Harriet Sergeant

Is there a way to live without economic growth? 

David Pilling's Bending Adversity looks at Japan's lost decade and ageing population — the country's resilience may hold a key for the West

Japanese soldiers salute after filling a channel with coffins during a mass burial of tsunami victims Photo: AFP/Getty
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  • Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival

    David Pilling

    Allen Lane, pp. 385

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