Japan


People have to come before profits, even in a crisis

Alistair Nicholas | 21 March 2011 |
tags: ethics, Japan, tsunami
The Fukushima Daiichi power plant disaster has become a textbook example of what not to do in an emergency.


The worst crisis for Japan since World War II?

George Friedman | 16 March 2011 |
tags: Japan, nuclear power, tsunami
A leading analyst explains why nuclear power is so vital for Japan in an unpredictable world.


Was the tsunami the revenge of Gaia?

Zac Alstin | 14 March 2011 |
tags: Japan, natural disasters, tsunami
When scientists wonder whether global warming was responsible for the devastation in Japan, something is wrong.


Departures

Walter Pless | 05 November 2009 |
tags: Academy Awards, death, Japan
It's hard to infuse death with luminous beauty, but Japanese director Yojiro Takita succeeds magnificently in this year's best foreign film.


Dogs in prams

Carolyn Moynihan | 06 September 2007 |
tags: demography, Japan, motherhood
Childless Japanese women push the country's culture of cute too far.


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