Japan Is Asia Pacific's `Laziest' Nation, ACNielsen Survey Says
July 12 (Bloomberg) -- Japan is the `laziest' nation in the Asia-Pacific region, with almost half the population saying they never exercise, a survey showed. ..
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>Via the forrestino blog, copied from the
Wall Street Journal --July 1
MORIOKA, Japan -- Nothing was going right for the residents of northern Iwate prefecture. Try as they might, the people of Iwate seemed stuck in a poor backwater, with factories closing, shaky state finances and few prospects. So, three years ago, Gov. Hiroya Masuda sent out a bold new message: Just give up.
"We don't make an effort in Iwate," Mr. Masuda declared in a nationwide ad campaign that has run annually since 2001. ... ...more...
頑張らない宣言(ganbaranai sengen = ganbaranai declaration).
Inside story from the translator
http://www.livejournal.com/users/forrestino/116719.html#cutid1
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at 5:20 PM KDT
Updated: Friday, July 30, 2004 10:22 PM KDT
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