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SUMMARY: TPP and Japanese Economic Revitalization
DESCRIPTION: Facing two decades of deflation and a declining and aging popu
 lation\, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government has implemented “Abenomics”
 \, comprised of three arrows: aggressive monetary policy\, expansionary fis
 cal policy and an economic growth strategy. The first and second arrows are
  matters of political will and already implemented. The third (economic gro
 wth) arrow should eventually come from […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>Facing two decades of deflation and a decl
 ining and aging population\, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government has imp
 lemented “Abenomics”\, comprised of three arrows: aggressive monetary polic
 y\, expansionary fiscal policy and an economic growth strategy. The first a
 nd second arrows are matters of political will and already implemented. The
  third (economic growth) arrow should eventually come from business activit
 ies. Trade liberalization\, including TPP and structural reforms are necess
 ary\, but these may not be sufficient. The efforts of and performance by co
 mpanies and employees to strengthen their competitiveness through innovatio
 n and entrepreneurship are crucially important. In the long run\, education
  is crucial\; but in the short run\, psychological reforms may be warranted
 . Through the long deflationary period\, Japanese people may have tended to
  be short sighted\, inward-looking and conservative. We may need psychologi
 cal reforms to promote long sightedness\, an external focus and more risk t
 aking. TPP and more global competition can be a new “healthy” <i>gaiatsu</i
 >\, or foreign pressure\, for Japan to carry out structural and (possibly) 
 psychological reforms.</p><p><strong>Sponsor: </strong>Centre for Japanese 
 Research<strong><br />By:</strong> Atsushi Yamakoshi<br /><strong>Type:</st
 rong> Discussion</p><p><a href="https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/up
 loads/sites/5/2016/05/Yamakoshi-5-30-16.pdf">See full event poster</a></p>
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