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Grossly Deceptive Parameters

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The UK and France added a few extra percent to their GDPs by including drug-dealing, prostitution and smuggling.

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The End of the Japanese Ice Age

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Japan has become the region’s low cost producer in a range of industries, from shipbuilding to software engineering….

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Abe Seals the Deal

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Companies will lobby for less restrictions on immigrants. All such changes will work to dilute the corporate monoculture.

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Kuroda Unchained

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The Topix Index is at its cheapest since Ali decked Foreman on a sticky October night in Zaire all those years ago.

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We Are All Japanese Now

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Google has a market capitalization of $380 billion and employs 40,000 people. Toyota is worth $32 billion and employs 340,000.

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Abe’s Moment of Truth

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If Mr. Abe offered citizens a say in their own governance, it would be the first time since Japan’s mythical first emperor came ashore in 660 B.C.