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Category: 平成

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Old Myths, New Myths: Problems of Informed Punditry

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Jonathan Dresner / 4 Comments

The Asia/Pacific Journal, aka Japan Focus, has a fascinating interview with Heinrich Reinfried, Senior Lecturer in East Asian Studies at the University St. Gall...

Current/Recent Events/Economic/Events/Japan/US-Japan/平成

America’s “Lost Decade”

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Jonathan Dresner / 0 Comment

Paul Krugman wrote a column in which he argued that the last decade in the US has been a waste of time, economically speaking: But from an economic point of vie...

Foreign Views/Frog in A Well/Historiography/Japan/Journalism & Mass Media/US-Japan/平成/昭和

HNN, NYT Post Competing Japan Election Analysis

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Jonathan Dresner / 0 Comment

HNN has posted an extended version of the Soft and Fuzzy history I posted a few days ago. What I’ve added, for the general readership, is more background ...

Current/Recent Events/General/Japan/Political/Politics/平成

Soft and Fuzzy Historic Events

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Jonathan Dresner / 1 Comment

Last time I lived in Japan, the LDP lost control of the Diet, and for a year and a half there was a Socialist Prime Minister in charge of an implausible coaliti...

Academia/China-Japan/Current/Recent Events/General/globalization/International Affairs/Japan/Korea-Japan/Nationalism/Political/Politics/平成/昭和

ASPAC Blogging: Japan’s Political Present and Future

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Jonathan Dresner / 0 Comment

My copanelists on Saturday were political scientists, and it was a good update for me on what what’s going on with Japan in the last ten years or so. R...

Cultural/Current/Recent Events/English/Japan/Law/Medieval/Popular Culture/平成

Only in Japan: Yakuza Sued

Posted on November 15, 2008 by Jonathan Dresner / 0 Comment

The New York Times is reporting on tensions between the Dojinkai and the civilians living in the neighborhood of their headquarters. Two features of this are wo...

Current/Recent Events/Economic/General/Japan/US-Japan/平成

Macroeconomics never gives you more than an overview

Posted on March 5, 2008 by Jonathan Dresner / 1 Comment

Stephen Roach, Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia has an op-ed in the New York Times (UPDATE: reprinted in Japan Focus) arguing that Japan’s post-bubble rece...

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