Social Sciences
- Abe's Election: Dialogue With Cucek & Toshikawa
After the Election ? What Happens Next? His opponents say "Abenomics" is dead. Will Abe's gamble pay off? Monday, December 08, 201412:30 - 2:30pm Foreigen Correspondents Club of JapanTokyo, Japan Michael Thomas CucekAdjunct Fellow,...
- Abenomics In Deep Trouble
Policymakers need to realize the clock is ticking by Dr. William H. Overholt, APP Board member and president of Fung Global Institute, a Hong Kong-based research center. Opinions expressed here are his own and have not been reviewed by his employer....
- Zombienomics By Abenomics
Zombie Abenomics Japan's Missing Economic Revival By Richard Katz, APP member and editor of The Oriental Economist Foreign Affairs, November 20, 2014 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe?s economic revival is hardly going as planned....
- Not So Stuffy Japanese Bureaucrats
Kanagawa Governor Yuji Kuroiwa?s cameo in a music video of ?Fall-in-Love Fortune Cookie,? by J-pop?s most popular girl group AKB48 has been viewed by 2.4 million people since it was launched in October. The Wall Street Journal's Japan RealTime...
- Abe In The Tank
Americans snickered this week at the viral photo of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a tank wearing a helmut. It recalled a similar image of failed presidential candidate Michael Dukakis. Above is the full event of Abe boarding and then disembarking...
Social Sciences
Abenomics Explained
The catchy, clever phrase "Abenomics" is being marketed hard by the Abe team. The new Japanese Administration is trying to position its economic policy as something new and distintive; as more of a catch phrase than a fragile complex of monetary maneuvers. They want it to be a "movement" where the voters feel invested in Abe's success in handling the economy.
Thus, it is no surprise that the economic program is being boiled down for the masses through various popular culture mediums. The new J-pop, girl band Machikado keiki Japan [?Street Corner Conditions JAPAN?] is a prominent part of this trend. The girls raise and lower their skirts along with the stock market--the objective appears to be underwear.
They have just released their first single Abeno?MIX where they literally sign the praises of Abenomics. The music video is above. You can follow the girls at their website that has the links to their Facebook and Twitter.
These new pop idols are another brainchild of the Alice Project. One needs to ask now what are the politics of the owners of the Alice Project.
Thus, it is no surprise that the economic program is being boiled down for the masses through various popular culture mediums. The new J-pop, girl band Machikado keiki Japan [?Street Corner Conditions JAPAN?] is a prominent part of this trend. The girls raise and lower their skirts along with the stock market--the objective appears to be underwear.
They have just released their first single Abeno?MIX where they literally sign the praises of Abenomics. The music video is above. You can follow the girls at their website that has the links to their Facebook and Twitter.
These new pop idols are another brainchild of the Alice Project. One needs to ask now what are the politics of the owners of the Alice Project.
- Abe's Election: Dialogue With Cucek & Toshikawa
After the Election ? What Happens Next? His opponents say "Abenomics" is dead. Will Abe's gamble pay off? Monday, December 08, 201412:30 - 2:30pm Foreigen Correspondents Club of JapanTokyo, Japan Michael Thomas CucekAdjunct Fellow,...
- Abenomics In Deep Trouble
Policymakers need to realize the clock is ticking by Dr. William H. Overholt, APP Board member and president of Fung Global Institute, a Hong Kong-based research center. Opinions expressed here are his own and have not been reviewed by his employer....
- Zombienomics By Abenomics
Zombie Abenomics Japan's Missing Economic Revival By Richard Katz, APP member and editor of The Oriental Economist Foreign Affairs, November 20, 2014 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe?s economic revival is hardly going as planned....
- Not So Stuffy Japanese Bureaucrats
Kanagawa Governor Yuji Kuroiwa?s cameo in a music video of ?Fall-in-Love Fortune Cookie,? by J-pop?s most popular girl group AKB48 has been viewed by 2.4 million people since it was launched in October. The Wall Street Journal's Japan RealTime...
- Abe In The Tank
Americans snickered this week at the viral photo of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a tank wearing a helmut. It recalled a similar image of failed presidential candidate Michael Dukakis. Above is the full event of Abe boarding and then disembarking...