http://makepolicy.com/2009/04/a-come-back-for-reds/ contemporary global affairs and japan Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:46:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8-beta1 hourly 1 http://makepolicy.com/2009/04/a-come-back-for-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-41 plutarch Mon, 04 May 2009 02:40:54 +0000 http://makepolicy.com/?p=642#comment-41 So true ! Thanks for your comments Kirin So true ! Thanks for your comments Kirin

]]> http://makepolicy.com/2009/04/a-come-back-for-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Kirin Fri, 01 May 2009 14:48:45 +0000 http://makepolicy.com/?p=642#comment-38 I've heard of this story, although I have not read the book yet. From what I heard, younger people look for more security & certainty so they tend to be very conservative rather than trying to experience various things in their life. It's however very natural because younger generations don't know good economy that Japan used to enjoy in late 1980's. (I don't know either, I was only a school kid then.) When they looked around the world, Japan was going through lost decade under depression since the bubble economy was gone. And now comes wold-wide financial crisis. Under such circumstances young people cannot find hope and some of them commit a crime. It's so sad...:( I've heard of this story, although I have not read the book yet. From what I heard, younger people look for more security & certainty so they tend to be very conservative rather than trying to experience various things in their life. It's however very natural because younger generations don't know good economy that Japan used to enjoy in late 1980's. (I don't know either, I was only a school kid then.) When they looked around the world, Japan was going through lost decade under depression since the bubble economy was gone. And now comes wold-wide financial crisis. Under such circumstances young people cannot find hope and some of them commit a crime. It's so sad…:(

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