Heizo Takenaka was Economy Minister (2001-05), Minister of Financial Reform (2002-05), and Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications (2005-06) in Japan under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. He is currently Director of the Global Security Research Institute at Keio University in Tokyo.
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Heizo Takenaka
Commentaries by Heizo Takenaka
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Will the Sun Still Rise?
TOKYO – The scale of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March was far greater than even the authorities’ worst scenarios foresa…
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The Chinese Mirror
TOKYO – The closing decade of the twentieth century offered a crystal ball for anyone peering into the future of the Asia-Pacific region. Ja…
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Japan As Number Three
TOKYO – China has now officially supplanted Japan as the world’s second largest economy. The question for Japan is whether or not the countr…
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Asia’s Dueling Duopoly
TOKYO – In today’s Asia, there are two economic powers of global standing, Japan and China. But the balance of economic power between the tw…
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Is Greece Japan’s Future?
TOKYO – The Greek fiscal crisis has sent shockwaves through markets around the world. In just two years, Greece’s budget deficit jumped from…
