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But from what I’ve learned and read and told through schooling (doing business in the Pacific Rim!), and hearsay from the friends that have been there, this account seems pretty accurate.

More pictures through this blogger if you’re interested in more of a visual depiction

But from what I’ve learned and read and told through schooling (doing business in the Pacific Rim!), and hearsay from the friends that have been there, this account seems pretty accurate.

More pictures through this blogger if you’re interested in more of a visual depiction

Coming back to Japan – I wonder, I mean, the automation there is fantastic – never been, only heard from people who traveled there, though would love to visit. If you have been, would be great to hear about it.

I’ll take a look at your post as well.

Coming back to Japan – I wonder, I mean, the automation there is fantastic – never been, only heard from people who traveled there, though would love to visit. If you have been, would be great to hear about it.

I’ll take a look at your post as well.

Interesting choices they make, no? I always wonder what it is that Japanese leadership knows about their fellow citizens and culture that the rest of the world doesn’t. Because it just doesn’t make any sense to me.

As mentioned in my Why Europe Refuses to Bend article, Germany, and the rest of continental Europe has steadfastly refused to to provide the kind of debt-supported stimulus that Japan and the US have committed themselves to. One of the reasons they cited was demographics. With such an aging population, who’s gonna pay for it?

So back to Japan. Shrinking population, stubborn refusal to absorb more immigrants. Is this why they are so committed to robotics technology, you think? I think it might have something to do with it.

Interesting choices they make, no? I always wonder what it is that Japanese leadership knows about their fellow citizens and culture that the rest of the world doesn’t. Because it just doesn’t make any sense to me.

As mentioned in my Why Europe Refuses to Bend article, Germany, and the rest of continental Europe has steadfastly refused to to provide the kind of debt-supported stimulus that Japan and the US have committed themselves to. One of the reasons they cited was demographics. With such an aging population, who’s gonna pay for it?

So back to Japan. Shrinking population, stubborn refusal to absorb more immigrants. Is this why they are so committed to robotics technology, you think? I think it might have something to do with it.

Japan has also suffered, along with most of East Asia, because of exports. None of the Eastern economies – Japan included – really consume. The savings rate is uncommonly high and has remained so with Japanese rates being near 0 since as long as one can remember. Yet consumption is weak and so the economy will remain weak given that its biggest export market has rediscovered the joys of saving.

Add to that, (and the article does mention this) that the demographics are so skewed in Japan towards the older generation – there simply aren’t that many young people in Japan.

It makes you think that why haven’t the Japanese provided more of a fiscal stimulus – maybe, it also has to do, like you mentioned, the inherent culture that Japan has had a hard time letting go of. It might also be difficult for independent entrepreneurship to survive given the above factors, combined with the keiretsu.

Japan has also suffered, along with most of East Asia, because of exports. None of the Eastern economies – Japan included – really consume. The savings rate is uncommonly high and has remained so with Japanese rates being near 0 since as long as one can remember. Yet consumption is weak and so the economy will remain weak given that its biggest export market has rediscovered the joys of saving.

Add to that, (and the article does mention this) that the demographics are so skewed in Japan towards the older generation – there simply aren’t that many young people in Japan.

It makes you think that why haven’t the Japanese provided more of a fiscal stimulus – maybe, it also has to do, like you mentioned, the inherent culture that Japan has had a hard time letting go of. It might also be difficult for independent entrepreneurship to survive given the above factors, combined with the keiretsu.

No doubt, traditional cultures all around the world are becoming just a tad bit more diluted and blawh everyday. Yet I think the Japanese has managed to hang on to their culture better than most. Perhaps a bit too well …

Thanks for dropping by, appreciate the comment.