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Kumiharu Shigehara
For Kumiharu Shigehara's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 28, 2019
Japan's war crimes, colonialism and apologies
Both Japan and South Korea must aim for objectivity and impartiality in their grasp of their history.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 26, 2015
Economic challenges ahead
The Abe administration should be taking a much more aggressive approach to getting the economy on a growth track.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2014
How to run the euro area
To manage the eurozone, a multifaceted approach is required to prevent a vicious circle of public- and private-sector deleveraging leading to weaker economic activity that in turn results in a further deterioration in banks' asset quality.
COMMENTARY
Oct 24, 2013
Chances of eurozone reform
How will Europeans strengthen motivations for generally unpopular economic structural reform in debtor eurozone countries, given the political constraints in democratic societies?
COMMENTARY / World
May 23, 2011
For more effective multilateral surveillance
As the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development celebrates its 50th anniversary, one of its biggest challenges is to adapt its frameworks for surveillance to the new reality of the global economy.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2009
Central banks 'experimenting' to counter deflationary pressure
Second of two parts
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2009
Japan's 'demand management' and yen rate in the global crisis
First of two parts
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 10, 2008
Managing the international economic crisis
"After the Storm?" was the main title of the editorial of Economic Outlook 83 published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris last May. Developments since then have been such that it would have been a disaster for OECD forecasters if the question mark had not been placed at the end of the title.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 12, 2001
Is the world prepared to deal with the global economic downturn?
Economic policymakers must stand ready to take timely and decisive actions when incoming information suggests that the economy is most likely to significantly deviate from the targeted course for a sustained period. And in the uncertain world in which we live, they have to deal with both upside and downside risks to the economy. In the current setting, downside risks are far greater than upside risks.

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High-end tourism is becoming more about the kinds of experiences that Japan's lesser-known places can provide.
Can Japan lure the jet-set class off the beaten path?