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Third arrow, please

Third arrow, pleaseThe prime minister is right to raise the consumption tax, but must do more to boost Japan’s growth THE last time any politician dared to raise Japan’s unpopular consumption tax, people were beginning to use something called e-mail, the craze for Tamagotchi pets was spreading, and the economy was almost five times the size of China’s. It was 1997, and Ryutaro Hashimoto, then prim

intgakr 2013/10/07

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Mutton dressed as lamb

intgakr 2012/12/09

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Could Asia really go to war over these?

Could Asia really go to war over these?The bickering over islands is a serious threat to the region’s peace and prosperity THE countries of Asia do not exactly see the world in a grain of sand, but they have identified grave threats to the national interest in the tiny outcrops and shoals scattered off their coasts. The summer has seen a succession of maritime disputes involving China, Japan, Sout