Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : Asia Forum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (7951)	2/7/1999 4:26:00 PM
From: kormac	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9980

Zeev, We have had this discussion on and off for about 1-1/2 years now regarding what the Japanese must do and what they are likely to do. I agree with your prescription for helping the Japanese economy, but I am still skeptical if the Japanese public will react in a positive way. My reasons are based on cultural and demographic factors. They will hunker down is my prediction. With my best regards, Seppo

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (7951)	2/7/1999 8:00:00 PM
From: Bosco	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

G'day Zeev, seppo & all - while I am not japanese but in fact quite igorant of her culture, I have partook, in an off-and-on manner, in her pop culture [teevee] and I am afraid a giant advertising campaign is not enough. If one is to use its t.v. shows to personify the zeitgeist, back in the 70s, every samaru [historic or modern] show had the rising sun in the background. Even the cheesy Godzilla movies! Now, the pop culture is the Pokimon [yup, one can catch it here in the US in most mornings, but they don't induce seizure - at least I didn't get one that I had hoped for <G>.] I mean, even Godzilla sold out the Rising Sun and decided to wreck havoc in NYC. While politicans are a big part of her problems, the whole nation has to engage in some soul searching. In a way, her predicament is more a norm than an exception. In the past, after the war, there was n'thing to lose to rebuild, pheonix-like from the ashes. Now, she worries too much of losing. Simple psychology. To reverse this plague of psychology, they will need more than one PR man... except maybe the Emperor himself by restoring part of the mytho to the nation best, Bosco