Archive for December, 2006

Out of the country…

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

I haven’t quite learned the right etiquette for this blog…since even there are some interesting developments in Asia right now — the North Korea nuclear talks, and the PM Abe’s insistence on renewed “patriotism” among Japanese young people — I’m taking a pause for a few days…

I’m on a pre-holiday vacation…and won’t post again for a few more days.
but the blog is simply on a temporary hiatus — not disappearing.  So keep looking in for more…

More cases of suicide / bullying in Japan

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

An interesting review on Alternet…

Friday, December 8th, 2006

Growing, for real??? Not so fast

Friday, December 8th, 2006

So is Japan growing…or not?

Monday, December 4th, 2006