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IN MANY parts of the world, journalists would be unable to resist a good political slush-fund scandal. In Japan, information is dribbling out about a murky stash of cash kept in a black box near the prime minister's office that for decades has been used to curry political favour—even, it is said, among journalists and television commentators. Tellingly, the Japanese media are reacting to the scand
Japanese immigration policy: A nation's bouncers | The Economist
ABUBAKAR AWUDU SURAJ was already unconscious when the cabin crew of EgyptAir MS965 saw him on board, before the Tokyo-to-Cairo flight. Shortly later he was dead. A Ghanaian who had lived illegally in Japan, Mr Suraj was being deported on March 22nd, when he was lifted and forced onto the plane in handcuffs with a towel gagging him and knotted in the back to restrain him. An autopsy failed to deter
Exercising patents
Exercising patentsChina, India and Turkey make strides in a ranking of the world's most innovative countries DEVELOPED countries occupy the top spots in the Economist Intelligence Unit's latest Global Innovation Index (see full report and methodology). But the biggest gainers are emerging markets: China has moved from 59th to 54th in the ranking, a gain that was expected to take five years instead
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The future of newspapers | Who killed the newspaper? | Economist.com
Who killed the newspaper?The most useful bit of the media is disappearing. A cause for concern, but not for panic “A GOOD newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself,” mused Arthur Miller in 1961. A decade later, two reporters from the Washington Post wrote a series of articles that brought down President Nixon and the status of print journalism soared. At their best, newspapers hold gover
Studs Terkel
Studs TerkelLouis “Studs” Terkel, recorder of America’s voices, died on October 31st, aged 96 THEY fetched up together almost five years ago, the lanky young politician striving for the Senate and the short, puckish, pot-bellied 91-year-old, one in a suit and the other in a red-and-white check shirt with a dry Martini in his fist. The setting was Studs Terkel's version of paradise, the basement of
Suicide in Japan | Death be not proud | Economist.com
“DO NOT open! Gas being created!” Written in red felt-tip pen and affixed to a door, they are among the last words of a 14-year-old Japanese schoolgirl, who took her life on April 23rd. The warning followed the advice of a website that also provided instructions for creating hydrogen-sulphide gas by mixing toilet-bowl cleaner with bath salts.
Sayonara, salaryman
Sayonara, salarymanOnce the cornerstone of the economy, the paternalistic relationship between Japan's companies and their salaried employees is crumbling Eyevine WHEN they were young they might spend the night at the office, sleeping under their desks. For years they would go out drinking with colleagues and clients, returning home sozzled at 3am before rising at dawn to head back to the office.
A special report on America's economy: Time to rebalance | The Economist
Going hybridAfter 15 years of gloom, Japan's companies have emerged with a new, hybrid model a bit closer to America's, says Tom Standage (interviewed here) ONCE it was the Walkman. Then it was the PlayStation. Today it is the Toyota Prius that epitomises Japan's technological and industrial prowess. Built by Japan's largest company, which is now on the verge of becoming the world's largest carmak
Among the audience
Among the audienceThe era of mass media is giving way to one of personal and participatory media, says Andreas Kluth. That will profoundly change both the media industry and society as a whole THE next big thing in 1448 was a technology called “movable type”, invented for commercial use by Johannes Gutenberg, a goldsmith from Mainz (although the Chinese had thought of it first). The clever idea wa
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