William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
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Indonesia's IPO fever cannot hide worsening economy
It is suffering from flabby state-owned enterprises and coronavirus blow
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Joko Widodo's unsteady approach to the outbreak is emblematic of the problem. © Pool/AP
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