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After February 19, 1998, shortly after 12 p.m., Representative Masataka Arai, who was due to be arrested that day over improper transactions with Nikko Securities, “committed suici…
The government, panicked by the “major bankruptcies this week” that have continued since October of last year, decided on a tax cut with no policy to speak of. By witho…
The other day, shortly after Mother Teresa died, I watched what I think was an NHK documentary about the religious order she led and its work. The people gathered in that order had…
—The market has plunged since the start of the year. It has expressed no confidence in the government’s budget proposal, but the government…— In the January issue, I mentioned how…
—A Ten-Trillion-Yen Tax Increase, but Only Seven Trillion Yen in Government-Bond Reduction: Are We Going to Let Them Keep Making Fools of Us?— As a result of the Liberal Democratic…
The Strong Yen and Income At the beginning of 1995, when the yen suddenly strengthened, business leaders spoke of “hollowing out” and the like as if something truly disastrous had…
“There is no omniscient, omnipotent, benevolent God. The proof is simple: all the unhappiness in this world is proof of it.” Preference Relations People live their live…
Whenever traffic jams occur, one inevitably hears arguments of the following sort: “It is this crowded, and on top of that the tolls are this high—what is going on? Lower the tolls…
