Japan, the postwar economic miracle, is on a fundamental slide. Fifteen years ago, it ranked fourth in the world in terms of gross domestic product per person, but now it has slipped to 20th.
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Source:
For Japan, a Long, Slow Slide
Blaine Harden
Washington Post, February 3, 2008; Page A17
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/02/AR2008020200913.html
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