E-Journal

November/December 2013 Issue

November/December 2013 Issue

Abenomics' Impact on the Global Economy

Publisher's Note
Leadership & the Limits of Government
By Kazumasa Kusaka
Cover Story • Abenomics' Impact on the Global Economy • Cover Lead
COVER STORY • Abenomics' Impact on the Global Economy
By Naoyuki Haraoka (Editor-in-chief, Japan SPOTLIGHT & executive managing director, JEF)
Cover Story • Abenomics' Impact on the Global Economy • 1-1
1-1. Abenomics, the Japanese Economy & the Value of the Yen
By Koji Sakuma (general manager and chief economist, the Institute for International Monetary Affairs)
Cover Story • Abenomics' Impact on the Global Economy • 1-2
1-2. The Medium-Term Outlook for the Dollar/Yen Exchange Rate
By Kengo Suzuki (chief forex strategist, Mizuho Securities Co.)
Cover Story • Abenomics' Impact on the Global Economy • 2
2. Generating Growth in the Japanese Economy by Attracting Overseas Investors in Cheap-Yen Environment
By Kazumasa Oguro (associate professor, Hosei University)
Cover Story • Abenomics' Impact on the Global Economy • 3-1
3-1. How Will China Change Its Development Model?
By Long Ke (senior fellow, the Fujitsu Research Institute)
Cover Story • Abenomics' Impact on the Global Economy • 3-2
3-2. The Yen's Depreciation & Its Impact on Trade in Asia & Japan
By Hank Lim (senior research fellow, the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA)
Cover Story • Abenomics' Impact on the Global Economy • 3-3
3-3. The Impact of "Abenomics" on Emerging Markets in East Asia
By Josef T. Yap (former president of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies)
Special Article • 1
Revamping Japan's Labor Market – Options for Reducing Duality
By Giovanni Ganelli (senior economist, the IMF's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP) based in Tokyo)
Special Article • 2
They’re Back — Tokyo's Hotels Ride the Wave of a Turnaround
By Richard P. Greenfield (journalist, editor and consultant living in Japan)
Special Article • 3
How Tariffs Can Be Reduced by Utilizing ACFTA & AFTA
By Toshiki Takahashi (chief economist, the Institute for International Trade and Investment)
ECONOMIC FOCUS
Humankind Needs Long-term Thinking to Achieve Better Quality of Life (Thoughts Following a Talk with Dr. Jorgen Randers)
By Naoyuki Haraoka (Editor-in-chief, Japan SPOTLIGHT & executive managing director, JEF)
Recent JEF Activity • 1
Europe & Japan Share Agenda for Growth
By Mayumi Inoue (member of the international programs section, JEF)
Recent JEF Activity • 2
Global Governance: A Wide Range of Issues for Discussion
By Serina Adachi (member of the Japan SPOTLIGHT editorial staff)
Book Review
Money: The Unauthorised Biography Felix Martin
By Richard P. Greenfield (journalist, editor and consultant living in Japan)
Culture
Motivating & Fostering Future Global Communicators in Japan
By Sadaaki Numata (chairman, the English-Speaking Union of Japan)

Japan SPOTLIGHT