August 2023: Best Content on Japan
Softbank scoops, secret prefectures, BEENOS insights, bubbles burst, and Tokyo tales. Dive into the most interesting content on Japan this August!
This August, I’m taking you on a whirlwind journey through Japan, from Softbank’s latest controversies to the serene charm of its lesser-known prefectures. Dive deep into e-commerce with BEENOS Corp, reflect on economic bubbles with China and Japan, and spotlight the pressing gender inequality debate.
For Videos, debunk the "Wacky Japan" media myth, experience samurai life in Edo, and gaze into Tokyo’s future skyline. And because I can't resist—hop aboard the world's cleanest subway! 🚄🗾
Reads
When , my preferred source for climate related news, releases an article about Japan, and perhaps Japan’s most talked about company, Softbank, you know it’s a must read:
The Asahi Shimbun: Japan, China must ease anger over Fukushima water release.
- writes a wonderful little list on why you should visit one of Japan’s least visited prefectures:
gives us an extensive 3Q, 2023 analysis of BEENOS Corporation, a Tokyo-based global e-commerce giant with diverse subsidiaries, pioneering in online and mobile commerce since 1999:
My take on how the present Chinese real-estate collapse looks an awful lot like the Japanese bubble-burst in the 90s:
Will China Be the Next Japan?
The haunting specter of Japan's "Lost Decade" – that prolonged period of economic stagnation the country faced in the 1990s – is being invoked again, but this time, with its gaze set squarely on Beijing. With China's housing crisis gaining momentum, there is an increasing alarm that the world's second-largest economy might be on the precipice of its own…
Gender inequality:
Gender inequality has been a hot topic in Japan this month, and here are two articles highlighting the issue:
East Asia Forum: Closing the gender gap in corporate Japan.
My article on how possible ways Japan can adress its insane gender inequality:
Japan Has the Worst Equality in the Developed World: How to Fix It!
Japan, a nation admired for its technological advancement and cultural depth, finds itself mired in a worrying statistic: It ranks below Saudi Arabia in gender equality. How did such an advanced country get to this point? And more importantly, how can this alarming trend be reversed?
Videos
Bonus video (because I’m such an avid fan of Tokyo’s metro):