The Tokai block, comprised of Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, and Mie prefectures, is Japan's industrial heartland...

In 1996, in The Future of Capitalism, Lester Thurow observed the following...

At a press conference over the weekend, Katsuya Okada, the DPJ's secretary-general stressed that because Hatoyama will be winning the mandate for the party, Hatoyama should serve a full four-year term (which, Okada stated, a DPJ government will serve so that it is able to accomplish its goals)...

The Tohoku regional block is comprised of Aomori, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima — and Iwate, Ozawa Ichiro's "fiefdom." These six prefectures combine to elect thirty-nine Diet members, twenty-five from single-member districts and fourteen from proportional representation...

With eight days until the campaign officially begins, the DPJ continues to hold a commanding position in public opinion polls...

I am asked daily about my favorite financial books by the legions of subscribers who are using my blog to educate themselves about the markets. That is one of my goals...

A return into recent trading ranges could well subdue enthusiasm

In 2007, I reviewed the twenty-nine single-seat upper house races and offered a prediction (or, rather, a range) that actually proved too optimistic as far as the LDP was concerned...

In 2005, the DPJ managed to win eight of twelve single-member districts in Hokkaido, while equaling the LDP with three of the block's eight proportional representation seats...

“I love to watch Korean drama series and comedy shows on Internet at night without being bothered by anybody...”