Japan has reasons to be scared

Japan has reasons to be scared
Soros is trying to make money, as he famously did by betting against the British pound. But he is a man with economic insight and a moral and political conscience, and it reflects badly on Beijing to mock him. China above all others is too big to fail …
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Zhou's Act Fails to Convince the Bears
And just to make sure no one's feelings get hurt, they've promised to consult each other before launching any new policies, i.e. stimulus, that will weaken their currencies. Yawn. Huh? Yawn? Stimulus? … Last week, foreign investors pulled money out …
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[Herald Interview] 'Comfort women' statues resonate with Koreans
Since 2011, Sculptors Kim Seo-kyung and Kim Eun-sung have been making statues of teenage girls that symbolize Korean young women forced to work as Japanese military sex slaves, euphemistically called “comfort women.” They have made 30 statues so …
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How Japan Exploits Low-Paid Foreign Workers
Hourly pay was 700 yen for nine hours of the day during the week — around the minimum-wage rate — with overtime and Saturdays paid at 400 yen an hour, she said. In a dormitory with up to five to a room, workers had the chance to earn extra money …
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