates of when Japan will transition from being a net creditor into a net deficit nation vary...
Japan’s future in Asian hands
Jesper Koll is Managing Director and Head of Japanese Equity Research at JPMorgan Securities Japan. He is convinced Japan...
Lost in translation
Update of 20 Dec 2014: Some information in this post may now be outdated! Banks routinely gouge their customers...
A yen bug in search of a windshield
Reuters recently reported that Mitsubishi UFJ Financial has drawn up contingency plans to rid itself of long-term Japanese Government...