thomas
Mar 28, 2002, 07:34
Excellent article by the Swiss , March27, 2002:
The Japanese Malaise
The Self-Doubts of an Insecure Nation
Urs Schoettli
Japan's protracted economic crisis is consuming the country's substance, not only in the material sense but increasingly also emotionally. A growing number of Japanese have doubts about their nation's future. The spreading malaise threatens to obscure the true proportions of the situation and to turn the country's decline into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Read more => [url]http://www.nzz.ch/english/background/2002/03/20_japan.html (]Neue Zürcher Zeitung[/url)
The Japanese Malaise
The Self-Doubts of an Insecure Nation
Urs Schoettli
Japan's protracted economic crisis is consuming the country's substance, not only in the material sense but increasingly also emotionally. A growing number of Japanese have doubts about their nation's future. The spreading malaise threatens to obscure the true proportions of the situation and to turn the country's decline into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Read more => [url]http://www.nzz.ch/english/background/2002/03/20_japan.html (]Neue Zürcher Zeitung[/url)