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He seemed to have had this issue back in 2007, when he resigned from the Prime Ministership for the first time. At soon-to-be 66 he's not older than Trump, I wo

He seemed to have had this issue back in 2007, when he resigned from the Prime Ministership for the first time. At soon-to-be 66 he's not older than Trump, I wonder if he will make a third comeback. If he doesn't, I wonder how future generations will look upon Abenomics. Reuters is already claiming it failed to deliver [1], but it takes ages to understand the full impact of economic changes. 1: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-abenomics-analysis-idUSKBN25O0TT https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-abenomics-a...

oblio 6y ago
Was it his decision to open Japan up? I've seen some graphs and they've had more tourists in the past 10 years than they've had in many decades, combined, before.
- kijin 6y ago
  In previous decades, there weren't as many tourists from China. Japan is rather far away from most of the rest of the developed world, so its international tourism industry relies heavily on a handful of neighboring countries. China, Korea, and Taiwan make up 2/3 of all foreign tourists who visit Japan, and almost 3/4 if you count Hong Kong as well [1][2]. The increase in the total number of tourists in the 2010s is more a reflection of how well Japan's neighbors have been doing as it is of Japan's objective attractiveness as a destination. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Japan#Statistics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Japan#Statistics [2] China's share was probably even larger in 2019, as diplomatic disputes with South Korea resulted in a ~60% drop in the number of Korean tourists to Japan in the second half of 2019. This year, of course, the pandemic screwed up everything.
  - throwaway0a5e 6y ago
    >In previous decades, there weren't as many tourists from China. This. Billion+ people country with a growing middle class that's almost within day-trip distance is gonna result in a hell of a lot more tourists.

oblio 6y ago

Was it his decision to open Japan up? I've seen some graphs and they've had more tourists in the past 10 years than they've had in many decades, combined, before.

kijin 6y ago
In previous decades, there weren't as many tourists from China. Japan is rather far away from most of the rest of the developed world, so its international tourism industry relies heavily on a handful of neighboring countries. China, Korea, and Taiwan make up 2/3 of all foreign tourists who visit Japan, and almost 3/4 if you count Hong Kong as well [1][2]. The increase in the total number of tourists in the 2010s is more a reflection of how well Japan's neighbors have been doing as it is of Japan's objective attractiveness as a destination. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Japan#Statistics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Japan#Statistics [2] China's share was probably even larger in 2019, as diplomatic disputes with South Korea resulted in a ~60% drop in the number of Korean tourists to Japan in the second half of 2019. This year, of course, the pandemic screwed up everything.
- throwaway0a5e 6y ago
  >In previous decades, there weren't as many tourists from China. This. Billion+ people country with a growing middle class that's almost within day-trip distance is gonna result in a hell of a lot more tourists.