William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
With growth slumping, Japanese prime minister needs to lay out reform plan


Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida faces questions in the Diet about LDP funding controversies, but the real scandal of 2024 may be economic malpractice. © Reuters
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."