Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades

Acknowledgments

Thanks to my parents for their unwavering love and teaching me to be always and everywhere curious. To my sisters and brothers for being my loyal companions in this adventure called life. To Ochiais near and far for their encouragement and support. And to the following people for their advice, inspiration, and assistance: Shamim Adam, Jake Adelstein, Marco Babic, Terrence Barrett, Kler Batino, Stuart Biggs, Kevin Carroll, Chrisanne Chin, Kyung Bok Cho, John Connor, Michael Forsythe, Brian Fowler, Phil Gibb, James Greiff, Nisid Hajari, Patrick Harrington, Nick Hayward, Peter Himmelman, Barry Horowitz, Momoe Ikeda, Netty Ismail, Aki Ito, Tony Jordan, Adrian Kennedy, Simon Kennedy, Jeff Kingston, Walter Krumholz, Miho Kurosaki, Peter Langan, Yoolim Lee, Roger Lewis, Adam Majendie, Kanoko Matsuyama, Jim McDonald, Damian Milverton, Joe Mysak, Elio Orsara, Tomoko Sato, David Shipley, Rocky Swift, Chian-Wei Teo, Tomoko Tsuchiya, Peter Vercoe, Matthew Winkler, and, of course, Nick Wallwork and the terrific folks at Wiley for taking on this project. Finally, a shout-out to my old friend, the late Daniel Pearl: It was the last time I saw you, 13 years ago, in that smoky bar in Mumbai, when you encouraged me to write a book about Japan. Well, sir, here you go.