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Book · 2003 · Business & Economics

Princes of the Yen

Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy

by Richard Werner · Recommended by 3 people on 2 podcasts

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So if you go back, so you had the wonderful Richard Warner on your show and Richard has a book called The Princes of Vienn, which is about the sort of effort to over to take over the the Japanese central bank.
Catherine Austin Fitts · The Tucker Carlson Show · Feb 2026 Listen at 17:03

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And so, you know, um, we met and and first thing he says, "Richard, great book you wrote in Japan, Princes of the Yen.
Richard Werner The Tucker Carlson Show · Jul 2025
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There's a book called Princess of the Yen which is mostly about Japanese central banking policy but it has some early bits about how the structure of Japan's economy works.
Byrne Hobart Dwarkesh Podcast · Dec 2022

Why people recommend it

Princes of the Yen by Richard Werner is an investigative economic book that examines the hidden mechanics of central banking policy, focusing particularly on how structural interventions influenced Japan's economy during the twentieth century. Catherine Austin Fitts recommended the book on The Tucker Carlson Show, praising Richard Werner's insights into the coordinated efforts and pressures surrounding the Japanese central bank. Richard Werner himself appeared on the program to recount his time living and working in Japan, recalling how early visitors immediately recognized and praised the significance of his published findings. Byrne Hobart also discussed the book on the Dwarkesh Podcast, noting that while the text centers primarily on Japanese monetary policy, it also provides crucial foundational insights into the underlying structural design of the broader Japanese economy and post-war financial planning. Across these episodes, hosts and guests highlighted the book as an essential resource for understanding how monetary authorities wield immense power behind closed doors, shaping national destinies and financial stability through policies that frequently elude public scrutiny and democratic oversight.

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Catherine Austin Fitts So if you go back, so you had the wonderful Richard Warner on your show and Richard has a book called The P… 1
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“So if you go back, so you had the wonderful Richard Warner on your show and Richard has a book called The Princes of Vienn, which is about the sort of effort to over to take over the the Japanese central bank.”
Byrne Hobart There's a book called Princess of the Yen which is mostly about Japanese central banking policy but it has… 1
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“There's a book called Princess of the Yen which is mostly about Japanese central banking policy but it has some early bits about how the structure of Japan's economy works.”
Richard Werner And so, you know, um, we met and and first thing he says, "Richard, great book you wrote in Japan, Princes… 1
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“And so, you know, um, we met and and first thing he says, "Richard, great book you wrote in Japan, Princes of the Yen."”

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“The Bank of Japan used this mechanism to force banks to increase real estate speculative loans, create a real estate bubble which you can use to bust the system.”
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“Turns out, as I show actually my book, Princes of the Yen, um, quantumpublishers.com is the place to get it. Amazon is not really the place to get it. Um, it was a book that was impossible to get it.”
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“By the way, the name of the book is Princes of the Yen. Princes of the Yen.”
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“I mean, it goes back to in in my books, you know, I' I've got this story in there, Princes of the Yen.”
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“Japan was the first in the Japanese model which is also what I found in my long research on Japan and which is described in detail in the book princes of the yen.”
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“So you think that the Japanese recession was created well by the Bank of Japan but with the encouragement of the West in order to slow down? Yes. The US and particularly the Fed. Yeah. Absolutely. And that's what I show in my book.”