Something is happening. Since the start of 2016, my local Yoshinoya, KFC, and Mister Donut, all of which have been around for over 10 years, have all shut down.

Abe goes to this meeting trying to coordinate a firewall against a global economic crisis...and his peers laugh it off.

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0YI03R

Next week he will apparently announce a two year delay in raising sales tax...that he promised would never be delayed.

Winter is coming.