Archivo etiqueta «Japón»
El decenio perdido de Japón (1992-2003): ¿qué enseñanzas para la crisis actual? Por Pablo Bustelo, investigador principal de Asia-Pacífico del Real Instituto Elcano y profesor titular de Economía Aplicada en la Universidad Complutense (REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO, 01/04/09):
Tema: Puesto que, pese a algunas diferencias, existen similitudes llamativas entre la larga crisis japonesa de 1992-2003 y la situación presente, ¿qué enseñanzas cabe extraer de la experiencia de Japón durante esos años para el análisis y el tratamiento de la crisis actual en las economías avanzadas?
Resumen: Este análisis estudia brevemente, en primer lugar, el llamado decenio perdido en Japón (1992-2003). … Seguir leyendo
By Masaru Tamamoto, a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 02/03/09):
Recent events mark Japan’s return to the world’s stage, or at least so it seems. Tokyo was Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s inaugural overseas destination. Last week, Prime Minister Taro Aso was the first foreign leader to visit the Obama White House. All this suggests that Washington sees Japan, the world’s second-largest economy, as a powerful nation. If only we saw ourselves the same way.
The truth is, Japan is a mess. Mr. Aso’s approval rate recently hit 11 percent, and his ruling … Seguir leyendo
By Bill Emmott, author of Rivals – How the Power Struggle between China, India and Japan will Shape our Next Decade (THE GUARDIAN, 20/02/09):
In n the race to report the worst economic contraction among rich countries this year, Britain is being run close by another island nation: Japan, the world’s second biggest economy. Japan is, however, winning the contest for the country with the most shambolic politics – this week its finance minister, Shoichi Nakagawa, resigned after turning up drunk to a press conference after the G7 summit in Rome last weekend. Nevertheless, Japan stands a good … Seguir leyendo
Por Robert J. Samuelson, analista económico y columnista de The Washington Post (EL MUNDO, 18/02/09):
Defendemos nuestros argumentos mediante analogías. El presidente de EEUU, Barack Obama, afirma que la historia de Japón ilustra la necesidad de su paquete de estímulo económico. Muy al contrario -afirman muchos dirigentes republicanos-, Japón es un claro ejemplo de que los planes de estímulo no funcionan. Hasta cierto punto, todos están en lo cierto. Pero los posibles paralelismos entre la experiencia de Japón y la de EEUU plantean la duda de si también los estadounidenses nos podríamos enfrentar a una década perdida.
¿Qué le … Seguir leyendo
By John Pilger (THE GUARDIAN, 06/08/08):
When I first went to Hiroshima in 1967, the shadow on the steps was still there. It was an almost perfect impression of a human being at ease: legs splayed, back bent, one hand by her side as she sat waiting for a bank to open. At a quarter past eight on the morning of August 6, 1945, she and her silhouette were burned into the granite. I stared at the shadow for an hour or more, then walked down to the river and met a man called Yukio, whose chest was still etched … Seguir leyendo
By Mindy Kotler, the director of Asia Policy Point, a research center that studies Asian regional security (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 26/05/08):
Lester Tenney, an 87-year-old veteran of World War II, plans to travel to Japan today to seek a meeting with the prime minister and an apology for the hardship and misery he and other American prisoners of war endured in that country. For a variety of reasons, beginning with the State Department’s stance on the issue, it is an apology that he is unlikely to receive.
In the fall of 1940, Mr. Tenney enlisted in the 192nd … Seguir leyendo
Por Joseph S. Nye, ex secretario adjunto de Defensa de EE UU y catedrático en la Universidad de Harvard. © Project Syndicate, 2008. Traducción de María Luisa Rodríguez Tapia (EL PAÍS, 16/05/08):
Muchos analistas perciben hoy en Japón cierto malestar a propósito de su alianza con Estados Unidos. En parte tiene que ver con las armas nucleares de Corea del Norte y la preocupación de que Estados Unidos no represente suficientemente los intereses de Japón (como ocurrió, por ejemplo, con la responsabilidad por los ciudadanos japoneses secuestrados por Corea hace años). Otras cuestiones están relacionadas con los marines estadounidenses estacionados … Seguir leyendo
Por Pablo Bustelo (REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO, 25/03/08):
Además de China, en Asia nororiental hay otros grandes consumidores de energía: Japón y Corea del Sur. Esas economías, que pertenecen a la OCDE, son altamente dependientes de las importaciones (que suponen más del 80% del consumo interno en los dos casos), especialmente de petróleo y gas natural, y su seguridad energética se ha visto sujeta a importantes amenazas en los últimos años. Este documento de trabajo aborda brevemente la situación y las previsiones energéticas de los dos países. Analiza seguidamente las respuestas estratégicas de Tokio y Seúl ante el deterioro (percibido o real) de su seguridad energética, destacando los puntos fuertes y las debilidades de cada enfoque. Finalmente, el trabajo enumera algunas de las enseñanzas que otros países muy dependientes de las importaciones de energía pueden extraer de la experiencia de Japón y Corea del Sur.
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By Paul Watson. Captain Paul Watson is founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (THE GUARDIAN, 23/01/08):
Shiver me timbers, boys and girls, we is awash in a sea of pirates down here in the Southern Ocean and it’s time for a parley to do a little ‘splaining on the subject. This ocean now rivals the 17th century Caribbean for reported acts of piracy. The only thing lacking is the Sea Shepherd member Orlando Bloom.Japanese whalers are accusing the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Greenpeace crew members of being pirates. Sea Shepherd and Greenpeace are accusing the whalers of … Seguir leyendo
By Peter Singer, a professor of bioethics at Princeton University and the author of Animal Liberation and, with Jim Mason, The Ethics of What We Eat (THE GUARDIAN, 19/01/08):
The change in public opinion about whaling has been dramatic. Thirty years ago Australian vessels would hunt sperm whales with the government’s blessing – but just two days ago an Australian customs ship, in Antarctic waters to video Japanese whaling activities, played a key role in winning the freedom of two anti-whaling activists. The hostage crisis began when they boarded a Japanese harpoon boat on Tuesday. Because Paul Watson, the … Seguir leyendo
By Ben Macintyre (THE TIMES, 23/11/07):
Only the Japanese truly know how to create a meal to die for. I know this, having once diced with the Sushi of Death, also known as Japanese pufferfish, or fugu. I was living in New York in 1985 when the US Food and Drug Administration relaxed its rules to allow the import of pufferfish for the first time. A particularly sadistic foreign editor thought it would be amusing to make me go and eat it, and see if I survived.
This ugly, spiny, inflatable fish is one of the world’s great delicacies: Japanese … Seguir leyendo
By Joichi Ito, the chief executive of a venture capital firm and chairman of Creative Commons, a nonprofit group that develops flexible copyright arrangements (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 18/09/07):
Shinzo Abe, who stepped down as prime minister last week, is what we call in Japan an “obocchan.” An obocchan is a type of well-to-do, slightly spoiled child of a powerful family. Mr. Abe may have been an obocchan but, wanting to be liked by everyone, he made efforts to address the concerns of the working class. Yet despite his efforts, most Japanese felt that he was unaware of working-class … Seguir leyendo
By Richard Lloyd Parry, Asia editor of The Times (THE TIMES, 13/09/07):
The abrupt departure of a prime minister would be high drama in any country, but in Japan, where politics generally moves at a predictable pace, the fall of Shinzo Abe was a sensation.
The range of possibilities it opens is thrillingly and alarmingly broad. By winter Mr Abe’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party could be under a more assured leader – most likely the lordly, nationalistic former Foreign Minister Taro Aso. It might be governing in some kind of coalition with its opponent, the Democratic Party of Japan … Seguir leyendo
By Herbert London, president of Hudson Institute (THE WASHINGTON POST, 05/09/07):
The recent upper-house elections in Japan served as a wakeup call for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. His party, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), lost its upper-house majority for the first time since its establishment in 1955, making Abe vulnerable to political opponents who may seek to block important legislation and pressure him to call early lower-house elections.
Abe rode to power almost a year ago — in September 2006, propelled by his pledge to continue the reformist policies of popular former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. But it … Seguir leyendo
By Simon Tisdall (THE GUARDIAN, 26/07/07):
Shinzo Abe‘s rapid fall from grace reflects a modern democratic phenomenon – the accelerating pace at which initially enthusiastic voters become impatient and disillusioned with new leaders. Angela Merkel in Germany is following a similar if less dramatic trajectory. Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy may travel the same road. Tony Blair had six years before things really began to go pear-shaped. Japan’s prime minister had little more than six months.
Mr Abe’s public approval ratings plunged from nearly 70% last September, when he was appointed by the ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP), to … Seguir leyendo