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I was recently in the town of Sendai, north of Tokyo. It snowed, which was a lovely treat, something I never see at home in Hong Kong. Japan is a respite from the rest of Asia in many other ways. While much of the region is still hurtling along the...
The sources of this paralysis are somewhat different in the two countries. In Japan, a combination of highly constraining social patterns, consensus-based decision-making and an ossified political process have suppressed new ideas and made the country resistant to change. In the U.S., there is no shortage of fresh...
Better Grades At least, at his Alma Mater in Jakarta, the Menteng school, the American President can be assured of an unreserved welcome. Two weeks before Obama was due to arrive in the Indonesian capital, batik-clad students practiced a traditional Indonesian gamelan-orchestra performance they hope to play for...
If Dagenham's decline is emblematic of the ebbing of Britain's manufacturing prowess - and the way in which shifts in the global economy can strip a place of jobs like a hurricane takes leaves off a tree - then its main street captures a national mood of hopelessness and anger...
It was a whirlwind trip that had begun in utmost secrecy: White House guidance released Friday placed Obama at Camp David until late Sunday afternoon. But on Saturday evening, the President traveled by helicopter to a closed hangar at Andrews Air Force Base, where Air Force One had been loaded...