Poverty in Japan
Poverty in Japan hides in plain sight. The cleanliness and order of Japan are made possible by great numbers of the working poor.
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Food security in Japan: Building a strategy in an age of global competition | McKinsey & Company
The country faces a set of agricultural challenges in its move toward a more secure food supply, which can be addressed with a focus on five actions.
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'Looks good enough to eat': inside the home of Japan's fake food industry | The Guardian
The town of Gujo Hachiman is the centre of the replica food industry now worth an estimated $90m
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Fukushima’s nuclear signature found in California wine - MIT Technology Review
The Japanese nuclear disaster bathed north America in a radioactive cloud. Now pharmacologists have found the telltale signature in California wine...
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Downsized dwellings: Inside Tokyo's tiny living spaces | The Japan Times
Twenty-five-year-old Sotaro Ito lives in a 9.46-square-meter apartment with a loft in the capital's retro-hip Koenji district. His apartment looks ...
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Trash Cans Are Rare in Japanese Cities. Why Are They So Tidy?
The near-absence of public garbage bins in cities like Tokyo is both a security measure and a reflection of a cultural aversion to littering. "F...
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What Warren Buffett sees in Japan Inc - Schumpeter
The trading houses reflect a growing pro-shareholder culture
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Japan's Hometown Tax
This is outside of my normal software-focused beat, but I met some folks who were very interested in public policy recently. I found, to my surpris...
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One of Japan’s great institutions makes way for a car park - Banyan - The Economist
LAST Saturday at six in the morning the handbells rang and auctioneers launched with guttural chanting into the last auction of bluefin tuna at Tok...
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Japan Is Giving Away 8 Million Abandoned Houses — Here's How to Get One | Travel + Leisure
The Japanese government is launching a program to reduce the number of abandoned homes across the country by offering them for sale for nearly nothing
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