William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
Tokyo must atone for two decades of failing to implement economic reform


Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Mar. 23: let us hope Kishida can lead Japan down a different path. © Kyodo
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."