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PREDICTIONS

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 14, 2020
What won't happen in the world in 2020
The international situation may provide Tokyo with more challenges than opportunities this year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 10, 2018
How the world will look at mid-century
By 2050, the world will look very different than it does today.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 26, 2017
Earthquake forecasts are bogus
The government should acknowledge that science is unable to reliably prediect when earthquakes will strike or how big they will be when they do, and stop making alarming forecasts.
EDITORIALS
Sep 23, 2017
Folly of quake predictions
The government should not rely on planning, not predictions, when it comes to earthquake preparation.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 13, 2017
Why economists can't forecast worth a hoot
The gap between prediction and reality may be widening.
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2016
Octopus 'predicts' eight gold-medal haul for Japan at Rio Games
An octopus predicted Friday that Japan will win eight gold medals at the Rio Olympics.
EDITORIALS
Jul 7, 2016
Don't rely on quake predictions
The government should focus its efforts on minimizing the damage caused by quakes rather than squandering resources trying to predict them.
OLYMPICS
Feb 5, 2016
Japan will shine in Rio: analysts
With a stated goal for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics of third place on the medal table, Japan will need to make significant strides at this summer's Rio Games, and as the six-month-to-go milestone passed on Friday one group of analysts is predicting bright spots for Japan in the Rio de Janeiro sun.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 4, 2014
How we scored on calling 2013
A year ago, we brought you an analysis of the forces that appeared likely to shape the U.S. economy, for better and worse, in 2013. So, what did we get right and what did we get wrong? And of the things we posed as open questions, what did the answers turn out to be? Here, in the interest of pundit accountability, is a look at our 2013 economic outlook, with the lovely benefit of hindsight:

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