E-Journal
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January/February 2026 Issue |
Enhancing Japan’s Growth Potential with the Service Sector as the Driving Force |
- Publisher's Note
- Can Japan’s service industry guide the world?
- By Masakazu Toyoda
- Exclusive Interview No.12
- Chancellor, Showa Women’s University
Mariko Bando
Empowering Women Through University Education in Japan
- By Naoyuki Haraoka
- Cover Lead
- Enhancing Japan’s Growth Potential with the Service Sector as the Driving Force
- By Naoyuki Haraoka
- Cover Story 1
- Roundtable on “Aiming for a Service Industry that Leads Japan & the World” (Nov. 18, 2025)
- By Japan SPOTLIGHT
- Cover Story 2
- Japanese Sogo-Shosha & Their New Frontiers
- By Shunichi Enomoto
- Cover Story 3
- Interview with Jim Davidson, Managing Principal, Eldar Capital
Global Fund Analyzes Japanese Firms – a Perspective from the Heartland of America
- By Japan SPOTLIGHT
- Cover Story 4
- Interview with Shigeto Nagai, Head of Japan Economics, Oxford Economics
Japan’s Economy to Transition from Temporary Stagnation to Path of Moderate Growth in 2026 - By Japan SPOTLIGHT
- Cover Story 5
- What Is the Primary Cause of Inflation? – Signs of “Fiscal Inflation” Lurking in the Background
- By Kazumasa Oguro
- Cover Story 6
- Japan’s Growth Strategy, with an Emphasis on Distribution
- By Naoyuki Haraoka
- Special Article
- Balancing Act: 40 Years on from the Plaza Accord
- By Raf Manji
- Special Interview 1
- Interview with Ryoichi Hiraki, Japan Representative, HAO PHAT KOP
Revitalizing Japan’s Economy Through a Circular Flow of Foreign Talent & Industry with the Global South - By Japan SPOTLIGHT
- Special Interview 2
- Interview with Dr. Aw Wan Ping, Co-Founder, TokudAw Inc.
Recommended Wellness Tours to Japan (Interviewed on Nov. 12, 2025) - By Japan SPOTLIGHT
- Special Interview 3
- Interview with Makiko Nishikawa, Director, Moi Creation, Co. Ltd.
As Long as There Are Public Schools, There’ll Always Be an England - By Japan SPOTLIGHT
- Culture 1
- Cats & Japan
- By Mohan Gopal
- Culture 2
- Concept Store Touhenboku: a New Model of Business
- By Mukesh Williams
- Economic Indicators for Japan
- Considering the “100 Million Yen Wall”
- By Nobuo Iizuka
【Next Issue】 Our next issue in March/April 2026 will focus on the theme the “Global Economy to Be Driven by the Global South – Opportunities and Challenges”. In the perceived midst of declining US leadership, the Global South is becoming the most important player in the world. Japan’s relations with the region could be one of the keys to the global economy’s performance. The next issue will be published on our website on March 10, 2026.
