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Japan's Lost Year

Japan's Lost Year

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Jun 14, 2011
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When Naoto Kan looks back on his year as prime minister of Japan – and it probably won't be long before he is looking back on it – he would well use the term popularized by Britain's Queen Elizabeth after a stressful 12 months and call it his "Annus Horribilis."

That is Latin for horrible year. And no matter how horrible for Queen Elizabeth, she never ha…

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