Japan Times: DPJ slams new Gaijin Cards and further tightening of NJ policing
Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:43:12 -0700
Posted by debito on April 20th, 2009 Hi Blog. Here’s a Japan Times article that is rather incomplete as is, but depicts the rumblings between the status-quo LDP (not to mention the bureaucracy and police forces) and the neophyte DPJ: the frictions over foreigners in Japan. This could be quite significant. It’s not the first time NJ issues have caused rifts in the highest echelons of Japanese politics. See here and here. Courtesy of Black Tokyo and Ben Shearon. Arudou Debito in Sapporo==
Recession’s Worst May Be Over
Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:00:14 -0700
Or so says CNBC : Top U.S. officials on Saturday offered reassurances that the worst of the economic downturn is likely over, helped by unprecedented efforts to keep credit flowing. Two Federal Reserve policy-makers, Vice Chairman Donald Kohn and New York Fed chief William Dudley, both pointed to signs that measures taken by the U.S. central bank are indeed working to help revive the economy. There is bad news: recovery is likely to be slow. As far as I am concerned, it will indee
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