Some people here said something like Japan is not an independent country , it is colony of united states, atm of united states and etc. I am Japanes but have been living overseas many many years. I do not get offended by above description of Japan . Thank you for your honesty. I agree with you 100 percent. I want Japan to be independent country.
The United States controls the world narrative. Japan and Germany could never be sovereign countries because of their history. That's why no one talks about Japan's or Germany's crimes. Look at Russia, for example; it is a sovereign country and is always judged by its history.
Holiday to Japan is now cheap but the Japanese cannot afford to go abroad. Devaluation maybe good for export but Japan is an import dependent country. The Japanese will become poorer
I just got back to the US and can confirm my money went very far over there. I proposed to my fiance in Osaka under a blossomed cherry tree. It saddens me that the reason my money was valuable there is because of the state if the Yen. Japan is an amazing country and I hope it can pull through this, the world is very uncertain right now, seems all of our currencies are rapidly devaluing.
We also need to understand countries like Japan, South Korea and Germany are the colonies of the US. Which means even these countries are economically powerful, they're still under the control of US.
These 9 million houses are not in cities .. these are in places where no one will want to live Lot of risk inconvenient location etc etc.... These houses are given for free so someone can invest money in renovation ... these are not new houses but old houses... and i really dont know where did you get this 9million figure.... This report was not made upto standards of Palki ji or first post.. This report seemed to be made by some trainee in FP
Forget Japan. Japan is just America's ATM. Japan cannot raise interest rates because the Japanese government's debt is very high. Raising interest rates will make the Japanese government unable to pay interest and go bankrupt.
Not necessarily true. If Japan got their head out of their butt, they could sell all their foreign reserves: dollars and euros and use that money to pay down their debt and then they could raise rates and the interest wouldn’t be as high.
Uhmm if they do that, the yield of the US bonds will go higher. That means that the Yen will devalue even further. Japan is trapped. There is no way out.
Yeah ultimately this is the truth. They can make a few nominal rate raises but anything significant would send the government broke. This has been a long time in the making for Japan. They carry more debt per capita than the US. A Shake down of the Yen’s purchasing power is long overdue. Japan isn’t really a global corporate superpower anymore I think only Toyota is still in the top 50 companies. The country is facing a population decline and no easy way to support the looming boomers retirement within the decade. The only hope for the currency now is the US catching a cold and slashing rates with the world following.
Allowing foreign entities to "invest" into Japanese land is a terrible idea. That'll lead to the same outcome as what's being seen in the US, Australia, Canada, and so forth. It is good for the investors but terrible for everyone else.
I think your observation is incorrect regarding the interest rate part. In Macro economics, when any country lowers interest rates, everyone in the country can take money from the banks with less interest this leads to no saving in banks. The home currency value decreases when compared to other. This is why yen is falling. The positive in this is people will be consuming more of some goods. So GDP will be good. This can rise goods prices and cause inflation. That's why countries rise interest rates to stop inflation.
Why would investors invest in Yen if they get lower returns from government securities. Yes you are right, when interest rate is down, it will boost the demand but It’s not alwys the case. Japanese are frugal. They won’t trust their economy so getting them to spend mode is difficult. So the demand doesn’t increase.
@@Ishanth788Yes, i won't invest in yen if i get literally 0.1 money. I would go to another country. Also, Demand depends on various factors which also includes food which you cannot avoid or be frugal, I just explained it in the general context.
@@Nee_raj but if the population is shrinking and left over population is ageing then there won’t be any demand for food aswell. Even I don’t know why the share market went back to 3 decade high. Still searching for that answer.
I dont agree with your interest rate part. Japanese interest rate has been at the 0-0.1% for years now and US's has always been on a higher side. Why will investors only sell now? This currency fall has more to do with the macro economic observations of Investors and not the interest rate part.
Investors point is partially correct but she didn't explain the whole context. Lets say Japanese people take loans with 0.1% rate and they save in US to get more profit, which makes yen less valuable. Less interest rates, Monetary policies always lead to devaluation of currencies, leaving inflation to an extent. This is expected to happen to all countries.
Usually low Currency value helps to export goods . But in case of Japan , their companies have already shifted to Vietnam , Indonesia and Thailand due to low pay of workers .
Yen has declined by roughly 33% in 3 years, but that’s not really a problem, anything under 15% per year is just noise for a central bank. The BOJ is more focused on the pace rather than the absolute amount, they intervene when it moves too fast. Further there are very welcome aspects to a weaker yen, it makes their exports more competitive and they import some inflation through currency pass through. Finally they intervened buying usd for years at the 100 level and below, now they are releasing those dollars and receiving 150 yen, that’s a nice profit for the treasury.
Love how people so confidently point to Japan when grilled about why high levels of national debt is a problem. Japan has been "fine" for thirty years they say. Okay, and what if you get persistent inflation? Suddenly, all the things that have allowed 30 years of this strategy unravel spectacularly, slowly at first, then all at once. The most likely scenario I see eventually happening, and soon, is actually globally problematic. The continued depreciation of the yen relative to oil prices forces the boj to sell its US treasuries for yen, and whilst so far unsuccessful in strengthening the yen, the boj have no choice but to continue doing so until it works. This yen strengthening will crush the 20 trillion or so invested in carry trading the yen internationally, and will ironically likely strengthen the US bond market in the medium term, despite the previous selling of US bonds by the boj, due to the massive flight to safety of crushed global investors whose strategy relies on a weak, low yielding yen, and global alternatives. For Japan itself, this is actually probably the best case scenario, and its still terrible in the long term. The alternative scenarios in all directions are far worse. Ultimately, Japan has whored its currency for 30 years and the national debt is the 100 std's its been carrying, and when you get to this point, arguing that youve made it 30 years isnt really an argument for your future prospects on the street.
The best way for Japan to fix this or basically any country to fix this is to urge the US to start quantitative easing. Their 2% inflation rate target seems impossible to achieve.
The reason is not the us interest rate japan don't want to increase their rates and thus the are down versus all major currencies usd,gbp, euro, chf etc right now their rates are at 0.0% so the currency will continue to loose value
The affairs of Japan, in general, are not cared for as much among the Japanese populice as opposed to the UK or US. This can be seen in the way the government has not changed that much since 1955 due to the Japanese being disinterested and not caring for alterations within their nation.
Gold stocks are undervalued compared with gold prices, stocks will skyrocket once earnings come in, not to mention bad market news will further fuel the prices…BUY GOLD Stocks !!
Japan has the most tourist ,investment friendly right now,they devalued and lower their currency to attract more money from outside. Everything going to Japan now. This is the good time to go and visit japan. I more worry on china and other country than Japan.
Talk about PM Modi who took Japanese Loan for the bullet train project from Mumbai to Amdavad. Now India have to pay back 33% more. Whereas the PM Modi was boasting about negotiating zero percent interest rate then??? Credit was taken and Indians were burdened with this horrundus japanese loan!!
Weak JPY is not always bad, you know. Businesses are coming back to Japan one after another. No buyers of properties come from the rapid aging society. If many exporters come back to the homeland country, if the government/JPN tech companies attract Indian tech engineers, there could be a chance to rise again? who knows?
Investors don't invest millions based on the local base rate. They invest in stock & shares and in bonds that are too often linked to leveraged exotic financial instruments.
No it's still under the occupation of usa. It has many military bases there..usa try to give a impression that Japan is free but it's not. Japans policies are influenced by usa. Japanese are brainwashed since the end of ww2 to think the are not under the influence of usa but clearly they are under it.
Japan has been facing deflation for past 20 years. When a state is in deflation, even if you offer the highest interest people will not invest; rather they prefer to save. Deflation is the toughest to handle and the monetary authorities of Japan has been handling it well which is evident from recent indicators. Though they have deflation still they are one of the developed countries in the world. Anchor should tell her boss to fix India first rather than preaching to Japan. Petty Indian journalist😖.
Japan needs to stay close to America as an Economic power. It is because of America Japan has been empowered to embrace the benefits of economic prosperity. Now with China's continued aggression in the Pacific Region. Japan has no other option but to maintain close ties with America to remain a Loyal ally to America.
I saw somewhere online that Mr. Warren Buffet is taking his money to Japan. He is old and he has no use with so much money. People that invest don't necessarily seek profits. Some investors seek value in their investments.
Japan's PM Kishida made a tax evasion scheme NISA. NISA caused capital flight from Japan to America's stock market because Japanese peoples know that Japanese businesses are so corrupted that they can't lose money buying shares of Japanese businesses. The capital flight is the main driver of yen's depreciation. Therefore, if Japan abolishes NISA, yen dramatically appreciates and Japan's stock market crashes badly. Kishida fears crash of Japan's stock bubble. Therefore, he doesn't want toabolish his tax evasion scheme NISA. Therefore, Japanese government will necessarily crash at next election. And, regime change of Japan will bring yen's dramatic application and devastating collapse of Japan's stock market.
Japan should switch currency to Rupees INR to save is economy. Why? India economy growth is fastest, and this is going to continue until 2400. Imagine by that time India GDP is 5x USA, 50x China, 100x Japan. So with this financial forecast, Japan better rush for it. By 2400, Greater India covers the land of all Russia, China, South East Asia, Middle East. 😊😅
Simple calculation based on USD, let say 1 india worker contracted at $1: 2015 Japan paid 120 yen 2024 Japan to pay 160 yen How can HSR be cheaper, Japan need to pay more, better Japan abandon the project 🤣
Financial harvesting is the main concern. It does affect Indian rupees also. Learn from Ch!na how to counter financial harvesting against western hegemony.
More speculative bad news about Superior Economic powers. Maybe they should drop the Yen adopt the Indian Rupee instead and give the world a laugh. Palki Sharma will explain to them Modi Magic, they will reply teach your supporters to read for a start your ideas are absurd plus we are a democracy unlike India.
@Aron_justin Slanderous BJP Supporting Troll keep your hate comments to yourself I talk economics and the known facts. Take your ignorant hate elsewhere along with BJP Modi Magic, off you pop Troll 🧌.
@anandsuralkar2947 yes from harassing ignorant BJP Supporters. Cut the insults talk economics and say facts or beat your feet like a say nothing Troll 🧌
what about Indian Rupee? Our currency not worth pennies when compared to the dollar. Let’s wash our asses first then we can complain about other countries.
