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Victoria James

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One more, one less, who cares?

  • 10 December 2001

Even an imperial birth has failed to excite Japan or its depressed economy. Victoria James reports

Japan's youth runs out of control

  • 10 September 2001

In a recession-hit country, despairing young people refuse to leave their rooms for weeks, months, even years at a time. Victoria Jamesreports

Economic crisis? Not for the rich

  • 20 August 2001

As inequalities grow, Japan is starting to look rather like Britain and the US

Japan snores through Pearl Harbor

  • 23 July 2001

The Hollywood turkey about the Second World War does not excite the Japanese. But that says more about their notion of history than of film

The triumph of the accidental hero

  • 09 July 2001

The Japanese have fallen in love with their new prime minister - even though they didn't vote for him, reports Victoria James

Get back to the maternity ward!

  • 25 June 2001

Japan's newspapers celebrate women's political advances, but they also demand more babies. Victoria James reports

Everything at 100 yen

  • 21 May 2001

The Japanese, after years of economic turmoil, don't even trust the banks: the latest consumer hit is the home safe. Victoria James reports on the daily realities of deflation

It's the schools, stupid

  • 02 April 2001

While Japan's education remains in crisis, its economy won't get any better

Yanks go get their wet weather gear

  • 19 March 2001

Japanese-American relations have sunk to an all-time low, reports Victoria James

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