Briefing | Japan and Abenomics
Once more with feeling
The Shinzo Abe shaking up Japan’s economy seems a different man from the one whose previous premiership was marked by nationalistic posturing. He isn’t
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This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “Once more with feeling”
Briefing May 18th 2013
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