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Poetry Collection: Shion
Shion If you belong to a quiet world, the fireworks of the night sky are shooting stars; the tiny waves at the water’s edge, the sea foam, vanish into dreams. If you belong t…
Dear Prime Minister Hashimoto: Solving Deflation While Pursuing Fiscal Reform Is Easy
Dear Prime Minister Hashimoto, In these deflationary times, criticism from the public and the media must be growing ever harsher, and I imagine this is causing you considerable con…
The Mystery of Masataka Arai’s Death
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…
Establish a Financial Inspection Agency!
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…
What Is Family?
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…
Angry Japanese People
—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…
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