Why Trump's 'Tariff Man' gambit could wreck Japan's 2025

Herculean effort by Ishiba and the BOJ needed to limit collateral damage

William Pesek

January 5, 2025 05:05 JST

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Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends a press conference after its policy meeting in Tokyo, Japan. © Reuters

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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