# Beacon Reports Beacon Reports reveals Japan through the lens of thought leaders Page: Feed: --- ## [Fukushima, Fifteen Years On](https://beaconreports.substack.com/p/fukushima-fifteen-years-on) _2026-04-23 · Richard Solomon_ I stared into the wine before taking a first sip. ## [Bremmer Warns of Global Power Vacuum](https://beaconreports.substack.com/p/bremmer-warns-of-global-power-vacuum) _2024-10-26 · Richard Solomon_ Ian Bremmer delivered his “State of the World” address in Tokyo on October 23rd at Eurasia Group’s annual GZERO Summit. ## [Japan's Best Chance to Kick-Start Economic Growth](https://beaconreports.substack.com/p/japans-best-chance-to-kick-start) _2024-09-05 · Richard Solomon_ Book Review ## [Thriving Together](https://beaconreports.substack.com/p/thriving-together) _2023-12-03 · Richard Solomon_ The Resilience of Japan’s Artisanal Businesses ## [Public policy initiatives are not enough to change Showa mindsets](https://beaconreports.substack.com/p/public-policy-initiatives-are-not) _2023-03-30 · Richard Solomon_ Policymakers know what Japan’s problems are: An aging society, a declining birthrate and low productivity are to name a few. ## [The Bank of Japan Faces Daunting Challenges](https://beaconreports.substack.com/p/the-bank-of-japan-faces-daunting) _2023-02-23 · Richard Solomon_ Economist Takeo Hoshi, Dean of the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Economics ## [Expanding Japan’s Entrepreneurial Mindset](https://beaconreports.substack.com/p/expanding-japans-entrepreneurial) _2023-01-22 · Richard Solomon_ Prime Minister Kishida aims to boost yearly investment in startups and the number of unicorns 10-times each by 2027, under his “new capitalism” economic policy. ## [Can Japan Inc find its purpose again?](https://beaconreports.substack.com/p/can-japan-inc-find-its-purpose-again-08d) _2023-01-09 · Richard Solomon_ Part 2 - Finding New Compass ## [Can Japan Inc find its purpose again?](https://beaconreports.substack.com/p/can-japan-inc-find-its-purpose-again) _2023-01-04 · Richard Solomon_ Part I of 2 ## [Banking on Bansky](https://beaconreports.substack.com/p/banking-on-bansky) _2022-08-09 · Richard Solomon_ Tokyo entrepreneur launching street art non-fungible marketplace ## [Transcript-Driven Stock Discovery (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/GrPQkgVjsjvo) _2022-08-09 · **Sponsored**_ Ranked, evidence-backed watchlists from indexed executive transcripts for 1–2 quarter horizons ## [Schmatz co-founder offers Japan startup takeaways](https://beaconreports.substack.com/p/schmatz-co-founder-offers-japan-startup-takeaways) _2022-05-16_ Schmatz Co-founders Christopher Ax (left) and Marc Luetten (right). What’s the secret sauce to successful entrepreneurship in Japan? This author met Marc Luetten, co-founder of German restaurant chain ‘Schmatz’, to find out. ## [Making the case for NATO Indo-Pacific cooperation](https://beaconreports.substack.com/p/making-the-case-for-nato-indo-pacific-cooperation) _2022-05-12_ Japan Maritime SDF destroyer JS Kurama leads a formation of U.S. ## [Japan thought leadership events to return as more robust hybrids](https://beaconreports.substack.com/p/japan-thought-leadership-events-to-return-as-more-robust-hybrids) _2021-12-02_ Left to right: Edelman’s Richard Edelman (appearing online), Nomura’s Ross Rowbury, LDP’s Taro Kono, FT’s Kana Inagaki and Rakuten’s Billie Cole speaking at G1 Global Conference 2021 in Tokyo on Nov. ## [Ending Child Abuse in Japan](https://beaconreports.substack.com/p/ending-child-abuse-in-japan) _2021-09-05_ Child abuse is not okay ## [French father mounting Olympic hunger strike pins last hopes on Emmanuel Macron](https://beaconreports.substack.com/p/french-father-mounting-olympic-hunger-strike-for-kids-access-pins-last-hopes-on-emmanuel-macron) _2021-07-16_ French Father Vincent Fichot on hunger strike by Sendagaya Station ## [How to succeed in business and life](https://beaconreports.substack.com/p/how-to-succeed-in-business-and-life) _2021-03-29_ Erika Kullberg, lawyer, entrepreneur and rising YouTube celebrity ## [Pioneering New Age Public Services](https://beaconreports.substack.com/p/pioneering-new-age-public-services) _2020-11-18_ Yusuke Narita, Yale assistant professor, MIT graduate and AI entrepreneur speaking in Tokyo this October at the G1 Global Conference ## [A hero’s journey](https://beaconreports.substack.com/p/a-heros-journey) _2020-08-11_ From left to right: Kenji Kawado, Ken Isono and Masaya Hasegawa ## [Media collaborators threaten press freedom in Japan](https://beaconreports.substack.com/p/media-collaborators-threaten-press-freedom-in-japan) _2020-06-10_ The British journalist Claud Cockburn once wrote: “All stories are written backwards — they are supposed to begin with the facts and develop from there, but in reality, they begin with a journalist’s point of view, a conception, and it is the point of view from which the facts are subsequently organized…” ## [100,000 Bonus Points Await You (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ugOkipl3PutQ) _2020-06-10 · **Sponsored**_ Earn 100,000 bonus points after spending $5,000 in the first 3 months. ## [Storytelling teahouse ‘master’ is modern day doctor of the soul](https://beaconreports.substack.com/p/storytelling-teahouse-master-is-modern-day-doctor-of-the-soul) _2020-03-17_ The work we do in life is often connected with who we are as people. So it was for Dr. Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu, a Japanese-American. He made mixed-race identity the focus of doctoral studies at Harvard University and the basis of a career teaching psychology at prestigious institutions, including University of Tokyo and Stanford.