Japan - 2025 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

An economist from this country argued "degrowth" was necessary to save the planet in his book Capital in the Anthropocene. A decline of 22% of this country's GDP resulting from a severe drop in corporate investment caused what economist Richard Koo labeled a (0[1])"balance sheet recession." (20[1])This country's central bank drastically increased bond (20[1])purchases in an early use of (*) quantitative (10[1])easing. (10[3])The collapse of this country's real estate and stock (10[1])markets (10[1]0[1])in (10[1])1991 (10[2])preceded (10[3]0[1])its (10[1])low-growth (10[2])"Lost Decades." (10[6]0[3])This (10[1])rapidly (10[1])aging (10[1]0[1])country has the highest elderly (10[4])dependency (10[3])ratio in the (10[1])world. For 10 points, name this country whose "economic miracle" (10[1])included (0[1])conglomerates such as (10[2])Mitsubishi. (10[5])■END■

ANSWER: Japan (Capital in the Anthropocene was written by Kohei Saito.)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Eshaan Sombhatta	Thomas Jefferson C	Homewood-Flossmoor	42	0
Rohan Jain	Walker	Hunter A	45	20
Monit Karmakar	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Parkway West	52	20
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Lindbergh	59	10
John Szaukellis	Barrington	Coronado	60	10
Tejas Kohli	Lambert A	Seven Lakes	60	10
Charlie Doehring	Hinsdale Central A	Montgomery Blair B	60	10
Anthony Xu	Thomas Jefferson B	Chattahoochee B	69	10
Jo Adam	Edina	Innovation Academy B	70	10
Omkar Marathe	Fremd	Northmont	70	0
Edward Kim	Johns Creek	Detroit Catholic Central A	71	10
Abigail Lee	Thomas Jefferson A	Great Valley	72	10
Aaron Zhou	Winston Churchill A	Uni School of Nashville B	72	10
Parker Brathwaite	Thomas Jefferson E	Detroit Catholic Central B	73	10
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Georgetown Day	73	10
Anthony Pho	Carmel A	Innovation Academy A	73	0
Ananth Ramsankar	Wayzata	Audrain County AT	73	10
Arjun Vijaykumar	Saratoga	Carl Sandburg	74	10
Alvan Hossain	Lexington	Eastchester	75	10
Juni Lowenhar	Hunter B	North Quincy	75	10
Haricharan "Hari" Veginati	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	77	10
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Classen SAS	77	10
Eli Oster	Solon	Centennial A	77	0
Justin Wang	Strake Jesuit A	Chattahoochee A	77	10
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Lambert B	77	10
Ray Guan	Winston Churchill B	Northside College Prep	77	10
Robert Young Jr	Page	Kane County AT	77	0
Brodie Henry	West Point	Walter Payton A	77	0
Ryan Sharp	Carmel B	White Pigeon	77	10
Jefferson Ji	Westwood	Quince Orchard	78	10
Nam Dang	Richard Montgomery	Okemos	79	10
Justin Rosentover	Montgomery Blair A	Belmont	80	0
Josephine Baxa	Lincoln-Way East B	Herron	80	10
James Wray	Glenbrook South	Detroit Catholic Central C	85	10
Hrishi Bhooma	Thomas Jefferson D	Lee's Summit	85	10
Felix Sacks	Lincoln-Way East A	Virginia	85	10
Penelope Graham	Uni School of Nashville A	Yukon A	85	10
Ryan Chang	Centennial B	Saint Joseph	86	10
Krish Chinta	Innovation Academy A	Carmel A	86	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Northview	86	10
Roman Salda	Yukon B	Milton	89	10
Ben Hesser	Walter Payton B	Irvington	99	10
Alex Ewart	Strake Jesuit B	Russell	100	0
Andrew Gao	Belmont	Montgomery Blair A	103	10
Justin Jiang	Russell	Strake Jesuit B	103	10
Satvik Jain	Centennial A	Solon	104	10
Ethan Kral	Northmont	Fremd	104	10
Everett Van Til	Homewood-Flossmoor	Thomas Jefferson C	104	10
Jeev Hora	Kane County AT	Page	104	10
Simra Kuchay	Walter Payton A	West Point	104	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	42	100%	5%	0%	79.62