Comments from the incoming president of Japanese brewer Suntory Holdings Ltd., Takeshi Niinami, reported in the Wall Street Journal. he said that the emergence of inflation is already starting to change the mindset of corporate Japan, with the tide turning in favor of innovative risk-takers.

Niinami was speaking at the Japan National Press Club and said that dueirng the 15 years of deflation the formula for businsess success was to cut costs, but that now inflation is taking hold risk-taking will be needed.

More at the article at the (The Wall Street Journal is often gated, so if you’re unable to access the article try a search of Google news using the headline) : Inflation Is Changing Japan, Says Incoming Suntory President