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BizCast Japan #17 released at Trans-Pacific Radio

BizCast Japan #17 has been released at Trans-Pacific Radio. This edition of the show covers Toyota, Sony and firms that seem set to do well in the recessionary environment, including Rakuten, Uniqlo, Tsutaya, Nintendo, and why Tokyo Disneyland’s recent record attendance figures will not hold up.

BizCast Japan #16 published at Trans-Pacific Radio

BizCast Japan #16 has been published over at Trans-Pacific Radio. This edition of the show is a look back at the top eight business stories of 2008 and includes a look at:

The growth of foreign labor in the Japanese workforce, the Children’s Investment Fund, successful retailers during the recession, the opening of the Fukutoshin subway line, the re-branding of Matsushita as Panasonic, the debacle over nominating a new governor to the Bank of Japan, the arrival of the iPhone, mass bankruptcies in the construction and real estate sectors, food safety and self-sufficiency rates, inflation and deflation, the workforce during the recession, the establishing of the Tourism Agency, Nomura, McDonald’s setting the all-time record for sales by a restaurant in Japan, Steel Partners, DoCoMo’s drop below 50% of market share, lawsuits over overtime pay and the state of the automotive industry.

Which stories made the top 8 of ‘08? You’ll have to listen to find out.

Tokyo Bloggers New Years Meetup

Observing Japan and Trans-Pacific Radio are hosting a get-together in Tokyo on January 17. Here is the info, copied from the post on the Trans-Pacific Radio site:

A gathering for bloggers and blog enthusiasts is being planned in Tokyo for the evening of January 17, and we would like to extend the invitation to any and all visitors who may wish to come. Bloggers from Observing Japan, Shisaku, Global Talk 21, Mutant Frog, neojaponisme, Coming Anarchy, Our Man in Abiko, Trans-Pacific Radio and more will be amongst the crowd.

All of us are hoping to meet with other bloggers and readers for an evening of food and drink. If you would like to attend, please send an email to transpacificradio@gmail.com before January 8th. Please let us know how many folks you would like to bring along with you. Although we have a place in mind for the get-together, we will wait to see what the final numbers are like before confirming. We expect that the gathering will be held in either Shibuya or Shinjuku. After we have confirmed the numbers and location, we will send you an email letting you know exactly where and when (probably about 6pm) we will be meeting up on the 17th.

We hope to see you all on the 17th of January!

New issue of Japan Inc out

The latest issue of Japan Inc is now out, and it includes my new regular column (Yes, the old shorter columns will disappear from the next issue). The first one is on Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate and how the government plans to boost it. I haven’t yet had time to read everything, but highlights of the issue include Tobias Harris’ piece on the US presidential election, Jesper Koll on the prospects of economic growth in Japan, and Anna Kitanaka’s look at the real estate industry in disarray.

AIG webcast with Chairman and CEO Edward M. Liddy

AIG has just informed us that they will be holding a webcast with Chairman and CEO Edward M. Liddy from 8:30am EDT, which is 9:30pm here in Japan on Friday night. The webcast can be viewed at www.aigwebcast.com and will be available as an archive at that site until Friday, October 24, 2008.

BizCast #15 published at Trans-Pacific Radio

Happy Monday! Just a quick announcement that BizCast Japan #15 has been published over at Trans-Pacific Radio.

I was also interviewed for a piece in this week’s Newsweek magazine on the potential impact that new Prime Minister Taro Aso might have on Japan’s economy.

Japan Economy News on Radio Australia

I was interviewed for a piece on Japanese agricultural policy on Radio Australia. Playlist and mp3s are available here - the interview is in the second half of the 29 August program.

Also appearing is Tobias Harris from the excellent Observing Japan.

BizCast Japan #14: The iPhone in Japan, Department Stores, Real Estate, the G8, Nissan, Shinsei and Consumer Sentiment

This is a quick note that BizCast Japan #14 has been released over at Trans-Pacific Radio. In this edition of the show, Albrecht Stahmer and I start with a follow-up on the state of Tokyo’s department store scene, and then move into a host of other topics.

BizCast Japan #13 released: department stores, Fukutoshin, Seven-Eleven, whale meat imports, real estate and the iPhone in Japan

This is just a quick announcement that BizCast Japan #13 has been released over at Trans-Pacific Radio. In this edition of the show, Albrecht Stahmer and I discuss department store renovations, the new Fukutoshin subway line, Seven-Eleven’s move into China, Japan’s first import of whale meat in 18 years, the real estate market in Tokyo and the iPhone.

You can listen and comment at Trans-Pacific Radio.

Read JEN’s Ken Worsley in Central Banking Quarterly

A quick announcement: Japan Economy News editor Ken Worsley’s most recent article has been published in the May edition of Central Banking Quarterly, a publication of Incisive Media in London.

The article deals with the fiasco surrounding the recent appointment of a new Bank of Japan Governor, and details how the shifting political scene in Japan has affected and will continue to affect the nexus where government and finance intersect. Although it may seem simple to consider the fight over the appointment of a new BOJ Governor to be a mere proxy war between the ruling and opposition camps, much more is brewing behind the scenes in Nagatacho and the ideal that the BOJ is independent of the government continues to be undercut.

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