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...sped deployment of American ballistic missile-defense systems on Japanese soil, and is pushing for a revision of the country's pacifist constitution. Last month, after Japan signed a defense agreement with Australia, Abe spoke of the two democracies' "shared destiny." And given Japan's flirtations with another powerful Asian democracy (India), you can see why Beijing might think it's on the wrong side of a Japanese containment policy...
...prevented either from tapping the oil and gas. Joint development is the only realistic solution, but with the two competing over everything from natural resources to global influence, neither can afford to back down. "Both sides have face at stake," says Ryosei Kokubun, director of the Institute of East Asian Studies at Tokyo's Keio University...
...Prairie spa-where treatments range from the unusual (vanilla exfoliation) to the utterly decadent (caviar wraps). Speaking of decadence, chef André Chiang at the Tec-Tec Restaurant blends his Taiwanese heritage with French training (Gagnaire and Robuchon are both on his CV) to produce a superb Franco-Asian cuisine, with touches of tandoor and creole. It doesn't follow the "fresh and local" mantra of resort cooking. But it, like the Seychelles, is wonderful fusion. Villas start at $1,800 a night; see maia.com.sc...
...India and the Asian tigers are places that have educated populations, and that has been the basis for their economic explosions," says Edward Glaeser, an economics professor at Harvard who studies the relationship between education and national prosperity. India and China may have illiteracy rates that are higher than Brazil's, but they also have much larger populations of educated, skilled workers. "Brazil's poor economic growth over the past few years is associated in part with the low level of education," Glaeser says...
Next weekend, recent Harvard admits will get a taste of Harvard as they experience the wild adventure that is prefrosh weekend. This new, diverse group of admitted students is 10.7 percent African American, 19.6 percent Asian American, 10.1 percent Latino, and 1.5 percent Native American...