Japan's Lost Year
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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