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Turning Japanese: How the supposed 'sick man of Asia' might be a model for us all
15 mins | May 28, 2017
Japan’s economic growth is stagnating, its population shrinking. Yet to visitors, it still appears as a beacon of prosperity and modernity. Roland Kelts, writing in The Long and Short, argues that the supposed 'sick man of Asia' might be a model for us all.
