1.  A metaphor for
modern Japan
Battleship Island軍艦島

2. Ghost Town

4. The industrial revolution is over

5. Automation

6. Service Economy

7. Strong yen: Bad for export economy

8. Outsourcing

9. Sony is sinking

10. Japan’s Galapagos status was
good for business for a while
as no one could successfully
export phones, or other
electronic things here.
Panasonic, Sony and Sharp
Corp expect to lose US $17
billion this year.
Galapagos Effect

11. China
overtakes
Japan as
world’s
second
largest
economy.

12. Declining birthrate 少子化

13. If something happens to the fuel rod
pool at fukushima, an enormous
amount of radiation could be released.
Spent fuel rod pool

14. ゴジラ！

15. 日本人はいったいどうすればいい？