Real music for a virtual world

Submitted by Japan Inc on June 16, 2009

The two artists, both professional musicians, couldn’t be more different.

One is a live-show powerhouse, playing more than 20 sell-out gigs per month. His fans travel from all over the world just to see him, and many have been following him since the early days. In between concerts, they blog about the shows. During the concerts, they tip so fervently that money literally piles up on the stage.

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The big slip

Submitted by Japan Inc on June 16, 2009

Japan’s economy just does not seem to be able to catch a break at the moment. GDP contracted at an annual pace of over 15.2 percent in the first three months of this year, while industrial output fell by over 34.5 percent following a contraction in exports which was nearer to the 40 percent mark...

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These are the hollow men

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Submitted by Tobias Harris on June 16, 2009

The belabored departure of Hatoyama Kunio — captured well with a quote from a more contemporary poet at Shisaku — and now the third straight defeat of an LDP candidate in a prominent mayoral election suggest that what little remained of the LDP's 2005 mandate is in tatters...

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Trojan horse becomes trojan rabbit

Submitted by Japan Inc on June 16, 2009

Porsche's perfect Trojan Horse corner and attempted takeover of VW is, according to Bloomberg (and others), rapidly in danger of becoming a less-perfectly concocted "Trojan Rabbit"...

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Is green the new black gold?

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Submitted by The Mad Hedge F... on June 15, 2009

Since energy is going to be the dominant factor in making our investment decisions for the next decade, I thought it would be a good time to sit down with Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club. Carl is as sharp as a tack, with the fervor of an evangelist, always a dangerous combination...

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The Sushi Market Crashes

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Submitted by The Mad Hedge F... on June 15, 2009

The sushi market has crashed. Premium blue fin tuna for sale at Tokyo’s Tsukuji fish market, where I once lived next door, have seen prices drop 30 percent in the past year...

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Is Japan balancing?

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Submitted by Tobias Harris on June 15, 2009

"Randy Waterhouse," the nom de blog of a contributor to the political science group blog Duck of Minerva, looks to Japan in a discussion of when and why states balance against other states...

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Summer 2009 Issue

Summer 2009Summer 2009

On the Cover:

The Big Slip
What has happened to the world’s No. 2 economy?

Inside
- Sayonara salaryman?
The new face of the labor market

- Perfect storm
Is now the time for collective self-defense?

- Crossing the line
Rethinking the need for aircraft carriers

Summer 2009
No. 86


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