Shigesaburo Okumura is editor-in-chief of Nikkei Asia.
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A woman prays for the new year at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Jan.1: we will experience the cycle of optimism and pessimism again and again. © Getty Images
Shigesaburo Okumura is editor-in-chief of Nikkei Asia.