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...Most tragically, however, this political circus has diverted attention from the real issue. Through the commotion, few noticed the passage of a "pension reform bill" last week that has virtually ensured that a radical overhaul of Japan's malfunctioning pension system won't be seriously addressed for years to come. Yet reform is vital. With a declining birth rate and a rapidly aging population, Japan faces one of the worst demographic time bombs in the industrialized world. The National Institute for Population and Social Security Research forecasts that the portion of the population aged 65 and older will rise from...
...some point, failed to make their payments. The ministers' excuses (which were a mostly believable plea that they got tripped up in the complexity of the system they helped create) fell on deaf ears. Kan, who had been among the most vocal proponents of a complete pension overhaul, dialed the outrage up another level, castigating the Cabinet members as "the three nonpayment brothers." It was great demagoguery, but as it turned out, Kan himself had not paid into the system for 10 months in 1996. In fact, 113 members of the Diet (including seven Cabinet members) have been found...
...purports to be the best in the world, second-rate teaching—frustratingly common at Harvard—is simply unacceptable. Admitting there is a problem, however, is only the first step in solving it. Though the report has some solid suggestions, it does not recommend the thorough overhaul of undergraduate pedagogy that the College needs...
...behind only the Core and general education. Though the recommendations are now in place, and many of them are good, turning words into action—in fewer than 19 years—will prove to be the real challenge in the College’s advising overhaul...
...five-year joint program is part of a larger overhaul of the HMS curriculum, said Cox. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges website, at least 11 other universities offer joint MBA and MD programs...