Japan’s economy often gets a bad rap from economics commentators. The usual narrative is that Japan suffers from economic stagnation, deflation, enormous government debt, weak entrepreneurship, an aging population, low birth rates, dying regions, male-dominated society and more. And, the country’s products that once filled our living rooms and kitchens have been replaced by new versions from companies like Korea’s Samsung and China’s Haier.
There is, of course, truth in these claims. But while we were not looking, the Japanese economy has been quietly reinventing itself, as Ulrike Schaede has documented in her recent book.
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