Japan was the future but it’s stuck in the past
The so-called lost decade has now stretched to three. What went wrong, asks Rupert Wingfield-Hayes. …
This is the world’s third-largest economy. It’s a peaceful, prosperous country with the longest life expectancy in the world, the lowest murder rate, little political conflict, a powerful passport, and the sublime Shinkansen, the world’s best high-speed rail network.