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March/April 1999 Issue

March/April 1999 Issue

Beyond the Rationalism of the Modern Era – the 20th Century in Retrospect (Part II)

Cover Story : Beyond the Rationalism of the Modern
Zen and the Modern World – D.T. Suzuki on the Eastern Way of Seeing Things
by Ueda Shizuteru
Cover Story : Beyond the Rationalism of the Modern
Imanishi's View of the World
by Kawakatsu Heita
Cover Story : Beyond the Rationalism of the Modern
A New Economics to Save the Earth: A Buddhist Perspective
by Inoue Shin'ichi
TRENDS: Changing in Modern Japanese Social and Cul
The Collapse of the Education System
by Nakano Osamu
JAPAN AT HEART
The Art of Silence
by Elizabeth Kiritani (article) and Kiritani Itsuo (illustrations)
FEATURE: Excavating the Nara Capital (3)
Daily Life in the Nara Capital
by Tanaka Migaku
OBSERVER
From Japan with Love
by Polly Ferman de Sanchis Munoz
ON THE ROAD
The Pleasure of Mucking around the Venerable Towers of Shinjyuku
by Corinne Bret
SPECIAL ARTICLE
Developing a Trade Policy Based on Rules: The Japanese Experience (3)
by Sakamoto Yoshihiro
FINANCE
Japan' Downgrading Fans Criticism of U.S. Rating Agencies
by Sakamoto Sakae
JAPANOMICS
The Challenge of Local Community Building
by Hamano Takayoshi
CLOSE-UP
Present Status of Approaches to Year 2000 Computing Problem in Japan
by Office of Y2K Problem Compliance, Machinery and Information Industries Bureau, MITI
OUTING
Kyushu Discoveries
by Bill Tingey
TOPICS
Prime Minister Obuchi Launches Coalition Government
TOPICS
Expansionary Fiscal 1999 budget Adopted
TOPICS
Ancient Nara Capital Included in UNESCO' World heritage List
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Charts March/April, 1999

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