Japan's Economy Edging Toward A Takaichi Downturn

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Scott Foster reports that Japan's economy is coming under mounting pressure from higher energy costs, rising bond yields and weakening markets as the Iran war feeds imported inflation. The anticipated Takaichi boom is increasingly at risk of turning into a Takaichi downturn.

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