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...early next week. But some worry that Japan has already lost a lot of international credibility by leaving the position vacant. "The key take-away from all this is that Japan does not deserve to be part of the G7 anymore," says Jesper Koll, president and CEO of Tantallon Research Japan, which is part of a Singapore-based hedge fund. "As the world of global finance faces its biggest challenge in over a generation, the world needs leadership. Instead, Japan is offering nothing but petty politics...
...Muto as a steady, experienced hand and a pragmatic choice to replace current Bank of Japan governor Toshihiko Fukui, 72, who whose five-year term ends March 19. The University of Tokyo graduate is "an extremely competent administrator who ensures consistency," says Jesper Koll, Japan director for Singapore-based Tantallon Capital. During his five-year term as deputy governor at the Bank of Japan, Muto, 64, typically voted in line with his boss, Fukui, at policy meetings. Even though Japan faces "stagflation"-a slowing economy combined with higher inflation-Muto isn't expected to do anything radical. He'll probably...
...salary?'" says the DPJ's Yamaguchi. Abe seems incapable of reading the public-Koizumi excelled at that-and can't shake impressions that the economy bores him. "When anyone within 50 meters of him starts talking about foreign policy, his eyes sparkle-he cares," says Jesper Koll, president of Tantallon Research Japan. "But anything else, that's just not the case...
...true measure ofphilanthropy lies in giving, even when it hurts. And then a widow's mite trumps the rich man's might." OWEN WILLIS Tantallon...
...came out to Canada in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries, the northern end of Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island looked like home. They searched no farther. To Cape Breton's coves, its evergreen hills and misty glens, they transplanted names like Beinn Bhreagh. Lochaber, Tantallon and Skir Dhu. The Macdonalds, MacIntoshes, MacLeods, and members of many another Scottish clan settled down to raise sheep, fish for cod and till the soil...