It’s that time of year again when the weekly magazine issues of Predictions for the Coming Year are released.
Weekly Diamond
Weekly Toyo Keizai
The Economist
Nikkei Business
Weekly Gendai
The Economist (English)
Experts in the fields of politics, economics, and society make predictions on as many as 100 items. For example, wars, the future of presidential elections, economic growth, stock prices, and Otani’s success. Buy any one of these weeklies and make a prediction. It is also a good idea to compare your predictions with those of experts, especially in your area of expertise.
If you can afford it, it is also interesting to buy some of the above weekly magazines and compare them.
Furthermore, it is also fun to make your own personal predictions. From the state of the economy in the coming year to the field of hobbies. It is also fun to make a number, such as maximum this, minimum that, and so on.
Finally, if you have a weekly issue for the last year, you can look back and see how accurate it was in its predictions and why.
In this way, we can also be aware of contemporary developments and common-sense concerns of the public.
Kenichi Ohmae, “Japan’s Issues,” 2024-2025 President, November 2023, and other publications also give us an idea of how to organize and think about the present issues.
