<a href="http://www.japaninc.com" target="_blank">From www.japaninc.com</a><br><br>Weekly blogs from leading experts on Japanese business, technology and politics. <br>This week on J@pan Inc online we lead with Tobias Harris' examination of the <br>
established conservatives' reaction to the North Korean rocket launch.<br><br><a href="http://www.japaninc.com/after_the_launch" target="_blank">After the launch</a><br><br>The nation's conservatives reheat the debate over Japan's <br>
nuclear capabilities <br>
<br>By Tobias Harris<br><br>In the wake of North Korea's Unha-2 launch Sunday, the Japanese
<br>establishment and public have uniformly reacted with a sense of outrage
<br>and a desire for an vigorous Japanese and international response to the
<br>test...<br><br>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><a href="http://www.japaninc.com/engine_failure" target="_blank">Engine failure</a><br><br>
Ahh, the problem(s) with Japan's economy <br>
<br>By Claus Vistensen<br><br>Last time I had Japan under the loop I asked whether there was no end
in sight <br>for Japan's economy and as I wind up for another close look, I
must say that it <br>is still very difficult to find good news if any at
all. However, and for the sake of <br>argument I thought that we might
begin with some recent arguments in the <br>context of the global economy
which suggest that we may be past the worst of <br>our travails...<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><a href="http://www.japaninc.com/To_Earn_Is_To_Win" target="_blank">The real meaning of "To Earn is to Win"</a><br>
<br>By Takafumi Horie<br><br>＊"Honorable poverty" is a Japanese expression for poor people who are poor through <br>rightful acts and not seeking wealth.<br><br>So, it’s been written that I said “There is nothing you can’t buy with
money” and “You <br>can praise honorable poverty extravagantly because you
are so far from it,” and it looks <br>like this is a quote from the heading
on the first item of my book “To Earn Is To Win” but <br>actually, this is
the wrong interpretation and if you read it, you will understand...<br><br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><a href="http://www.japaninc.com/mountain_ahead" target="_blank">The mountain ahead</a><br>
<br>By Tobias Harris<br><br>April is here, the new fiscal year has begun, and Prime Minister Aso Taro is in London for <br>the G20 summit.<br><br>For once, he leaves behind a favorable domestic situation. After months
of bad news, with <br>his approval ratings skirting single digits, the
press is full of reports about how Aso and DPJ <br>President Ozawa Ichiro
have <a href="http://mainichi.jp/select/seiji/news/20090401k0000m010134000c.html?inb=ra" target="_blank"> traded places</a>;
Ozawa's leadership under threat from members <br>of his own party, at the
same time that LDP members have all but conceded that Aso will <br>lead the
LDP into the next election...<br> <h1 style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(128, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><br></h1><br><br clear="all"><br><br>