Japan and the Ancient Art of Shrugging
August 21, 2010 Japan and the Ancient Art of Shrugging By NORIHIRO KATO GROSS domestic product figures for the second quarter show that China has overtaken Japan as the world’s second largest economy. I have been traveling while on leave from the university in Tokyo where I teach, and was in Paris when the news broke last week. My first reaction, frankly, was one of relief. In English, perhap..