{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Steven Bleistein","provider_url":"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/ja","author_name":"cd20sbrelansa22","author_url":"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/ja\/author\/cd20sbrelansa22\/","title":"Reading the News Is Not a Strategy - Steven Bleistein","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"U79QCiv8OV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/ja\/podcast\/reading-the-news-is-not-a-strategy\/\">\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9\u3092\u8aad\u3080\u3053\u3068\u306f\u6226\u7565\u3067\u306f\u306a\u3044<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/ja\/podcast\/reading-the-news-is-not-a-strategy\/embed\/#?secret=U79QCiv8OV\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Reading the News Is Not a Strategy&#8221; &#8212; Steven Bleistein\" data-secret=\"U79QCiv8OV\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!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);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/growthzone-600x600-1.webp","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"description":"Japan&#8217;s government recently released its 2026 white paper on manufacturing industries. The headline finding: 60% of Japanese firms are now working on economic security measures, up from 40% the year before. That sounds like progress. It isn&#8217;t. Read the fine print. A large share of that 60% were merely collecting information on international affairs. In other words, they are reading the news and calling it strategy. This is not a small distinction. It is the difference between a company that will survive the next supply chain shock and one that will not. The shock is not coming. It is already here. Strategy failures are rarely the result of insufficient data. [&hellip;]"}