Why the west should heed Japan's economic lead

I took the shinkansen bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto last week. But its punctuality, speed, cleanliness and staff friendliness (and I write as one who suffers the torture of First Capital Connect) were not the most impressive thing about Japan. A rather more humble piece of technology says a lot more about what they get right, and what we get wrong. It's the vending machine. Every 50 metres or s

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衛生的な都市と平等な社会

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2chや場末の公共施設の落書きは英国からみたら可愛いもの？ QT 英ガーディアン『西洋社会が日本を見習う理由』「日本は収入の点で先進国で最も貧富の差が小さい。何でも機能し通りの暴力や落書きがない。...度は高い」