Masaaki Shirakawa is a distinguished guest professor at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo and a former governor of the Bank of Japan.
Focus should be on fallout from bursting of asset bubbles and falling population
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A Country Garden construction site in Tianjin on Aug.18: The impact of a bursting bubble will be significantly affected by how quickly policy authorities react. © Reuters
Masaaki Shirakawa is a distinguished guest professor at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo and a former governor of the Bank of Japan.