The Japanese public's enduring anxiety about social security

Even as the Japanese people confronted slow growth and considered whether the longstanding institutions of Japanese capitalism …

The Japanese public weighs structural reform

In my last post I discussed public opinion regarding fiscal stimulus, fiscal reconstruction, and the role of the state. In this …

Still before dawn

In the wake of Koizumi Junichiro's landslide election victory in 2005, the Economist published a survey on Japan under the …