March 26, 2013
Economics has come under fire for failing to provide a cure to the global recession triggered by the 2008 failure of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers. It is also criticized for being unable to offer convincing ideas on how to pull the Japanese economy out of its deep deflationary hole.
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March 28, 2013
A series of recent high court rulings on the disparity in the value of votes between some single-seat constituencies in last year’s Lower House election has come as a fresh...
March 28, 2013
"Yawara" is a song about judo sung passionately by popular singer Hibari Misora (1937-1989) in the 1960s. The third verse, which shows no regard for violent people, is particularly...
March 23, 2013
As evidenced by recent developments such as hazardous air pollution and a decline in the working age population, the transformation of China’s economic development model has become a matter of urgency.
March 27, 2013
Careful attention is needed during the re-examination of employment rules to prevent workers from getting the short end of the stick.
March 27, 2013
Some people sure have a lot of nerve. With high courts recently ruling one after another that the disparity in the value of votes between some constituencies is unconstitutional, I thought that Diet members would fall quiet....
March 25, 2013
As I dove into the interior of the 10-meter-tall parade float with the giant puppet eagles atop, I could only see a skeleton of steel pipes, the lining of fabric wrapped around its exterior and sheets of plywood.
