TR EMERITUS

War history and contemporary literature, beget images of the cruelty of the Japanese, the ‘banzai’ charge, the mass executions, the obsession with the Emperor and nationalism. It created a picture of a fanatical people. It reduced us to an understanding of generalizations, stereotypes and mockery of the Japanese. No one,... 

I suspect that this government, its Ministers and its policy makers do not have a good enough grasp of how high cost of living is wrecking havoc on our working class and poor citizens at the ground level. Government grants and subsidies are welcoming and heartening gestures to help our citizens cope with the rising costs of... 

I am in favor of setting price guidelines for many services, e.g. health, repair work, tuition, transport, etc. I also like these price benchmarks to be placed in a website for easy reference. In some cases, the service providers have to abide by the guidelines, e.g. if they wish to get paid partially from government funds,...