Has Japan Really Escaped the 'Lost Decades'?

17/07/2024 20 min
Has Japan Really Escaped the 'Lost Decades'?

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Episode Synopsis

Global investors are piling into Japan, betting the economy has finally broken out of its economic stagnation. How will the return of inflation transform the country’s economy and is it sustainable? Can Japan's efforts to improve its corporate governance meet high investor expectations? And what are the key industries investors should watch out for? Taro Kimura, Senior Japan Economist and former Bank of Japan veteran, and Takeshi Kitaura, Senior Industrials Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, join John Lee on the Asia Centric podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.