Look up at the night stars [Mori Akira]
Shinko Morikawa's Profile
Economist. Affiliated with a think tank (United States). Specializes in exchange-rate policy, monetary policy, macroeconomic policy, and financial regulation. Interacts with market participants, financial authorities, and policy makers, and analyzes currency movements from multiple perspectives.
*This article is a republication and edit of an article from FX Strategy.com February 2019 issue. Please note that the market information written in the main text may differ from current market conditions.
A acquaintance who runs a business came to New York for the Halloween (Image 1) to participate in the New York Marathon, so I met with him, but felt that hotel rates were unusually high. When I lived in Japan, I felt autumn was ending when the season for saury ended. In the United States, one of the rare opportunities to attend college football games makes autumn feel like it’s ending. Even as the season shifts from autumn to winter, there are pleasures: opera and ballet.
On Saturday mornings, I set aside time for jogging (training for a half marathon) and housekeeping. And from Saturday noon, watching football on TV or at a college stadium is best. When leaving the stadium, in the parking lot, students were enjoying the afterglow of the game. At that moment, I casually looked up at the night sky and saw beautiful stars. The melody of Kyu Sakamoto’s “Look Up at the Stars in the Night” ran through my head.
