The Economist (January 5)
2013/ 01/ 05 by jd in Global News
Japan’s “dangerously nationalistic new cabinet is the last thing Asia needs” and “rings alarms” on the domestic front, as well, due to the shortage of “economic modernizers.” One half of the cabinet positions went to “MPs who inherited Diet seats from their families. Worse, its members are gripped by a backward-looking, distorted view of history that paints Japan as a victim.”
Tags: Asia, Backward-looking, Cabinet, Diet, Economy, Japan, Nationalistic
