How Japan's first snowboarding gold can inspire 'new capitalism'

Fumio Kishida's economic plan should take inspiration from Ayumu Hirano

Nancy Snow

February 23, 2022 05:00 JST

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Ayumu Hirano performs a trick during the men's snowboard halfpipe final of the Beijing Olympic Winter Games on Feb 11: Kishida's new economic plan should take inspiration from Hirano. © Danielle Parhizkaran/USA TODAY Sports/Reuters

Nancy Snow is a Fulbright scholar alumnus to Germany and Japan. She is Pax Mundi ("Distinguished") professor of public diplomacy at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies.

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