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Two Views of Japan

Two contrasting views on Japan and its economy. Does Japan have lessons for us all?

The last 20 years in Japan look to have been abject grey economic failure.

It seems that successive attempts to restart the economy have not worked.

But if you look around Tokyo it鈥檚 a country that still appears very rich. So what is going on here?

Peter Day attempts to find out by hearing two contrasting views of Japan.

Noriko Hama is Economics professor at Doshisha University, Kyoto and very pessimistic on the plight of Japan, but Eamonn Fingleton Tokyo based author, is writing a book on why Japan is much better off than it seems.

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28 minutes

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Sun 15 Apr 2012 22:32GMT

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  • Sat 14 Apr 2012 10:32GMT
  • Sat 14 Apr 2012 19:32GMT
  • Sun 15 Apr 2012 03:32GMT
  • Sun 15 Apr 2012 14:32GMT
  • Sun 15 Apr 2012 22:32GMT

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