Noa snider is the economist's tokio bureau chief. He has been in office for over four months and sought to flesh out his signature initiative, abenomics. The list of plans under the new capitalism banner is long and growing. They range from raising wages to fostering startups to vitalizing rural regions. But most economists say they are not likely to do much to jump start japan's economy.
Today’s figures showing the first annual economic growth in three years may seem promising. But the grand plans of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio resemble past policies that have not worked. The finely tuned government of Bosnia is under grave threat from some of the same forces that caused its brutal war. And why roadkill is now on the menu in Wyoming.
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