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...come. An aging and increasingly retired population will drive consumption patterns and shrink the workforce. Some 20 years from now, how will the country remain productive? Who will take care of the boomers when they reach their 80s? As hard as it may be for Japan, a country proud of its traditions and its homogenous society, immigration must be increased to keep the economy vital and growing. By making such tough but farsighted policy changes today, Japan will give itself a chance to avoid another lost decade...
Give Beijing A Chance Simon Elegant's article on the eve of one of China's greatest moments - "An Olympic-Sized Security Blanket" - misrepresented the mood in Beijing as the Games got under way [Aug. 18]. Though ordinary life for some residents has been disrupted, most of them are proud of the fact that the Olympic Games are finally being hosted here in their home city and hope that the event will be remembered as one of the most successful and safe in history. I can imagine foreigners reading this piece and fearing our capital as an intimidating hellhole. This...
...Biden many times. Talking to a local newspaper reporter recently, the vice-presidential candidate was quick to mention his connections to the town, including his Scranton friends Larry, Charlie and Tommy. After he got the nomination, he said his mother told him, "Joey, everybody in Scranton will be so proud." It's exactly the reaction Barack Obama is hoping...
...Clinton cleared up all doubts in a matter of seconds: "I am here as a proud mother," she declared, "a proud Democrat, a proud Senator from New York, a proud American - and a proud supporter of Barack Obama." At that the crowd of some 15,000 people, which had greeted Clinton with a solid four-minute wall of noise, erupted again, waving all those white "Hillary" signs in an enormous cloud...
...life has been well chronicled, in the books I wrote, and people who know me would say on many occasions that I've been a flawed and imperfect servant of my country, but I'm proud of my service to my country...