Month: January 2013

Culture Reflections

Thoreau in Hokkaido

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Tancho cranes have successfully marketed themselves as Japanese icons to rank with Mount Fuji, sushi and Hello Kitty…

Articles Finance Politics

Japan Goes For Growth

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The message was clear – deflation was the fault of Japan’s inadequately fertile womenfolk, not the elite officials of the central bank

Culture Reflections

Fishy Business

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The man behind the counter preparing his food was the god-like Jiro Ono, creator of the Jiro-nigiri sushi style.