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
- 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






