Japan economics thread.

[ansy1968]

I think the weak US GDP/CPI implied rates drop soon caused the drop, I don't think the BOJ intervened.

Japan will be nuked by the US for the second time and they will justify it to save Americans jobs.

 

[Maikeru]

USDJPY now at 143. That's really quite a turnaround since over160 as recently as 11th July.

 

[Jiang ZeminFanboy]

I remember articles that some Chinese were buying few months ago a lot of Japanese stocks for even higher prices than in reality(some Chinese index of Japanese stocks?) cause Chinese stocks were really low. Well it ended like I thought it will end. Yen up stocks down.

 

[Godzilla]

Man, I was hoping the yen will remain weak for the rest of the year lol. Feel sorry for the individual investors who pumped money into the stocks, they gonna hurt more in the coming months..

 

[Michaelsinodef]

Man, I was hoping the yen will remain weak for the rest of the year lol. Feel sorry for the individual investors who pumped money into the stocks, they gonna hurt more in the coming months..

Lol, why feel sorry for them.

Investment (and speculation) is on own risk

 

[Godzilla]

Lol, why feel sorry for them.

Investment (and speculation) is on own risk

There are lots of dumb mum and dad investors from the mainland that ended up investing loads in Japan, be in real estate or stock lol.
Same with the Jap workers who poured their retirement savings into the market heeding on the government's calls lol.
Don't have to be a zero sums games ahha, I don't hate the Japanese as much as many on here given I work with alot of them lol, just feel sorry for them as individuals who for the life of me, while been smart, somehow couldn't see this coming lol.

 

[Mountain]

Little bit off topic, I clearly remember,Japan had economy larger than Germany,UK and France combined. How things have changed. In 2023,it's enonomy became smaller than Germany's.

 

[henrik]

What happened to Warren Buffett's Japan stocks? They are losing value now.

 

[gelgoog]

Little bit off topic, I clearly remember,Japan had economy larger than Germany,UK and France combined. How things have changed. In 2023,it's enonomy became smaller than Germany's.

Just on paper. Japan has twice the population and much more industry than Germany. Just compare the shipbuilding and space sectors of both countries for example.

 

[Eventine]

Soon it'll be the lost century.

Soon the 1868-1998 period (Meiji, Taisho, and Showa) will be seen as a 130 year anomaly as Japan sinks back onto irrelevance.

Did you know Argentina used to be one of the world's richest countries in the 1910s? Most people don't. Most people in 2100 might know as little about Japan.

Demographics is destiny. If only the rest of East Asia took this lesson to heart.