South Korea targets 35% self-sufficiency
The South Korean Government has announced that it aims to become 35% self-sufficient in Oil and Gas by 2020. The Korean Herald also noted that: … this year, the ministry plans to map out a ...
No friends for Baby Boomer Japanese Men
This is an interesting piece from Japanese media. A recent survey of men aged between 62 and 64 was taken. Unfortunately the method of collection was not revealed and the sample size is quite small. ...
DPRK Japan Waltz
North Korea seems to of been busy of late. First has been Kim Jong-Un’s endorsement from the Chongryon organisation in Japan. More specfically in the form of an interview with Choe Kwan-ik, the editor of ...
Of Empires, Emperors and Dynasties
With the looming operation of Emperor Akihito coming up I felt it might be a good time to give a quick assessment on the Japanese monarchy. Akihito has been quite an astute player in monarchy ...
Before we get out the Champagne
We might wish to see what Premier Wen Jiabao has been saying. He has stated that China would boost his support for the EU by not reducing any Chinese Funds in Europe (assuming of course ...
Japan’s austerity and the EU experience
There have been a number of comments flying around about the idea of Japan not spending enough in terms of stimulus and how Europe/America must avoid the same fate. To borrow from Econospeak the words ...
China’s Industrial champions (of the world)?
Yes not the most original reference to the tale by Roald Dahl. It is nice to know that people are catching up with what I’ve said: in today’s Finance Asia Ferguson covers some of the ...