Musings from a financial translator in Tokyo (and now London)
Posted in Japan on Apr 28th, 2008
This is a great blog – and I’m going to highlight easily the best post I’ve seen yet on Japan’s failure during the ‘lost decade’ and why the US is going to come out of the subprime debacle a whole lot better (and faster) than Japan after the bubble. Truth About Japan
The US has the Wall Street Journal, Europe has the Financial Times – and Japan has the Nikkei. I don’t know any other market so overwhelmingly dependent on one publication – the insider info level is off the charts. The WSJ and FT are both good reads – I personally tend to prefer the WSJ [...]
My MBH took me on an onsen trip near Izu-Inatori, in Shizuoka Prefecture for my birthday! 大きな地図で見る It was quite a train ride – the onsen is about an hour or so past Atami – but boy was it worth it. It was a huge room, with a private outdoor bath. The hotel itself was [...]
Posted in Life on Apr 20th, 2008
Turned 40 today. I sure don’t feel 40. In fact, I feel younger now than I did in my late 20s. My 30s were rather hectic. A lot happened, and honestly, I didn’t enjoy the early part of the decade. The latter half was better, and in fact it’s gotten progressively better. I’m actually looking [...]
From the Nikkei’s online version: Shirakawa: Japan’s Experience Can Help Resolve Financial Crisis WASHINGTON (Kyodo)–Masaaki Shirakawa, new Bank of Japan governor, said Thursday the country can help resolve the global financial turmoil with its experience of the 1990s banking crisis in Japan. Shirakawa, who is visiting Washington to attend a meeting of Group of Seven [...]
So…you want to ride a bicycle in Japan? I have to warn you – it’s slightly different from riding a bike back in the States. First, go out and buy a generic looking bike – you know, one that will look like every other bike in existence in Japan: Once you’ve got your new baby [...]