1.0Steven Bleisteinhttps://stevenbleistein.net/jacd20sbrelansa22https://stevenbleistein.net/ja/author/cd20sbrelansa22/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="TQ4Jlxe2et"><a href="https://stevenbleistein.net/ja/2013/08/abenomics-and-honne-tatemae/">[:en]Abenomics and the ‘Honne’ and ‘Tatemae’ of Growth and Change[:ja]アベノミクスと成長・変化にまつわる本音と建前[:]</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://stevenbleistein.net/ja/2013/08/abenomics-and-honne-tatemae/embed/#?secret=TQ4Jlxe2et" width="600" height="338" title="“[:en]Abenomics and the ‘Honne’ and ‘Tatemae’ of Growth and Change[:ja]アベノミクスと成長・変化にまつわる本音と建前[:]” — Steven Bleistein" data-secret="TQ4Jlxe2et" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://stevenbleistein.net/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>[:en]The recent Upper House elections resulted in a resounding victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, and is ostensibly a mandate of support for Abenomics. The question remains whether Prime Minister Abe will use this political capital to implement the real change that Japan so desperately needs. So far what we have seen is a recycling of what made Japan, Inc. successful in the past–a low Japanese yen to help spur exports and government spending to support the domestic economy. However, Abe seems reluctant to take on real reform to support economic growth that would require uncomfortable changes in attitude and practices. Such reforms include liberalizing the agricultural sector, bringing more […]