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...party. With the LDP and its ruling coalition partner the New Komeito Party in danger of losing control of the upper house of the Diet in July elections, the Oriental Economist Report, a newsletter, recently wondered if Japan was already "on the verge of the 'post-Abe' era...
...mystery that is bedeviling economists and politicians alike. Japan's economy has grown for 60 consecutive months, the longest period of growth in the postwar era. So why are ordinary Japanese consumers like Maki Nobata behaving as if the country were still deep in recession? "I'm trying to cut back on spending," says the 36-year-old Tokyo accountant, who received a meager raise of less than $75 a month nearly two years ago and hasn't had another one since. Adding to her worries, Nobata doubts the pension system will be in place by the time she retires...
...era of Reconstruction, Harvard was in need of its own rejuvenation. The Corporation chose Charles William Eliot as president in 1869 after he published an article titled “The New Education” in The Atlantic Monthly. This “new education,” emphasizing more personal choice and practicality, would need a special kind of leader. The 35-year-old Eliot considered himself that kind...
...looks. According to Gomes, the difference between Conant and Pusey was that of the absent scientist versus the present humanist; Pusey had a “very fresh perspective.” But Pusey’s progressiveness was not enough to shelter him from the tumult of his era...
Controversial, outspoken, and always his own man, Summers was—in the words of Gomes—“a throwback to an earlier era.” Vintage style, however, isn’t always to the tastes of students and faculty...