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Best Books On Japan: A Second Opinion
I have had occasion to second-guess a recent list of best books on Japan. An old joke has it that a newspaper editor is a person who separates the wheat from the chaff, and then prints the chaff. On this … Continue reading
Posted in American decline, Book reviews, Japan, Press
Tagged fccj, jeff kingston, number 1 shimbun, the sun also sets
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Japan then, America now: A misleading comparison
America’s economic crisis today is not like Japan’s in the 1990s. It is far worse. (This article was first published in the Number 1 Shimbun, the magazine of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan.) American commentators have been rushing to … Continue reading
Posted in American decline, Global economy, Japan, Manufacturing, Press, Trade
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